# Apple Podcasts Scraper - Host Contacts & Episodes (`opendata-labz/apple-podcasts-scraper`) Actor

Find podcasts on Apple Podcasts by keyword and enrich them from their public RSS feeds: website, owner name and email, categories, episode count, publishing frequency, activity status and episodes. Built for guest booking, sponsorship and PR outreach.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/opendata-labz/apple-podcasts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Chris Hedgecock](https://apify.com/opendata-labz) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 podcast 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: Podcast Search, Host Contacts & Episodes

Find podcasts on **Apple Podcasts** by topic and enrich each one from its public RSS feed. It is built for **podcast guest booking, sponsorship sales, PR outreach and media research**.

### What you get for each podcast

| Field | Source |
|---|---|
| Title, author, Apple Podcasts URL, genres, artwork, explicit flag | Apple's official iTunes Search API |
| Website, language, description, categories | Podcast RSS feed |
| **Owner name and owner email** | The `itunes:owner` contact the podcaster publishes in their RSS feed for directories |
| Episode count, first and last episode dates | RSS feed |
| **Average days between episodes** and **active in the last 90 days** | Calculated |
| Recent episodes (optional): title, date, duration, episode/season numbers, audio URL, description | RSS feed |

### Use cases

- **Guest booking**: find active shows in your niche and their published contact, then pitch.
- **Sponsorship and ad sales**: build lists of active podcasts by category and publishing frequency.
- **PR agencies**: media lists for clients by topic.
- **Research**: track how many shows cover a topic and how often they publish.

### Example inputs

```json
{ "searchTerms": ["national security", "foreign policy"], "activeOnly": true, "maxItems": 100 }
```

```json
{ "searchTerms": ["real estate investing"], "includeEpisodes": true, "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 10, "outputEpisodesAsRows": true }
```

### Notes

- Apple returns up to 200 podcasts per search term. Use several related terms for wider coverage.
- Owner email appears only if the podcaster published it in their feed. Use contacts responsibly and follow anti-spam laws (CAN-SPAM, GDPR).
- Pay per result.

# Actor input Schema

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

Topics or names, e.g. 'national security', 'real estate investing'.

## `podcastIds` (type: `array`):

e.g. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736

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

Two-letter store country.

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

Up to 200 per term.

## `includeFeedData` (type: `boolean`):

Adds website, owner name/email, categories, episode count, frequency and activity.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only podcasts with an episode in the last 90 days.

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

Add recent episodes for each podcast.

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

1-500

## `outputEpisodesAsRows` (type: `boolean`):

Output episodes as separate rows instead of nested.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "national security"
  ],
  "podcastIds": [],
  "country": "us",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeFeedData": true,
  "activeOnly": false,
  "includeEpisodes": false,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 20,
  "outputEpisodesAsRows": false
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "national security"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("opendata-labz/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": ["national security"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("opendata-labz/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": [
    "national security"
  ]
}' |
apify call opendata-labz/apple-podcasts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,opendata-labz/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/19LAj2dQ7Z87jcKsm/builds/mJmkUXVc7jmjmwbcK/openapi.json