# Spotify Podcast Scraper - Episodes & Shows (`antishock/spotify-podcast-episodes-api-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Spotify podcast episodes and show data via API. Extract episode titles, descriptions, publish dates, and show metadata for podcast research, content analysis, and media intelligence.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/antishock/spotify-podcast-episodes-api-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ryan Zinburg](https://apify.com/antishock) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 dataset items

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Spotify Podcast Episodes Scraper – Official API

Scrapes Spotify podcast episodes and show metadata through Spotify's official Web API.

### Features

- Client Credentials authentication (no user login)
- Search by podcast / episode keyword
- Direct batch scraping by Spotify show IDs
- Show-level metadata enrichment
- Duration, release date, descriptions, explicit flag, language, thumbnails, URLs

### Input

Provide a Spotify App `spotifyClientId` and `spotifyClientSecret` from developer.spotify.com.

Optional parameters:

- `searchQuery` – keyword used when no `showIds` are supplied
- `showIds` – direct Spotify show IDs
- `market` – Spotify market code, default `US`
- `maxItems` – maximum number of episode dataset items, max `1000`

### Output

Each dataset item contains:

- `episode_id`
- `title`
- `show_name`
- `show_id`
- `description`
- `release_date`
- `duration_ms`
- `duration_minutes`
- `spotify_url`
- `audio_preview_url`
- `language`
- `explicit`
- `show_publisher`
- `show_total_episodes`
- `show_thumbnail_url`
- `external_urls`

# Actor input Schema

## `spotifyClientId` (type: `string`):

Spotify App Client ID from developer.spotify.com.

## `spotifyClientSecret` (type: `string`):

Spotify App Client Secret from developer.spotify.com.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Podcast or episode keyword. Used when showIds is empty.

## `showIds` (type: `array`):

Direct Spotify show IDs for episode scraping.

## `market` (type: `string`):

Spotify market code, e.g. US, DE, GB.

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

Maximum number of episode items to save.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "technology",
  "showIds": [],
  "market": "US",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("antishock/spotify-podcast-episodes-api-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("antishock/spotify-podcast-episodes-api-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call antishock/spotify-podcast-episodes-api-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=antishock/spotify-podcast-episodes-api-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WqalptfFn6YUiiScj/builds/K4FTNixgbHbEVxA0e/openapi.json