# Apple Podcasts Show Data Lookup

**Use case:** 

Retrieve detailed information for an Apple Podcasts show by collection ID. Get show profiles and latest 10 episodes with audio URLs.

## Input

```json
{
  "items": [
    "1200361736"
  ],
  "testRun": false,
  "onlyFound": false,
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "columns": [
    "collectionId",
    "name",
    "publisher",
    "genres",
    "episodeCount",
    "feedUrl",
    "artworkUrl",
    "explicitness",
    "latestReleaseDate",
    "storeUrl",
    "country",
    "episodes",
    "episodeTitle",
    "episodeDescription",
    "episodeReleaseDate",
    "episodeDurationMs",
    "audioUrl",
    "episodeUrl",
    "episodeContentRating",
    "episodeArtworkUrl",
    "episodeGuid"
  ],
  "expandRows": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "query": {
    "label": "Podcast submitted",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "found": {
    "label": "Found?",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "message": {
    "label": "Details",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "collectionId": {
    "label": "Apple Podcasts ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Podcast name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publisher": {
    "label": "Publisher",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "genres": {
    "label": "Genres",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "episodeCount": {
    "label": "Total episodes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "feedUrl": {
    "label": "RSS feed",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "artworkUrl": {
    "label": "Cover art",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "explicitness": {
    "label": "Content rating",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "latestReleaseDate": {
    "label": "Latest episode date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "storeUrl": {
    "label": "Apple Podcasts link",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "episodes": {
    "label": "Recent episodes (full list)",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "episodeTitle": {
    "label": "Episode title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "episodeDescription": {
    "label": "Episode description",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "episodeReleaseDate": {
    "label": "Episode release date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "episodeDurationMs": {
    "label": "Episode duration (ms)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "audioUrl": {
    "label": "Episode audio URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "episodeUrl": {
    "label": "Episode page URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "episodeContentRating": {
    "label": "Episode content rating",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "episodeArtworkUrl": {
    "label": "Episode artwork",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "episodeGuid": {
    "label": "Episode GUID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Checked at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Podcast Lookup — Apple Podcasts Show & Episode Data](https://apify.com/accountable_eel/podcast-lookup) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/accountable_eel/podcast-lookup) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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