Search Spotify Podcasts

Returns normalized Spotify podcast shows, episodes, and top results for a search term.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestSpotifyPodcastsspotify.searchResponseDoc/spotify-podcasts/search

Overview

Returns normalized Spotify podcast shows, episodes, and top results for a search term.

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Request schema

Name	In	Type	Required	Example	Description
q	query	string	Yes	chatgpt	Podcast search term
offset	query	integer	No	0	Search offset
limit	query	integer	No	30	Result limit, clamped to 1-50
number_of_top_results	query	integer	No	20	Top result limit, clamped to 1-50
include_pre_releases	query	boolean	No	false	Include pre-release results
include_album_pre_releases	query	boolean	No	false	Include album pre-release results
include_audiobooks	query	boolean	No	true	Include audiobooks
include_authors	query	boolean	No	false	Include authors
include_episode_content_ratings_v2	query	boolean	No	false	Include Spotify episode content ratings v2
x-api-key	header	string	Yes		API key required

Authentication

Send your scraping API key in the x-api-key header. Use the console API Keys page to rotate or select the active key.

Billing

Endpoint usage is metered in credits. The plan prices, included credits, limits, and overage rates below match the active backend billing configuration.

Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Charged response: Successful 2xx responses

Plan	Price	Included credits	Daily cap	Rate limit	Overage
Free	$0/mo	2,000	500 daily credits	5/min	No overage
Starter	$9/mo	20,000	5,000 daily credits	15/min	$0.75/1,000 overage credits when enabled
Growth	$29/mo	100,000	25,000 daily credits	45/min	$0.45/1,000 overage credits when enabled
Pro	$79/mo	400,000	No daily cap	120/min	$0.30/1,000 overage credits
Business	$199/mo	1,200,000	No daily cap	300/min	$0.20/1,000 overage credits
Enterprise	$499/mo	5,000,000	No daily cap	1,000/min	$0.12/1,000 overage credits

Infrastructure behavior

This endpoint is executed through Crawlora's managed scraping infrastructure.

Proxy strategy: managed automatically where needed
Browser rendering: enabled for supported targets that require rendered HTML or JavaScript execution
Browser cluster: supported dynamic workloads can be routed through distributed browser instances
Retry behavior: automatic retry/fallback may be used depending on endpoint type
Challenge handling: challenged pages or unusable upstream HTML are detected and surfaced clearly when they cannot be used
Billing: credits are charged only for successful 2xx responses
Observability: responses include request context where available

MCP

MCP URL: https://mcp.crawlora.net/mcp
Tool name: spotify_podcasts.search
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Docs resource: docs://index

Error behavior

Crawlora does not silently return bad data when the upstream page cannot be used.

Status	Common failure case
400	Invalid input or missing required parameter
429	Plan or endpoint rate limit exceeded
500	Internal execution error
502	Upstream platform failed, returned unusable HTML, or served a challenge page that could not be resolved

When possible, Crawlora returns structured error context so your integration can retry, back off, or inspect the request.

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Missing or invalid parameters	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Rate limit exceeded	#/definitions/app.Response
502	Spotify upstream request failed	#/definitions/app.Response

Example response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "searchTerm": "chatgpt",
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 30,
    "shows": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:show:example",
        "type": "Podcast",
        "title": "Example Show",
        "publisher": "Example Publisher",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/show/example"
      }
    ],
    "episodes": []
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/spotify.searchResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No		Code is the HTTP status code or a custom code used to indicate the result of the request @example 200
data	spotify.SearchPodcastsResponse	No
data.episodes	array	No
data.episodes[].description	string	No	A new adventure from the Stinky Dragon crew.
data.episodes[].durationMs	integer	No	3600000
data.episodes[].externalUrl	string	No	https://open.spotify.com/episode/2C2Y5kNq7qCVOVhbA0G3os
data.episodes[].imageUrl	string	No	https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8ab0484f8ee2933eceab32bac0
data.episodes[].images	array	No
data.episodes[].images[].height	integer	No	640
data.episodes[].images[].url	string	No	https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8ab0484f8ee2933eceab32bac0
data.episodes[].images[].width	integer	No	640
data.episodes[].isExplicit	boolean	No	false
data.episodes[].isPlayable	boolean	No	true
data.episodes[].name	string	No	Tales from the Stinky Dragon
data.episodes[].releaseDate	string	No	2026-05-13
data.episodes[].type	string	No	Episode
data.episodes[].uri	string	No	spotify:episode:2C2Y5kNq7qCVOVhbA0G3os
data.limit	integer	No	20
data.meta	spotify.SearchPodcastsMeta	No
data.meta.appVersion	string	No	1.2.90.403.gf901f20f
data.meta.episodeCount	integer	No	2
data.meta.fetchedAt	string	No	2026-05-13T20:41:12Z
data.meta.operationName	string	No	searchPodcasts
data.meta.showCount	integer	No	4
data.meta.topCount	integer	No	3
data.offset	integer	No	0
data.searchTerm	string	No	hello
data.shows	array	No
data.shows[].description	string	No	The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
data.shows[].externalUrl	string	No	https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk
data.shows[].imageUrl	string	No	https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67656300005f1f54e6837957803d762a3f4d2b
data.shows[].images	array	No
data.shows[].images[].height	integer	No	640
data.shows[].images[].url	string	No	https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8ab0484f8ee2933eceab32bac0
data.shows[].images[].width	integer	No	640
data.shows[].publisher	string	No	Joe Rogan
data.shows[].subtitle	string	No	Joe Rogan
data.shows[].title	string	No	The Joe Rogan Experience
data.shows[].type	string	No	Podcast
data.shows[].uri	string	No	spotify:show:4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk
data.topResults	array	No
data.topResults[].description	string	No	The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
data.topResults[].externalUrl	string	No	https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk
data.topResults[].imageUrl	string	No	https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67656300005f1f54e6837957803d762a3f4d2b
data.topResults[].images	array	No
data.topResults[].images[].height	integer	No	640
data.topResults[].images[].url	string	No	https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8ab0484f8ee2933eceab32bac0
data.topResults[].images[].width	integer	No	640
data.topResults[].publisher	string	No	Joe Rogan
data.topResults[].subtitle	string	No	Joe Rogan
data.topResults[].title	string	No	The Joe Rogan Experience
data.topResults[].type	string	No	Podcast
data.topResults[].uri	string	No	spotify:show:4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk
msg	unknown	No		Msg is the message that describes the result of the request @example "Request successful"

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/spotify-podcasts/search?q=chatgpt&offset=0&limit=30&number_of_top_results=20&include_pre_releases=false&include_album_pre_releases=false&include_audiobooks=true&include_authors=false&include_episode_content_ratings_v2=false" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Overview

Request schema

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Infrastructure behavior

MCP

Error behavior

Failure responses

Example response

Code examples

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