# Apple Podcasts Directory Search

> Apple Podcasts Directory Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.fadeandco.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Searches the Apple Podcasts directory (via iTunes Search API) and returns metadata for matching podcasts including title, publisher, episode count, genres, RSS feed URL, artwork, and Apple Podcasts link.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.fadeandco.workers.dev/api/dev/podchaser?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/apple-podcasts-directory-search-50be636e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pKYfEKHh_cXEsfbd7CPlm

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability apple-podcasts-directory-search-50be636e
```

Example prompt: Can you search the Apple Podcasts directory for podcasts about true crime and give me the top 5 results for the US store, including their RSS feed URLs and episode counts?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to search the Apple Podcasts directory specifically — especially to retrieve RSS feed URLs, episode counts, artwork, or Apple Podcasts deep links for a given topic or show name. Prefer this over generic web search when you need structured podcast metadata from Apple's catalog. Best for podcast discovery, feed aggregation, and enriching podcast-related data pipelines.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'q' parameter returns an error
- Search term longer than 100 characters rejected
- Invalid country code may return empty results or fall back to US store
- limit values outside 1–20 may be clamped or rejected
- iTunes Search API unavailable causes upstream failure
- No matching podcasts returns count:0 and empty podcasts array

## How this service works

Podcast search across the Apple Podcasts directory (iTunes Search API): podcast title, publisher, episode count, genres, latest episode date, explicit flag, RSS feed URL, artwork and Apple Podcasts link, for a search term and optional country store.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a count of results, the original query, source URL, country code, a checkedAt timestamp, and an array of podcast objects each containing: numeric ID, title, publisher, genres array, primary genre, episode count, explicit flag, latest episode date, artwork image URL (600x600), RSS feed URL, and Apple Podcasts deep link URL.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Podcast search term, 1 to 100 characters"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "How many podcasts, 1 to 20 (default 5)"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "2-letter Apple store country, e.g. us, gb, de (default us)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 3,
  "query": "technology",
  "source": "https://itunes.apple.com/search",
  "country": "us",
  "podcasts": [
   {
    "id": 1611767434,
    "title": "Bloomberg Tech",
    "genres": [
     "Tech News",
     "News"
    ],
    "artwork": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts221/v4/f5/9c/9f/f59c9f1f-cbc8-0e46-629d-2df7e6a18274/mza_3594252261487211794.jpg/600x600bb.jpg",
    "feedUrl": "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/41764a4f-fc64-4e11-89ba-ae7c0030ab5e/9caafc41-289c-4115-995d-ae7c0030ab75/podcast.rss",
    "appleUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bloomberg-tech/id1611767434",
    "episodes": 1174,
    "explicit": false,
    "publisher": "Bloomberg",
    "primaryGenre": "Tech News",
    "latestEpisodeAt": "2026-10-22T19:12:00Z"
   },
   {
    "id": 1454680607,
    "title": "TechCrunch Daily Crunch",
    "genres": [
     "Technology",
     "News"
    ],
    "artwork": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts221/v4/1e/0a/cf/1e0acf76-9aee-c343-ada4-fdb25e476f52/mza_17685700231285599738.jpg/600x600bb.jpg",
    "feedUrl": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/techcrunch-daily-crunch",
    "appleUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/techcrunch-daily-crunch/id1454680607",
    "episodes": 1926,
    "explicit": false,
    "publisher": "TechCrunch",
    "primaryGenre": "Technology",
    "latestEpisodeAt": "2026-10-22T11:00:00Z"
   }
  ],
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:35:25.763Z"
 }
}
```

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