# Podcast Directory Scraper (Apple Podcasts) (`foo121/podcast-itunes-scraper`) Actor Find podcasts by topic from Apple Podcasts / iTunes with the RSS feed URL, artist, genre, artwork and iTunes link for every show — plus optional recent-episode enrichment. Public iTunes API, no key. - **URL**: https://apify.com/foo121/podcast-itunes-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [ziv shay](https://apify.com/foo121) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, News, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $2.00 / 1,000 result items 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Podcast Directory Scraper (Apple Podcasts / iTunes) **Find podcasts by topic and export the RSS feed URL for every show** — plus artist, genre(s), episode count, artwork, content rating and the Apple Podcasts link. Optionally enrich each show with its **recent episodes** (title, date, duration, description). Powered by Apple's public iTunes Search + Lookup APIs: **no API key, no login.** ### What you get **Podcast rows** (one per show): | Field | Description | |---|---| | `collectionId`, `name`, `artist` | Apple show ID, title, creator | | `feedUrl` | The **RSS feed URL** — the key buyers need to go downstream | | `genre`, `genres` | Primary + all genres | | `trackCount`, `episodeCount` | Total episodes / episodes fetched | | `country`, `releaseDate`, `contentRating` | Storefront, latest episode date, rating | | `artworkUrl`, `itunesUrl` | 600px artwork, Apple Podcasts link | **Episode rows** (optional, one per episode): `collectionId`, `podcastName`, `episodeId`, `title`, `releaseDate`, `durationMs`, `description`, `episodeUrl`, `feedUrl`. ### Example input ```json { "terms": ["startups", "venture capital"], "country": "us", "maxPodcastsPerTerm": 50, "includeEpisodes": true, "episodesPerPodcast": 5 } ```` ### Example output (podcast row) ```json { "type": "podcast", "name": "The Future of Everything", "artist": "Stanford Engineering", "feedUrl": "https://feeds.example.com/future.xml", "genre": "Technology", "genres": "Science; Podcasts; Technology", "trackCount": 312, "country": "USA", "itunesUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id..." } ``` ### Use cases - **Podcast guesting / PR** — build outreach lists by topic with feed + contact path. - **Ad sales / sponsorship lead-gen** — surface shows in a niche with episode cadence. - **Media monitoring & research** — assemble topical show directories at scale. - **Podcast-tech tools** — seed catalogs from the feed URLs. ### Why this one Returns the **RSS `feedUrl` for every show** (many directory scrapers omit it — it's what you actually need to pull episodes/analytics downstream), batches **many topics in one run**, and optionally enriches each show with its **latest episodes** — all from a **public Apple source with no key**. ### How it works Calls `itunes.apple.com/search?media=podcast` per term, then (optionally) `itunes.apple.com/lookup?entity=podcastEpisode` per show. One podcast (and optionally one episode) per dataset item (pay-per-result). *Keywords: podcast scraper, apple podcasts scraper, itunes podcast api, podcast directory, podcast rss feed finder, podcast episode export.* # Actor input Schema ## `terms` (type: `array`): One or more keywords or topics to find podcasts for (e.g. 'true crime', 'startups', 'parenting'). Each term is a separate Apple Podcasts search. ## `country` (type: `string`): Two-letter Apple storefront code (e.g. us, gb, de, br, in). Affects which catalog is searched. ## `maxPodcastsPerTerm` (type: `integer`): Maximum podcasts to return for each search term (Apple caps at ~100 per query). ## `includeEpisodes` (type: `boolean`): Also output recent episodes for each podcast (title, release date, duration, description, episode URL). Adds one result row per episode. ## `episodesPerPodcast` (type: `integer`): How many recent episodes to fetch per podcast when 'Include recent episodes' is on. ## Actor input object example ```json { "terms": [ "technology" ], "country": "us", "maxPodcastsPerTerm": 50, "includeEpisodes": false, "episodesPerPodcast": 10 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "terms": [ "technology" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("foo121/podcast-itunes-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "terms": ["technology"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("foo121/podcast-itunes-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "terms": [ "technology" ] }' | apify call foo121/podcast-itunes-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=foo121/podcast-itunes-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Podcast Directory Scraper (Apple Podcasts)", "description": "Find podcasts by topic from Apple Podcasts / iTunes with the RSS feed URL, artist, genre, artwork and iTunes link for every show — plus optional recent-episode enrichment. Public iTunes API, no key.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "Parhh3dx1vHiLauEy" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/foo121~podcast-itunes-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-foo121-podcast-itunes-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/foo121~podcast-itunes-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-foo121-podcast-itunes-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/foo121~podcast-itunes-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-foo121-podcast-itunes-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "terms": { "title": "Search terms / topics", "type": "array", "description": "One or more keywords or topics to find podcasts for (e.g. 'true crime', 'startups', 'parenting'). Each term is a separate Apple Podcasts search.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "country": { "title": "Country / storefront", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter Apple storefront code (e.g. us, gb, de, br, in). Affects which catalog is searched.", "default": "us" }, "maxPodcastsPerTerm": { "title": "Max podcasts per term", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum podcasts to return for each search term (Apple caps at ~100 per query).", "default": 50 }, "includeEpisodes": { "title": "Include recent episodes", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also output recent episodes for each podcast (title, release date, duration, description, episode URL). Adds one result row per episode.", "default": false }, "episodesPerPodcast": { "title": "Episodes per podcast", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "How many recent episodes to fetch per podcast when 'Include recent episodes' is on.", "default": 10 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```