I've been using the iTunes API in my app for a while now, but as of the last few days I've noticed that it is returning odd results. I currently use it to search for software however it's now started adding Software Artists to the results which I believe to be incorrect with the search parameters. Below is a URL searching for my app, and below that is the returned JSON.
http://itunes.apple.com/search?term=AppTracker%20Deluxe&limit=100&entity=software&lang=en_GB&country=GB
{
"resultCount":2,
"results": [
{"kind":"software", "features":[],
"supportedDevices":["iPhone5s", "iPadMini", "iPhone5c", "iPadFourthGen", "iPad2Wifi","iPad23G", "iPadThirdGen", "iPhone5", "iPodTouchFifthGen", "iPadThirdGen4G", "iPhone4", "iPadFourthGen4G", "iPadMini4G", "iPhone4S"], "isGameCenterEnabled":false, "
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"languageCodesISO2A":["EN", "FR", "DE", "IT", "ZH", "ES"], "fileSizeBytes":"3575818", "trackContentRating":"4+", "averageUserRating":5.0, "userRatingCount":5},
{"wrapperType":"artist", "artistType":"Software Artist", "artistName":"Handyman Interactive", "artistLinkUrl":"https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/handyman-interactive/id586907831?uo=4", "artistId":586907831}]
}
As you can see, on top of returning the correct app, it is returning a software artist (myself in this case) which it hasn't done in the past. Obviously I can update the app to ignore these, but for the current version of my app it is causing slight bugs. Is this a problem down apples end or is it intended?
Thanks for the help, Mike
Turns out it was a bug and the behaviour is no longer present.
Mike