# Track an ASO app

Start tracking an iOS app as mine or a competitor.

## Contract status

Preview contract: these routes and tools are implemented in the shared contract, but the public host, customer API access and OAuth flow have not been deployment verified.

## Endpoint: POST /v1/aso/apps

- Method: `POST`
- Path: `/v1/aso/apps`
- Authentication: Bearer API credential or OAuth access token
- Required scope: `content:write`
- MCP tool: `track_aso_app`

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `storeId` | body | numeric string | yes | Apple App Store identifier. |
| `role` | body | mine | competitor | yes | Whether this is your app or a competitor. |

## Known errors

- 400 invalid_request for an invalid filter, identity or limit.
- 401 authentication_required for a missing or invalid credential.
- 402 subscription_required when access is not entitled.
- 403 authorization_required for a missing scope or unavailable preview access.
- 404 not_found when the record is outside the accessible catalogue.
- 429 rate_limited; honor Retry-After when present.
- 409 conflict when the write would duplicate an exclusive row.

## Request

Body is `storeId` and `role` (`mine` or `competitor`). Tracking is capped at 25 apps. The write looks up the App Store id and may queue a refresh (60 minute cooldown, 40 user refreshes/day).

```
curl --request POST 'https://api.peekpanda.com/v1/aso/apps' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $PEEKPANDA_TOKEN" \
  --header 'x-genviral-tenancy: personal' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{"storeId":"0000000000","role":"mine"}'
```

## Response

The created tracked-app object. Store id 0000000000 is a synthetic valid-format identifier.

```
{
  "storeId": "0000000000",
  "name": "Example Calorie Tracker",
  "iconUrl": null,
  "developerName": "Example Labs",
  "primaryGenre": "Health & Fitness",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "ratingCount": 12450,
  "inCatalogue": true,
  "id": "11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111",
  "role": "mine",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "lastRefreshedAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "keywordCount": 1
}

```

## Source

Apple public Search + Search hints. Difficulty from page-one rating counts Apple returns (page_one_median_rating_count: median page-one ratingCount, log10 scale, 1M ratings = 100). Demand is autocomplete order from apple_search_hints (rank + variant count), not volume and not Apple Ads popularity. Apple Ads Insights is not wired. Positions are observed_search_api_position from itunes.apple.com/search us/en_us.

## Refresh

Snapshots younger than 24 hours are served from storage; search hints are reused for 7 days. Trigger/worker drains aso_refresh_job under the shared 4s pacer (2,500 Apple calls per UTC day). App refresh cooldown is 60 minutes. Users may start 40 refreshes per UTC day. Caps: 25 tracked apps, 100 keywords per app, 200 queries per job.