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Scrape GPodder Podcasts
GPodder is a service that allows you to discover new podcasts with a developer-friendly API to scrape public podcasting data from. This is a completely public API, meaning you don’t even need a key to access public data from its directory.
Scraping the API
You’ll want to review the GPodder Directory API for endpoints that may interest you. For example, you can browse the tags they offer and then get details about all podcasts tagged with what you’re interested in, and then retrieve details about those podcasts. Using our service, you’ll be able to download this data as bulk CSV files you can easily use in other programs or upload into a database.
If you don’t need to access this data on-demand and just need to scrape it once or on a recurring basis for your own research or use, you can use the endpoints on this page to avoid having to write custom code to access the data, especially if you’re looking to read it in CSV format. The endpoints here will access GPodder on your behalf and instantly transform the response into CSV format you can use in a spreadsheet or database.
No Authentication
One nice thing about GPodder is they don’t require authenticatoin for scraping public data, so this is a nice API you can use to get a feel for how our service works without worrying about authenticating or API keys.
However, the service can get overloaded at times (perhaps due to malicious actors overloading the system), so this is one downside you need to be aware of. But don’t worry, as you can also see our Spotify Podcasts Scraper to discover and download podcasting data from Spotify as a more reliable alternative.