Media Proxy

Serve app icons and screenshots through a local proxy for consistent, fast loading.

Overview

AppStoreCat can serve app icons and screenshots through a local proxy, or use the raw CDN URLs that come directly from the stores. By default, raw CDN URLs are used for simplicity.

Explorer Pages

The explorer feature lets you browse screenshots and icons across every app in your database:

Screenshot Explorer

GET /api/v1/explorer/screenshots?platform=ios&category_id=6014&search=game&per_page=12

Browse screenshots across all synced apps with platform, category, and search filters.

Icon Explorer

GET /api/v1/explorer/icons?platform=android&search=social&per_page=12

Browse app icons across all synced apps.

UI

To browse visual assets, go to Explorer > Screenshots or Explorer > Icons:

• Screenshots — grid view of app screenshots with platform and category filters
• Icons — grid view of app icons with search

Both pages support pagination and search.

Technical Details

• Controller: ExplorerController
• Methods: screenshots(), icons()
• Data source: The app_store_listings table (screenshots JSON field, icon_url field)
• URL format: Raw store CDN URLs (App Store uses mzstatic.com, Google Play uses play-lh.googleusercontent.com)