# Apple iTunes Scraper – Podcasts, Music, eBooks & Audiobooks (`apt_marble/apple-itunes-scraper-podcasts-music-ebooks-audiobooks`) Actor

Search Apple iTunes for podcasts, music, eBooks, audiobooks and TV shows. Extract artists, albums, episodes, authors, RSS feeds, artwork, prices, ratings, release dates and store links. Ideal for market research, content discovery, competitor analysis and automated data collection.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/apt_marble/apple-itunes-scraper-podcasts-music-ebooks-audiobooks.md
- **Developed by:** [Hamza](https://apify.com/apt_marble) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.60 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

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

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Apple iTunes Podcasts, Music, Movies and Audiobooks Search

Search the Apple iTunes catalog for podcasts, songs, albums, movies, TV shows, audiobooks and e-books. Get artwork, prices, genres, release dates, preview links and feed URLs.

### What you get

- Podcasts, music, movies, TV, audiobooks and e-books
- Artwork as first column, up to 600 px
- Price, currency, genre and release date
- Podcast RSS feed URL and episode count
- Song preview links
- Pick the store country

### How to use

1. Open the Input tab. The form is already filled with a working example.
2. Change the fields to your own search, or keep the example to see the output format.
3. Click **Start** and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML from the Output tab, or read them through the Apify API.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Search term | Artist, title or keyword. |
| Media type | What to search. |
| Store country | Two letter code such as US, GB, FR, DE. |
| Maximum results | Stop after this many results. |

Example input:

```json
{
  "query": "true crime",
  "media": "podcast",
  "country": "US",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Output

Each result is one row. Main fields:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| image | Artwork |
| id | iTunes ID |
| kind | Kind |
| url | Store page |
| name | Title |
| artist | Artist or author |
| artistUrl | Artist page |
| collectionName | Album, show or collection |
| collectionUrl | Collection page |
| genre | Main genre |
| genres | All genres |
| releaseDate | Release date |
| price | Price |
| collectionPrice | Collection price |
| currency | Currency |
| explicitness | Explicit |
| contentRating | Content rating |
| durationMs | Duration (ms) |
| trackCount | Track or episode count |
| feedUrl | Podcast RSS feed |
| previewUrl | Preview link |
| description | Description |
| country | Store country |

Example output (shortened):

```json
{
  "image": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts221/v4/ae/08/83/ae088306-bdd2-d8e9-d7a0-8157876106ac/mza_39609007462070...",
  "id": 1618050230,
  "kind": "podcast",
  "url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-with-kendall-rae/id1618050230?uo=4",
  "name": "True Crime with Kendall Rae",
  "artist": "Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios",
  "collectionName": "True Crime with Kendall Rae",
  "collectionUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-with-kendall-rae/id1618050230?uo=4",
  "genre": "True Crime",
  "genres": [
    "True Crime",
    "Podcasts"
  ],
  "releaseDate": "2026-10-08T08:00:00Z",
  "price": 0,
  "collectionPrice": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "explicitness": "cleaned",
  "contentRating": "Clean",
  "durationMs": 9417,
  "trackCount": 305,
  "feedUrl": "https://audioboom.com/channels/5074524.rss",
  "country": "USA"
}
```

### Good to know

- The Actor never fails on a bad or empty input. It finishes with a clear message in the run status explaining what to change.
- Results are saved while the run is going, so you can open the dataset before it finishes.

### Support

Found a field that is missing or a result that looks wrong? Open an issue from the Actor page and include the run link.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Artist, title or keyword.

## `media` (type: `string`):

What to search.

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

Two letter code such as US, GB, FR, DE.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "true crime",
  "media": "podcast",
  "country": "US",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "query": "true crime",
    "media": "podcast",
    "country": "US",
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("apt_marble/apple-itunes-scraper-podcasts-music-ebooks-audiobooks").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 = {
    "query": "true crime",
    "media": "podcast",
    "country": "US",
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("apt_marble/apple-itunes-scraper-podcasts-music-ebooks-audiobooks").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 '{
  "query": "true crime",
  "media": "podcast",
  "country": "US",
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call apt_marble/apple-itunes-scraper-podcasts-music-ebooks-audiobooks --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,apt_marble/apple-itunes-scraper-podcasts-music-ebooks-audiobooks"
        }
    }
}
```

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/54d2FybcJwIGiGf9X/builds/rjZEodQiPdAMXXWSP/openapi.json