Kuku TV & Kuku FM Show Details & Episodes API

Kuku TV and Kuku FM show details and episode list scraper API

Kuku TV & Kuku FM Show Details & Episodes API is a Kuku TV series detail scraper for Kuku FM audio series and short-drama reels. Submit up to 1,000 show IDs and receive structured show metadata: titles, synopses, genres, tropes, episode and season counts, cast and crew, ratings, age ratings, and cover art. Flip includeEpisodes on to add the complete released episode list in the same run.

It works as a Kuku TV API alternative for catalog enrichment, content research, and metadata pipelines. No Kuku FM account, login, or app installation is required.

Why use this Kuku TV series scraper?

• Resolve up to 1,000 Kuku TV showId values into complete show metadata in one run.
• Optionally pull every released episode of a show, in order, from a single showId — no separate episode-ID lookup needed.
• Capture genres, tropes, content descriptors, and age ratings for editorial classification.
• Collect flattened cast and crew groups with IDs, roles, and follower counts.
• Receive one Dataset item per show with the complete raw payload preserved.
• Export results to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.
• Integrate with the Apify API, schedules, webhooks, Make, n8n, or cloud storage.

Typical use cases include Kuku TV show metadata extraction, Kuku FM catalog research, genre and trope analysis, content moderation metadata, and building a normalized series database.

What Kuku TV show data can the API extract?

Field	Type	Description
showId	integer or null	Kuku TV show ID.
success	boolean	Whether the row is a successfully retrieved show.
slug	string or null	URL slug of the show.
title	string or null	Show title.
description	string or null	Primary synopsis.
descriptionSecondary	string or null	Alternate synopsis returned by the API.
authorName	string or null	Author or creator name.
language	string or null	Language slug.
languageLabel	string or null	Language name in its own script.
contentType	string or null	Content type, such as Series.
genre	string or null	Primary genre, such as Thriller.
tropes	array	Story tropes, such as Contract Marriage.
episodeCount	integer or null	Number of released episodes.
totalEpisodeCount	integer or null	Released episodes plus unreleased placeholder cards.
unreleasedEpisodeCount	integer or null	Unreleased placeholder cards the show advertises.
hasArtificialScarcity	boolean or null	Whether the show pads its list with unreleased placeholders.
seasonCount	integer or null	Number of seasons.
durationSeconds	integer or null	Total runtime in seconds.
listenCount	integer or null	Lifetime listen count.
commentCount	integer or null	Comment count reported for the show.
reviewCount	integer or null	Review count.
overallRating	number or null	Average rating when the show has reviews.
ageRating	string or null	Age rating, such as A.
contentDescriptors	array	Advisory descriptors, such as Strong Language.
isPremium	boolean or null	Whether the show is a premium title.
isReel	boolean or null	Whether the show is a vertical short-drama reel.
isFictional	boolean or null	Whether the show is marked as fiction.
isSafeForKids	boolean or null	Whether the show is marked safe for children.
isAdultContent	boolean or null	Whether the show is marked adult content.
isVerified	boolean or null	Whether the creator is verified.
monetizationType	string or null	Monetization model, such as coin_ads or subscription.
completionStatus	string or null	Publish status label, such as Ongoing or Completed.
publishedOn	string or null	First publication timestamp.
coverImageUrl	string or null	Original cover image URL.
thumbnailUrl	string or null	Portrait thumbnail URL.
shareImageUrl	string or null	Social share image URL.
dynamicLink	string or null	Kuku FM short link.
credits	object or null	Cast and crew flattened by the groups the API returned, for every group with members.
creditCounts	object or null	Number of people in each credit group, including empty groups.
uri	string or null	Kuku TV deep link, such as app://kukufm/show/....
webUrl	string or null	Public kukufm.com show URL.
episodes	array or null	Released episodes in show order, or null when includeEpisodes is false.
episodesReturned	integer or null	Number of episodes in episodes.
episodesHasMore	boolean or null	Whether the API signalled further episode pages.
episodePages	integer or null	Total episode pages the API reports for this show.
episodePagesFetched	integer or null	Episode pages this run actually fetched.
firstLockedEpisodeTitle	string or null	Title of the first locked episode.
lastUnlockedEpisodeIndex	integer or null	Index of the last unlocked episode.
unreleasedSkipped	integer or null	Placeholder cards skipped while building episodes.
data	object or null	Complete raw show payload exactly as the API returned it.
error	string or null	Error message for a failed show ID.

Credit group names differ per show, so credits and creditCounts are derived from whatever the API returns. Observed groups include casts, producers, writers, lead_writers, directors, video_creators, and dubbing_studios. Each person is {id, name, role, isPrimary, followerCount}.

How to get Kuku TV show details by ID

1. Open the Actor's Input tab.
2. Add one or more numeric show IDs to showIds. Use the showId returned by the Kuku TV Search Actor, or the trailing number of a kukufm.com/show/... URL.
3. Turn includeEpisodes on only when you also want the episode list; each episode record is billed separately.
4. Click Start.
5. Open the Dataset to inspect, filter, download, or integrate the results.

How much does Kuku TV show detail extraction cost?

Two events are charged. FREE-tier users pay $4 per 1,000 successfully resolved show IDs ($0.004 per show) and $3 per 1,000 episode records ($0.003 per episode). Users on BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, PLATINUM, and DIAMOND tiers pay $3 per 1,000 shows ($0.003) and $2 per 1,000 episode records ($0.002 per episode).

includeEpisodes is off by default, so a metadata-only run charges one show event per ID. Turning it on charges one episode event per released episode record returned in the episodes array. Diagnostic rows with success: false, unreleased placeholder cards, and duplicate input IDs are never charged.

Example: a 56-episode show with the episode list enabled costs $0.003 + 56 × $0.002 = $0.115 on a paid tier, versus $0.003 without it.

There is no monthly result cap. Paid Apify platform usage for the run — compute and proxy bandwidth — is billed separately by Apify.

Input

See the Input tab for all options. showIds accepts up to 1,000 numeric IDs. Duplicates are ignored while their first-seen order is preserved. includeEpisodes defaults to false, so a metadata-only run never pays for the episode list.

{
  "showIds": ["282775", "277495", "274988"],
  "includeEpisodes": false
}

Output

You can download the Dataset in formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

{
  "showId": 282775,
  "success": true,
  "slug": "the-billionaire-mafia-king-who-bought-his-bride",
  "title": "The Billionaire Mafia King Who Bought His Bride",
  "authorName": "Subhajit Chatterjee",
  "language": "english",
  "languageLabel": "English",
  "contentType": "Series",
  "genre": "Thriller",
  "tropes": ["Contract Marriage", "Marriage Drama", "Mistaken Identity"],
  "episodeCount": 56,
  "seasonCount": 1,
  "listenCount": 828771,
  "ageRating": "A",
  "isPremium": true,
  "monetizationType": "coin_ads",
  "completionStatus": "Ongoing",
  "credits": {"producers": [{"id": 243264762, "name": null, "role": "producer", "isPrimary": false, "followerCount": null}]},
  "creditCounts": {"producers": 1},
  "webUrl": "https://kukufm.com/show/the-billionaire-mafia-king-who-bought-his-bride",
  "episodeCount": 56,
  "totalEpisodeCount": 56,
  "unreleasedEpisodeCount": 0,
  "episodesReturned": 56,
  "episodePagesFetched": 1,
  "unreleasedSkipped": 0,
  "episodes": [
    {"episodeId": 1685164, "index": 1, "seasonNo": 1, "title": "Episode 1", "durationSeconds": 134, "isLocked": false, "coinsToUnlock": 10}
  ],
  "error": null
}

Kuku TV show detail use cases

• Enrich a showId list collected from Kuku TV search with full metadata.
• Pull every episode of a show in order, then hand individual episodeId values to the Episode Details or Episode Comments Actors.
• Classify a catalog by genre, trope, age rating, and content descriptors.
• Track episode and season counts across releases.
• Build a normalized Kuku FM series database for analytics or AI training sets.
• Feed cast and crew graphs into entity-resolution or creator-monitoring tooling.

Related Kuku TV Actors

Actor	Purpose
Kuku TV & Kuku FM Show Search Scraper API	Discover showId values by keyword, genre, or trope.
Kuku TV & Kuku FM Episode Details & Video URL API	Resolve an episodeId from this Actor's episodes array into the full per-episode record.
Kuku TV & Kuku FM Episode Comments Scraper API	Export the public comments and listener profiles behind each episode.
Kuku TV & Kuku FM Episode Video Downloader API	Download each episode and store a playable MP4 plus a metadata sidecar in the run's Apify Key-value store.

Also from the same publisher: Hongguo short-drama Actors for the Hongguo Duanju catalog.

Frequently asked questions

Where do I find Kuku TV show IDs?

Use the Kuku TV & Kuku FM Show Search Scraper API, which returns a showId for every matching show. The numeric ID also appears at the end of a kukufm.com/show/... page URL.

Do I need a Kuku TV or Kuku FM account?

No. Every endpoint used by this Actor is public, so no login, token, or app installation is required.

Why is overallRating sometimes null?

Kuku TV only populates the rating after a show has reviews. Shows with reviewCount: 0 return null.

Why do credit groups differ between shows?

The upstream API returns different credit groups per show. The Actor discovers the groups dynamically, exposes every group with members in credits, and reports every group count in creditCounts.

Does this Actor include the episode list?

Only when you ask for it. includeEpisodes defaults to false, so a default run returns show metadata alone. Set it to true and each show row also carries an episodes array with every released episode in show order, plus episodeCount, episodesReturned, episodePagesFetched, firstLockedEpisodeTitle, and lastUnlockedEpisodeIndex.

Why is episodeCount smaller than totalEpisodeCount?

totalEpisodeCount includes the unreleased placeholder cards that some shows pad their list with, labelled "Releasing Tomorrow" in the Kuku FM apps. episodeCount counts only episodes that actually exist. A measured example: one show reports episodeCount: 481, totalEpisodeCount: 941, and unreleasedEpisodeCount: 460.

Why are some advertised episodes missing from episodes?

Those entries are artificially_scarce placeholder cards: they have an ID, a title, and a release tag, but no duration, no artwork, no lock state, and no season. Their IDs return HTTP 404 from the single-episode endpoint, so the Actor counts them in unreleasedEpisodeCount and unreleasedSkipped instead of listing them. Every ID in episodes is a real episode.

Does the episode list cost extra?

Yes. The episode list is billed as a second event, one episode event per released episode record returned. That is why it is off by default: a metadata-only run costs one show event per ID, while enabling the episode list adds $3 per 1,000 episode records on a FREE-tier account and $2 per 1,000 on a paid tier.

Do the episodes include playable URLs?

No. The episode-list endpoint returns an empty videoUrl for anonymous callers, so the Actor does not publish a videoUrl column in this Actor. Each episode carries an audioUrl and artwork. Use the Episode Details Actor when you need the full per-episode record.

Can I request more than 1,000 shows in one run?

Split larger catalogs across multiple runs or use the Apify API to start the Actor with several input batches.

Legal use and support

Use the Actor lawfully and respect Kuku FM's terms, copyright, rate limits, privacy rules, and applicable law. It is intended for public catalog information and does not access private user accounts.

Use the Issues tab for support and the API tab for generated integration examples.