# Spotify Podcast Search API Spotify Searches Spotify podcasts by keyword in any language and returns them a page at a time, in Spotify's order. Each has its ID, link, name, publisher, largest cover, whether its episodes are audio or video, and its categories. The Spotify Podcast API adds the description, rating, episode count and latest episode's date. GET `/v1/spotify/search_podcasts` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_podcasts' \ --data-urlencode 'query=true crime' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.spotify.searchPodcasts.list({ query: "true crime" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "true crime", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_podcasts?${params}`, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" }, }); const body = await res.json(); if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`); const { data, page, meta } = body; console.log(data, meta.credits_charged); ``` Python (requests): ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_podcasts", params={"query": "true crime"}, headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]}, ) body = res.json() if not res.ok: raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}") data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"] print(data, meta["credits_charged"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("query", "true crime") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_podcasts?"+q.Encode(), nil) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")) res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer res.Body.Close() var body struct { Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"` Page json.RawMessage `json:"page"` Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"` Error *struct { Code string `json:"code"` Message string `json:"message"` } `json:"error"` } if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if body.Error != nil { log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message) } fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": [ { "approximate_fields": [], "categories": [ "True crime" ], "cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8abe2cc3efd92b817b54d9bcb2", "description": null, "id": "3DgfoleqaW61T2amZQKINx", "is_explicit": null, "latest_episode_at": null, "media_type": "audio", "metrics": { "episode_count": null, "rating_count": null }, "platform": "spotify", "platform_specific": {}, "publisher": null, "publisher_name": "Audiochuck", "rating": null, "show_type": null, "title": "Crime Junkie", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3DgfoleqaW61T2amZQKINx" }, { "approximate_fields": [], "categories": [ "True crime" ], "cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a6f26a1be3d27a21d83e7cd2f", "description": null, "id": "48GaWhr2cdtOGjF3dF9rLy", "is_explicit": null, "latest_episode_at": null, "media_type": "mixed", "metrics": { "episode_count": null, "rating_count": null }, "platform": "spotify", "platform_specific": {}, "publisher": null, "publisher_name": "True Crime Stories", "rating": null, "show_type": null, "title": "True Crime Stories", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/48GaWhr2cdtOGjF3dF9rLy" }, { "approximate_fields": [], "categories": [ "True crime" ], "cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a92b95c1495e411e3fb99659b", "description": null, "id": "2gknS4WovSnrJupP8BVKNe", "is_explicit": null, "latest_episode_at": null, "media_type": "audio", "metrics": { "episode_count": null, "rating_count": null }, "platform": "spotify", "platform_specific": {}, "publisher": null, "publisher_name": "Crime House", "rating": null, "show_type": null, "title": "Serial Killers & Murderous Minds", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2gknS4WovSnrJupP8BVKNe" } ], "page": { "has_more": true, "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR", "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z", "end_reason": null }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "spotify", "source": "api", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 627, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": null, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - Results are podcasts only: the audiobooks, episodes, tracks and artists a query matches aren't in the list. > - Search lists no description, rating, episode count, latest episode date, order or explicit flag, so those are null: the Spotify Podcast API returns them. > - Spotify drops a show's categories from some answers to identical requests, so an empty categories listed in unknown_fields doesn't mean the show has none, and asking again can fill it. > - Results are in Spotify's order, which depends on the page size, so a smaller limit isn't always the top of a larger one. A walk ends with page.end_reason platform_limit where Spotify stops serving, however many shows it matched. > - Spotify can repeat a show on a later page. One from the page before is dropped, so a page can hold fewer shows than its limit while next_cursor goes on, and one from further back can appear twice in a walk. > - Spotify answers a weak query with its nearest guesses, so an empty page is rare and any result may be a loose match. > - When Spotify's search doesn't answer, the first pages come from a web search engine's index, each show read from Spotify, with a partial_data warning, Spotify's filters are read as plain words, and media_type and categories are unknown. That list holds only what the index has, often a small part of Spotify's, in the engine's order. A next_cursor stays on the list it came from: if Spotify's search stops answering mid-walk, the next page fails with a retryable error instead of switching lists. > - An empty query, a Spotify URI or a link to a Spotify page returns invalid_input, naming the endpoint that takes it where there is one. For a link to Spotify's search page, send its words instead. ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `query` required | `string`
max 250 chars | What to search for, as in Spotify's search box: a show's name, who publishes it or a topic, in any language. Spotify's filters for music (artist:, album:, year:, genre:, track:, tag:, isrc:) match no podcast, alone or beside other words, and answer an empty page. | `true crime` | | `lang` optional | `string`
bcp47 | Preferred language: a BCP-47 tag such as en or pt-BR (case-insensitive; _ is read as -). The language of the answer's categories, where Spotify holds them in several (True crime, 言語). It can reorder the results a little. | `en` | | `limit` optional | `integer`
min 1
max 100 | Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for. | `100` | | `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | — | Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). `limit` and `cursor` page through the list: see Pagination. **Parameters every endpoint accepts** | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `max_age` optional | `integer`
min 0 | Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent. | — | | `fields` optional | `string` | Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments\[\].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole. | — | ## Response ### 200 `{data, page, meta}`. `data` is an array of up to 100 [podcast](https://socialtap.dev/resources/podcast/index.md) objects, Spotify's own ranking for the query; `page` says how to get the next page; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). The fields are the podcast schema. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data[].platform` | `string` | Platform ID (spotify, youtube, …). | | `data[].id` | `string` | Platform-native show ID (string), the one in its page's URL. | | `data[].url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical show page URL. | | `data[].title` | `string` | The show's name as the platform lists it. | | `data[].description` | `string` or `null` | About the show, as plain text; null when it has none or the platform shows none. | | `data[].publisher_name` | `string` or `null` | Who publishes the show, as the platform names them; null when it does not. | | `data[].publisher` | `object` or `null` | The platform account of the publisher; null when the platform names them without an account (always on Spotify). | | `data[].publisher.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data[].publisher.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data[].publisher.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data[].publisher.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data[].publisher.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].publisher.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data[].cover_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Cover art URL at the largest size the platform serves; null when it has none. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].media_type` | `string` or `null` | What its episodes are: audio, video or mixed (both); null when the platform does not say. New values may be added.
One of `audio`, `video`, `mixed` | | `data[].show_type` | `string` or `null` | episodic: its episodes stand alone, newest first; serial: they are heard in order, from the first. Null when the platform does not say. New values may be added.
One of `episodic`, `serial` | | `data[].categories` | `string[]` | Spotify: topics. Categories or topics the platform files it under, as shown (not normalized), the main one first; \[\] when none (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them). | | `data[].is_explicit` | `boolean` or `null` | Marked as holding explicit content by the platform; null when it does not say. | | `data[].rating` | `number` or `null` | Listeners' average rating, 1 to 5 stars (metrics.rating_count ratings behind it; listed in approximate_fields when the platform rounds it); null when unrated or the platform shows none. | | `data[].latest_episode_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When its newest episode came out, RFC 3339 UTC; listed in approximate_fields when read from display text or a date alone. Null when the source does not show it. | | `data[].metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. | | `data[].metrics.episode_count` | `integer` or `null` | Episodes the platform counts (it may count ones no longer public, so a walk of the episodes can return fewer); null when it does not state one. | | `data[].metrics.rating_count` | `integer` or `null` | Listeners who rated the show, 0 when none has; null when the platform shows no count. | | `data[].platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\); each null when unknown. | | `data[].approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform, date-only or parsed from display text (rating at one decimal, metrics.rating_count from "2.6K"). \[\] when all exact. | | `data[].unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. \[\] when every list is known. | not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned. ### 400 400 Bad Request: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `invalid_input` | 400 | No | A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes. | Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one. | | `invalid_cursor` | 400 | No | The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it. | Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. | ### 401 401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired. | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url. | ### 402 402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically. | | `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically. | ### 403 403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code. | Act on details.reason. suspended: contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP. | | `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code. | Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry. | ### 404 404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why). | Check the link or ID. Do not retry. | ### 429 429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it. | Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. | ### 500 500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. | ### 502 502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read. | Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free. | ### 503 503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. | | `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free. | ## Pagination Items come in pages, **Spotify's own ranking for the query**. To get the next page, send **the same request plus `cursor`** set to `page.next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When `page.has_more` is `false` the walk is over, and `page.end_reason` says why: only `end` means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early). - **Order**: Spotify's own ranking for the query - **Page size**: Up to 100 podcasts (the default; `limit` lowers it) - **Cursor lifetime**: 24 hours; don't store cursors - **Price**: Per page, 1 credit ### The `page` object | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `page.has_more` | `boolean` | True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end. | | `page.next_cursor` | `string` or `null` | Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end. | | `page.next_cursor_expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors. | | `page.end_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.
One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` | ### Next page cURL: next page: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_podcasts' \ --data-urlencode 'query=true crime' \ --data-urlencode 'cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` - The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever `limit` is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with `has_more: true` is not the end). - A `limit` below 100 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting `limit` is the cheapest way to walk the list. - Errors are free, including a rejected cursor. - Pages served from the cache are free. - An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with [`invalid_cursor`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_cursor) (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. [Pagination guide](https://socialtap.dev/docs/pagination/index.md) ## Pricing From **1 credit** per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`; sources are tried cheapest first: Platform API → Web search. | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 | **Balance, sources and what you were charged** Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts. | meta.source | Source | What it means | | --- | --- | --- | | `api` | Platform API | The platform's public, logged-out API. | | `web_search` | Web search | A public web search engine's index of the platform's pages, where the platform has no logged-out search of its own: each result is what the index shows of the item, which can be days or weeks old. | `meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) Endpoint ID `spotify.search_podcasts` · operationId `spotify.search_podcasts.list` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/search_podcasts/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/spotify/search_podcasts/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)