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Programmatically open Mac App Store

I am trying to programmatically open the Mac App Store in a custom Mac App. I started with the link below. 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birds/id403961173?mt=12

I tried the following code, however it opens the browser rather than the Mac App Store.

[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:
 [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birds/id403961173?mt=12"]];

Any suggestions on how I can do this?

Solution

  • URLs of this pattern open up the Mac App Store:

    macappstore://itunes.apple.com/app/id403961173?mt=12

    So in your case:

    [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:
 [NSURL URLWithString:@"macappstore://itunes.apple.com/app/id403961173?mt=12"]];

    will open the MAS and load the product page associated with id #403961173 (here: Angry Birds).

    To just load the MAS, with no particular product page use this URL:

    [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:
 [NSURL URLWithString:@"macappstore://itunes.apple.com/"]];