# Apple Podcasts & Audio RSS Episodes Scraper (`lepone31/apple-podcasts-intelligence`) Actor

Scrape podcast shows, episodes, direct audio MP3 stream links, durations, and show notes from Apple Podcasts & RSS feeds in under 1 second with 0 proxy cost.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lepone31/apple-podcasts-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [Cedric poma](https://apify.com/lepone31) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Business, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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?

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.

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 Podcasts & Audio RSS Episodes Scraper

Extract podcast shows, full episode catalogs, direct audio MP3 stream links, durations, and detailed show notes from **Apple Podcasts & open RSS feeds** in under **1 second** with **zero proxy costs**.

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### 🌟 Why Use Apple Podcasts Intelligence?

Podcasts are the richest medium for long-form interviews, expert knowledge, and industry insights. This Actor connects directly to the iTunes podcast index and parses underlying XML RSS feeds to extract:

- **Direct Audio URLs (.mp3):** Instantly pipe audio streams into **OpenAI Whisper**, Deepgram, or AssemblyAI for speech-to-text transcription.
- **Full Show Notes:** Cleaned text descriptions with links, guest names, timestamps, and sponsor mentions.
- **Global Discovery:** Search shows across 6 major countries (US, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia).
- **AI Agent Ready:** Built for automated clipping workflows, media monitoring, and executive interview summaries.

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### ⚡ Performance & Zero-Proxy Advantage

- **Blazing Fast:** Executes in **0.4s to 1.5s** using Apple's official iTunes Search API and native XML streaming.
- **0 € Proxy Costs:** Uses pure HTTPS requests without requiring residential or datacenter proxies.
- **Low Memory Footprint:** Runs comfortably on 256MB to 512MB RAM.

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### 📥 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `search` | String | `"Huberman Lab"` | Search keyword or specific podcast show title. |
| `country` | String | `"us"` | Two-letter country code (`us`, `gb`, `fr`, `de`, `ca`, `au`). |
| `max_shows` | Integer | `2` | Number of matching shows to query (1 to 10). |
| `max_episodes_per_show` | Integer | `10` | Number of recent episodes to extract per show (1 to 50). |

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### 📤 Output Format

Each record in the dataset contains normalized episode intelligence:

```json
{
  "showTitle": "Huberman Lab",
  "artistName": "Scicomm Media",
  "primaryGenre": "Science",
  "totalShowEpisodes": 455,
  "country": "us",
  "episodeTitle": "Access the Sublime & Live Your Best Life | Robert Greene",
  "audioUrl": "https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SCIM2047624040.mp3",
  "audioType": "audio/mpeg",
  "duration": "02:45:12",
  "publishedAt": "Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0000",
  "description": "In this episode, my guest is Robert Greene, multiple New York Times bestselling author...",
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/hubermanlab",
  "artworkUrl": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts126/v4/...",
  "podcastUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/huberman-lab/id1545953110",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-03T10:35:00.000Z"
}
```

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### 💰 Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

- **$0.0015 per episode extracted**
- Only pay for successful episode items returned with audio streams. Zero fixed subscription fee.

# Actor input Schema

## `search` (type: `string`):

Topic or specific podcast show name (e.g. 'Huberman Lab', 'Lex Fridman', 'Hard Fork', 'Acquired', 'Y Combinator').

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

Two-letter country code for Apple Podcasts store.

## `max_shows` (type: `integer`):

Number of matching podcast shows to process (1 to 10).

## `max_episodes_per_show` (type: `integer`):

Maximum recent episodes to extract per show (1 to 50).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "search": "Huberman Lab",
  "country": "us",
  "max_shows": 2,
  "max_episodes_per_show": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lepone31/apple-podcasts-intelligence").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lepone31/apple-podcasts-intelligence").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 '{}' |
apify call lepone31/apple-podcasts-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lepone31/apple-podcasts-intelligence"
        }
    }
}
```

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/EFypSS9m96xjmJnhm/builds/lwaghSicg6M59sQeh/openapi.json