Spotify Scraper

Scrape Spotify podcasts, music tracks, artists, albums, and playlists. Search by keyword or provide direct Spotify URLs to extract detailed data.

What does Spotify Scraper do?

This actor extracts data from Spotify without requiring any API keys or authentication. It supports:

• Search podcasts by keyword — returns name, publisher, description, total episodes, cover art URL
• Search tracks/artists/albums by keyword — returns full metadata for each result
• Podcast details — all episodes with title, description, duration, release date
• Artist profiles — monthly listeners, genres, top tracks, full discography, related artists
• Album details — all tracks, release date, total duration, label, copyrights
• Playlist contents — all tracks with artist, album, duration, date added, position

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
mode	string	Scraping mode (see below)	searchPodcasts
searchQuery	string	Search keyword(s) for search modes	—
urls	string[]	Spotify URLs for detail modes	[]
maxResults	integer	Maximum results to return	50
includeEpisodes	boolean	Fetch episodes for podcast details	true
includeDiscography	boolean	Fetch discography for artist details	true
includeRelatedArtists	boolean	Fetch related artists	true
market	string	ISO country code (US, GB, DE, etc.)	US
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings	Apify Proxy

Modes

Mode	Description	Requires
searchPodcasts	Search podcasts by keyword	searchQuery
searchTracks	Search music tracks by keyword	searchQuery
searchArtists	Search artists by keyword	searchQuery
searchAlbums	Search albums by keyword	searchQuery
podcastDetails	Scrape podcast + episodes	urls
artistDetails	Scrape artist profile + discography	urls
albumDetails	Scrape album + tracks	urls
playlistDetails	Scrape playlist + all tracks	urls

Example Input

Search for podcasts

{
    "mode": "searchPodcasts",
    "searchQuery": "true crime",
    "maxResults": 25,
    "market": "US"
}

Scrape artist details

{
    "mode": "artistDetails",
    "urls": [
        "https://open.spotify.com/artist/06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100,
    "includeDiscography": true,
    "includeRelatedArtists": true
}

Scrape playlist tracks

{
    "mode": "playlistDetails",
    "urls": [
        "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M"
    ],
    "maxResults": 500
}

Search for tracks

{
    "mode": "searchTracks",
    "searchQuery": "lofi beats",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "market": "US"
}

Example Output

Podcast search result

{
    "type": "podcast",
    "id": "5CfCWKI5pZ28U0uOzXkDHe",
    "name": "The Joe Rogan Experience",
    "publisher": "Joe Rogan",
    "description": "The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.",
    "totalEpisodes": 2150,
    "explicit": false,
    "languages": ["en"],
    "coverArtUrl": "https://i.scdn.co/image/...",
    "spotifyUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5CfCWKI5pZ28U0uOzXkDHe",
    "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Track search result

{
    "type": "track",
    "id": "4cOdK2wGLETKBW3PvgPWqT",
    "name": "Never Gonna Give You Up",
    "artists": [
        {
            "id": "0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
            "name": "Rick Astley",
            "spotifyUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt"
        }
    ],
    "album": {
        "id": "6eUW0wxWtzkFdaEFsTJto6",
        "name": "Whenever You Need Somebody",
        "releaseDate": "1987-11-12",
        "coverArtUrl": "https://i.scdn.co/image/..."
    },
    "durationMs": 213573,
    "duration": "3m 33s",
    "explicit": false,
    "popularity": 85,
    "spotifyUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/track/4cOdK2wGLETKBW3PvgPWqT",
    "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

This actor uses a pay-per-event pricing model:

• $0.80 per 1,000 results ($0.0008 per result)
• Search results, episodes, tracks, and entities each count as one result

Rate Limits

The actor handles Spotify's rate limiting automatically with exponential backoff. For best results:

• Use Apify Proxy (residential recommended for high volume)
• Keep maxResults reasonable for your use case
• The actor respects a small delay between paginated requests

Technical Details

• Uses Spotify's public Web API with anonymous access tokens (no API key required)
• Tokens are automatically refreshed when expired
• All data is returned as clean, structured JSON
• Supports pagination for large result sets (up to 10,000 items)
• Built with Apify SDK v3 and Crawlee

Legal Notice

This actor is provided for educational and research purposes. Always review and comply with Spotify's Terms of Service before using scraped data commercially.