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Podcast Index Scraper

Extract open podcast directory data, feed URLs, value tags, and chapter metadata from Podcast Index database. Built on spider-browser .

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target
podcastindex.org
success rate
99.9%
latency
~4ms
Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

podcast-index-scraper.ts
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://podcastindex.org/podcast/920666");
await page.content();

const data = await page.extractFields({
  title: ".podcast-title",
  author: ".podcast-author",
  description: ".podcast-description",
  categories: ".podcast-categories",
  episodeCount: ".podcast-episode-count",
  image: { selector: ".podcast-artwork img", attribute: "src" },
});

console.log(data);
await spider.close();
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Fetch API

One endpoint for podcastindex.org.

Structured JSON from podcastindex.org with a single POST. AI-resolved selectors, cached on the first call.

POST /fetch/podcastindex.org/
Show titleAuthorFeed URLCategoriesEpisode countLanguage
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/podcastindex.org/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'
Python
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/podcastindex.org/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())
Node.js
const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/podcastindex.org/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);
Extraction

Fields you can pull.

Show titleAuthorFeed URLCategoriesEpisode countLanguageLast updateValue tags
Metadata

Track & album data

Extract track info, artist data, and play counts from podcastindex.org.

Rendering

Player handling

Handle embedded players, dynamic playlists, and streaming interfaces.

Scale

Catalog coverage

Process entire artist catalogs and podcast libraries at scale.

Related

More Music & Podcasts scrapers.

Start

Start scraping podcastindex.org.

Grab an API key and call the endpoint above. The first request resolves the config; every request after hits cache.