# Apple Podcasts Scraper (`mangudai/apple-podcasts-scraper`) Actor

Search Apple Podcasts and export show data and recent episodes. Give it keywords or Apple Podcasts links and get clean rows with RSS feeds, genres, artwork, and episode counts as JSON, CSV, or Excel. No login or API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mangudai/apple-podcasts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Mangudäi](https://apify.com/mangudai) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, News, Open source
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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.

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?

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 Scraper

Search Apple Podcasts and export show data as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Give it keywords or Apple Podcasts links and it returns clean, structured rows for every matching show, with an option to pull recent episodes from each show's RSS feed.

The data comes from Apple's public iTunes Search and Lookup API and from public podcast RSS feeds. No login, no API key, no captcha.

### What you can do

- Search any keyword and get the matching shows, up to 200 per term.
- Look up specific podcasts by Apple Podcasts URL or numeric ID.
- Filter by country store and by Apple genre.
- Optionally attach recent episodes (title, publish date, duration, audio URL) to each show.

### Input

- searchTerms: keywords to search. Defaults to `technology` so a default run returns data right away.
- podcastUrls: Apple Podcasts URLs or IDs to look up directly.
- country: two-letter store code, for example `us`, `gb`, `de`.
- genreId: optional Apple genre ID, for example 1488 for News.
- maxResultsPerTerm: 1 to 200 shows per term.
- includeEpisodes: set true to fetch each show's recent episodes.
- maxEpisodesPerPodcast: how many recent episodes to keep per show.
- proxyConfiguration: routes traffic through Apify Proxy.

### Output

One row per podcast: name, artist, primaryGenre and genres, episodeCount, feedUrl, latestReleaseDate, artworkUrl, applePodcastsUrl, and the Apple collectionId. When includeEpisodes is on, each row also carries an episodes array with title, publish date, duration, and audio URL.

### Pricing

Pay per result. You are charged a small amount for each podcast returned, plus a tiny actor start fee, priced below comparable Apple Podcasts scrapers on the store.

### Notes

Apple's API returns complete results over standard connections, so runs are fast and reliable. For large jobs, keep Apify Proxy on to spread requests across IPs.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search Apple Podcasts. Each term returns matching shows.

## `podcastUrls` (type: `array`):

Apple Podcasts URLs (like https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/name/id123) or numeric collection IDs to look up directly.

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

Two-letter country code of the Apple store to search (us, gb, de, fr, ca, au, and so on).

## `genreId` (type: `string`):

Apple podcast genre ID to narrow a search, for example 1488 for News or 1303 for Comedy.

## `maxResultsPerTerm` (type: `integer`):

How many shows to return per search term (1 to 200).

## `includeEpisodes` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each show's RSS feed and add its recent episodes to the output.

## `maxEpisodesPerPodcast` (type: `integer`):

When episodes are included, how many recent ones to keep per show.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Route requests through Apify Proxy. Recommended for larger runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "technology"
  ],
  "podcastUrls": [],
  "country": "us",
  "maxResultsPerTerm": 50,
  "includeEpisodes": false,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `podcasts` (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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "technology"
    ],
    "country": "us",
    "maxResultsPerTerm": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mangudai/apple-podcasts-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchTerms": ["technology"],
    "country": "us",
    "maxResultsPerTerm": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mangudai/apple-podcasts-scraper").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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "technology"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "maxResultsPerTerm": 50
}' |
apify call mangudai/apple-podcasts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/qdyeM5TQiJ5YLUDAy/builds/BJoc4rzLQ3AyvmsJN/openapi.json