# Podcast Search & Episodes Scraper (`tindacloud/podcast-search-scraper`) Actor - **URL**: https://apify.com/tindacloud/podcast-search-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Seungki Min](https://apify.com/tindacloud) (community) - **Categories:** Videos, AI, News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.80 / 1,000 records 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 ## Podcast Search & Episodes Scraper Find podcasts and pull their episodes — **audio URLs, durations, publish dates and full descriptions** — with no API key and no quota. Shows come from the Apple Podcasts directory; episodes come from each show's own RSS feed, so you get everything the publisher puts out. ### What can you use this for? - **Build a podcast database** — search a topic, get the shows and their back catalogue. - **Feed a transcription pipeline** — every episode row has a direct `audioUrl`. - **Track competitors or guests** — `episodeKeywords` filters by title and description. - **Watch for new episodes** — `onlyNewEpisodes` on a daily schedule. ### How to find podcasts and episodes | Field | What it does | |---|---| | `searchQueries` | Topics, show names or hosts | | `feedUrls` | Or specific shows: Apple Podcasts URLs or direct RSS feeds | | `country` | Which Apple store to search | | `maxPodcastsPerQuery`, `maxEpisodesPerPodcast` | Limits (episodes 0 = show details only) | | `publishedAfter`, `episodeKeywords` | Episode filters | | `onlyNewEpisodes` | Monitoring mode | ### What the podcast output looks like Rows are marked `recordType: "podcast"` or `"episode"`: ```json { "recordType": "episode", "podcastId": "1322200189", "podcastTitle": "Crime Junkie", "publisher": "Audiochuck", "feedUrl": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/qm_9xx0g", "episodeTitle": "MURDERED: Marina Ramos", "episodeId": "c3c285c3-0e8a-43ff-8962-b891695c7b4e", "publishedAt": "2026-09-21T07:00:00.000Z", "durationSeconds": 2981, "episodeNumber": null, "seasonNumber": null, "explicit": false, "description": "In 1989, a woman is found brutally murdered in Mohave County, Arizona. Decades later, a detective identifies her as Marina Ramos, and discovers that her two young children disappeared with her. Severa…", "audioUrl": "https://tracking.swap.fm/track/fxUKVg2nSMaPSHLeKNKH/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rsv.simplecastaudio.com/ec74d48c-cbf1-4764-923e-7d584dce50fa/episodes/8b7e92d8-4a45-4c78-85af-329290ad956f/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=ec74d48c-cbf1-4764-923e-7d584dce50fa&awEpisodeId=8b7e92d8-4a45-4c78-85af-329290ad956f&feed=qm_9xx0g", "audioType": "audio/mpeg", "audioBytes": 47697963, "episodeUrl": "https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/", "imageUrl": "https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a2c06945-9e6f-4f67-af63-6487de3bffa4/8d602204-102b-442c-9ce1-e5f22b7ab5ba/3000x3000/cropped_1789143770714.jpg?aid=rss_feed", "scrapedAt": "2026-09-21T07:21:50.365Z" } ``` ### How fast is it and what does it cost? 3 shows with 10 episodes each took **4 seconds**. ### Ready-made examples Open one, change the fields, press Start — nothing to configure: - [Find podcasts and download episode list](https://apify.com/tindacloud/podcast-search-scraper/examples/find-podcasts-and-download-episode-list) - [Get podcast episode audio URLs for transcription](https://apify.com/tindacloud/podcast-search-scraper/examples/get-podcast-episode-audio-urls-for-transcription) - [Find new episodes of podcasts you follow](https://apify.com/tindacloud/podcast-search-scraper/examples/find-new-episodes-of-podcasts-you-follow) ### Frequently asked questions #### Do I need an API key or a login? No. Paste your input, press Start. There is nothing to connect and no account on the target site to create. #### How do I export the results? Every run produces a dataset you can download as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read through the Apify API from your own code. You can also connect it to Make, Zapier or n8n. #### Can I run this on a schedule? Yes. Apify schedules run it every hour, day or week without you being there. With the monitoring option on, you only get episodes published since the last run. #### Can I call it from Python or JavaScript? Yes — the Apify API runs any Actor and returns the dataset, and the official Python and JavaScript clients wrap it in a few lines. AI agents can call it too, through Apify's MCP server. #### What does it cost? You pay per result, not per hour. Filters are applied before anything is charged, so narrowing the input directly lowers the bill. Pages that cannot be read are reported in the log and never charged. #### Is this data public? Everything collected here is what Apple Podcasts and RSS feeds shows to anyone without logging in. Check the target site's terms and the rules that apply to you before using the data commercially. ### Related scrapers - [YouTube Transcripts & Video Data](https://apify.com/tindacloud/youtube-transcripts) — transcripts with timestamps - [YouTube Channel Stats & Videos](https://apify.com/tindacloud/youtube-channel-stats) — subscribers and video performance - [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/tindacloud/google-news-scraper) — articles with the real source URL # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Topics, show names or hosts — “true crime”, “startup”, “Lex Fridman”. ## `feedUrls` (type: `array`): Apple Podcasts URLs (…/id1322200189) or direct RSS feed URLs. ## `country` (type: `string`): Two-letter country code for the Apple directory, e.g. US, GB, KR. ## `maxPodcastsPerQuery` (type: `integer`): How many shows to take for each search term. ## `maxEpisodesPerPodcast` (type: `integer`): Set to 0 to return only the show details. ## `includePodcastRow` (type: `boolean`): Adds one row with the show details (publisher, genre, episode count, artwork). ## `publishedAfter` (type: `string`): YYYY-MM-DD. ## `episodeKeywords` (type: `array`): Keep only episodes whose title or description contains one of these words. ## `onlyNewEpisodes` (type: `boolean`): Monitoring mode. Returns only episodes published since the last run — ideal on a daily schedule. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Total limit. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "true crime" ], "country": "US", "maxPodcastsPerQuery": 10, "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 20, "includePodcastRow": true, "onlyNewEpisodes": false, "maxResults": 1000 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): All results in a table view. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQueries": [ "true crime" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("tindacloud/podcast-search-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQueries": ["true crime"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("tindacloud/podcast-search-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 '{ "searchQueries": [ "true crime" ] }' | apify call tindacloud/podcast-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tindacloud/podcast-search-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 ` 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/viOMC7EdpOvb2Nf4U/builds/85BX0CPB4ottnr97O/openapi.json