GET podcastindex.org HTTP 200116 ms3.3 KB$0.000195 captured Aug 8, 2026

podcastindex.org, as data

One API turns any podcastindex.org page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.

target profile from the capture

Render mode: Headless browser required
Response: HTTP 200 in 116 ms
Page size: 3.3 KB of markdown, 49 lines
Browser steps: 3 observed on the live page
Fields: Show title, Author, Feed URL, Categories and 4 more
Captured: Aug 8, 2026

Start scraping podcastindex.org See the code

Free balance on signup, no card. This podcastindex.org page cost $0.000195 to fetch.

response 200 · 116 ms · 3.3 KB

# The Podcast Index is here to preserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem.We do this by enabling developers to have access to an open, categorized index that will always be available for free, for any use.Try a new podcast app today and see how much better the experience can be.from: tägliche Frauenandacht (Russisch)### PromiseThe core, categorized index will always be available for free, for any use.### OperationsPodcast Index LLC is a software developer focused partnership that provides tools and data to anyone who aspires to create new and exciting Podcast experiences without the heavy lifting of indexing, aggregation and data management.### FinancingThe core Podcast Index is financed by its founders and stakeholders: Podcasters, Developers and Listeners.Corporate interests and advertising are antithetical to our business.Podcast Index LLC strives to grow by providing enhanced API services of value to developers and organizations.### Mission and GoalPreserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem.Re-tool podcasting to a platform of value exchange that includes developers with podcasters and listeners.### Developer? Join the fun!**API Documentation** is online here.**Download the full podcast index** as a sqlite3 file. Query the entire database on your desktop using DB Browser for SQLite or similar. The file is produced Saturdays at 22:00 UTC (and uploaded a few hours later).**We build in the open.** Get active in the Github repos.**We have a Mastodon server for collaboration.** Join it here: Podcastindex.social**Follow us** on X - @podcastindexorg or our Mastodon server.**Shoot us an email** at: info@podcastindex.org### Help us out...**None of this is free.** If you get any value from this project, or if you just believe in it and want to help us out with hosting fees and paying the bills, a donation of any amount would be great.#### Paypal

POST /scrape · podcastindex.org/index.md · markdown · 49 lines · captured Aug 8, 2026

browser steps podcastindex.org

Open podcastindex.org in a real browser
Wait for the page to finish rendering
Collect the repeated result blocks .player-carousel-item

What Spider does on podcastindex.org

Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.

/scrape

Page to markdown

Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.

116 ms · $0.000195

/fetch

Page to JSON

Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.

/crawl

Whole site

Follows podcastindex.org's own links, respects robots, streams pages as they land.

/links

Link graph

Every internal and external URL on a page, before you decide what to fetch.

/screenshot

Rendered capture

Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.

The call behind the panel

This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.

request scrape.sh

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://podcastindex.org/", "return_format": "markdown", "request": "chrome"}'

from spider import Spider

app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown", "request": "chrome"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://podcastindex.org/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])

import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";

const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://podcastindex.org/", {
  return_format: "markdown",
  request: "chrome",
});
console.log(page.content);

browser render · this target needed a browser, so the call asks for one

What podcastindex.org costs

Multiplied from the measured 3.3 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 3.3 KB in a headless browser, measured $0.000195

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.005864

1,000 pages this size 3.2 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.20

10,000 pages this size 31.9 MB at the measured price ≈ $1.95

1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.

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The capture above took 116 ms and cost $0.000195. The same call takes any URL on podcastindex.org.

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