Search podcasts and episodes using the Podcast Index API

domain: podcastindex-org.github.io · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Register for API credentials, since every request requires an API key against the base URL https://api.podcastindex.org/api/1.0
  2. Call /search/byterm?q={terms} to search feeds/podcasts - this matches primarily on the feed title, not on episode content
  3. Call /episodes/byfeedurl (or the equivalent byfeedid endpoint) to retrieve episodes for a specific feed in reverse chronological order once you have the feed
  4. Do not treat /search/byterm as an episode search - route episode-level queries to the episodes endpoints instead
  5. Check the OpenAPI spec (docs-api site) for the exact required auth headers before going to production

Known gotchas

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