# Spotify Podcast Episodes API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/spotify/podcast-episodes)

> Returns episodes for a Spotify podcast. Pass the `cursor` from the previous response to fetch the next page.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/spotify/podcast/episodes` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | no | Spotify podcast (show) ID. |
| `url` | no | Spotify podcast (show) URL. |
| `cursor` | no | Cursor returned by the previous response. Omit for page 1. |
| `since` | no | Only rows published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Rows older than it are left off each page. This list is not in date order, so the walk does not stop at the date: keep following `next_cursor`, and each page costs what a page costs even when every row on it is filtered out. A row with no date is kept. `published_after`, `start_date`, `from_date`, `publish_time` (`yesterday`, `this-week`, `this-month`, `last-3-months`, `last-6-months`) and `max_age_days` are accepted and applied as `since`. |
| `until` | no | Only rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/spotify/podcast/episodes" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I list a Spotify podcast's episodes with an API?

Send a GET request to /v1/spotify/podcast/episodes with the show's id or url parameter. The response returns a page of episodes as unified JSON, plus a cursor for the next page.

### How does pagination work on the episodes endpoint?

Each response includes a cursor value. Pass it as the cursor parameter on your next request to fetch the following page; omit it to start from page one. Repeat until no cursor is returned.

### What fields does each episode include?

Episodes arrive as a unified PostList: each entry carries the episode title, description, and publish metadata in the same JSON shape SocialCrawl uses across all 69 platforms.

### How much does the Spotify Episodes API cost?

Each page request costs 1 credit on the standard tier. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card, so a 100-episode show paged 10 at a time costs about 1 credit per page.

### Can I pass the show URL instead of an ID?

Yes. The endpoint accepts either the show ID or the full open.spotify.com/show URL, so you can chain it directly after /v1/spotify/podcast or /v1/spotify/search results.

See the full Spotify API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/spotify

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How to list all episodes of a Spotify podcast with an API
- What does the SocialCrawl Spotify Podcast Episodes API return?