# Apple Podcasts Scraper - Podcast Search & Episodes (`aolmo/apple-podcasts`) Actor

Search Apple Podcasts by keyword (name, author, genres, episode count, artwork, feed URL) or give podcast URLs or ids to get every episode: title, date, duration, audio file, description, episode and season. Any country. No API key. New episodes flagged on schedules. $0.0005 per podcast or episode.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aolmo/apple-podcasts.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio del Olmo Tena](https://apify.com/aolmo) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 podcast or episode scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

Search Apple Podcasts and export podcast episodes without an API key. Search by keyword and get one row per podcast with name, author, genres, episode count, artwork, Apple page and feed URL; or give podcast URLs or ids and get one row per episode with title, publish date, duration, audio file, description, episode and season numbers. Any store country. Schedule it and new episodes are flagged. Podcast discovery, competitor tracking, guest and sponsorship research, transcription pipelines and media monitoring at $0.0005 per podcast or episode.

The Actor uses Apple's public iTunes search and lookup endpoints and reads each podcast's own RSS feed. No Apple account, token or device is needed.

### What you get

**Podcast** (search rows): `podcastId`, `name`, `author`, `url`, `feedUrl`, `artwork`, `genres`, `primaryGenre`, `episodeCount`, `releaseDate` (latest episode according to Apple), `country`, `explicit`.

**Episode** (podcast rows): `id`, `title`, `link`, `publishedAt`, `durationSeconds`, `audioUrl`, `enclosureType`, `summary`, `contentHtml`, `image`, `episode`, `season`, with `podcastId`, `podcastName`, `podcastAuthor`, `podcastUrl`, `feedUrl`, `artwork`, `genres` and `episodeCount` on every row.

**Changes** on scheduled runs: `isNew` is true for episodes (or podcasts in search mode) that were not in the previous run.

Searches without results or podcasts that do not exist return a row with an `error` field and are not charged.

### How to use it

1. Open the **Input** tab.
2. Add **Search queries** (podcast discovery) and/or **Podcast URLs or ids** (episode export): `https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/<name>/id1779594577` or `1779594577`.
3. Set **Country**, **Max podcasts per search** and **Max episodes per podcast**.
4. Click **Start** and export the rows as JSON, CSV or Excel.
5. Schedule the Actor to be told when a podcast publishes.

### Input

```json
{
  "searches": ["web scraping"],
  "podcasts": ["https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rebrowser/id1779594577"],
  "country": "us",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxEpisodes": 50
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "kind": "episode",
  "position": 1,
  "podcastId": "1779594577",
  "podcastName": "Rebrowser: web scraping and browser automation",
  "podcastAuthor": "Rebrowser.net",
  "podcastUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rebrowser/id1779594577",
  "feedUrl": "https://anchor.fm/s/fd8ed5d4/podcast/rss",
  "title": "Web Scraping with PHP: Modern Tools and Best Practices",
  "publishedAt": "2025-07-10T04:04:00.000Z",
  "durationSeconds": 1502,
  "audioUrl": "https://anchor.fm/s/fd8ed5d4/podcast/play/.../episode.mp3",
  "summary": "Master PHP web scraping with this comprehensive guide...",
  "episode": 25,
  "season": null,
  "isNew": false,
  "timestamp": "2026-10-27T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.0005 per podcast or episode** and **$0.001 per new episode or podcast** detected on a scheduled run. A podcast whose feed cannot be read counts as one item; searches without results are free. The latest 50 episodes of 100 podcasts cost $2.50.

### Limits and notes

- Episodes come from the podcast's RSS feed, newest first, as many as the feed lists (most feeds keep every episode; some keep the latest 50 to 300).
- Search returns up to 200 podcasts per query, ranked by Apple.
- Apple's own ratings and reviews are not part of the public endpoints.

### Related Actors

- **RSS Feed Scraper & Monitor**: any feed, podcasts included, by feed URL.
- **YouTube Channel Videos Scraper**: video podcasts on YouTube.
- **App Store Reviews Scraper**: reviews of podcast apps.

# Actor input Schema

## `searches` (type: `array`):

One per line, e.g. web scraping, true crime, marketing. Returns podcasts. Up to 500 per run.

## `podcasts` (type: `array`):

One per line: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/<name>/id1779594577 or 1779594577. Returns the episodes of each podcast.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter store country for searches and lookups: us, gb, es, de...

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Up to 200.

## `maxEpisodes` (type: `integer`):

Newest first as the feed lists them, up to 500. Also caps what you pay per podcast.

## `product` (type: `string`):

Internal. Leave as is.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    "web scraping"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxEpisodes": 50,
  "product": "apple-podcasts"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items: url, changed, events, data, timestamp and error (when the target failed).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searches": [
        "web scraping"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aolmo/apple-podcasts").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searches": ["web scraping"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aolmo/apple-podcasts").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searches": [
    "web scraping"
  ]
}' |
apify call aolmo/apple-podcasts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aolmo/apple-podcasts"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/60HO82uOfoD407M11/builds/Trsc4bcSY4PNFRuAT/openapi.json