π΅ iTunes & Apple Search Scraper - Music, Apps & More
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π΅ iTunes & Apple Search Scraper - Music, Apps & More
iTunes Scraper for the official Apple iTunes Search API. Search music, podcasts, apps, audiobooks, movies and ebooks; extract title, artist, album, price, genre, rating, artwork and URLs. Keyless and fast, for media catalogs, podcast and music discovery tools, and app research.
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π΅ iTunes & Apple Search Scraper β Music, Podcasts & Apps
Search the official Apple iTunes API for music, podcasts, apps, audiobooks, movies, TV shows, music videos and ebooks β and get rich, structured metadata on every result: titles, artists, prices, genres, ratings, artwork and preview/view URLs. It's the Apple catalog as clean data across any country store, with no API key, no proxy and no browser β just a keyword and a media type. Export to JSON/CSV/Excel, run on a schedule, call via API, or connect to Make, Zapier or n8n.
π΅ What is the iTunes Scraper?
It turns any iTunes search into a structured dataset. Give it a search term, a media type and a country store, and it returns matching results straight from Apple's official iTunes Search API β songs, albums, podcasts, apps, ebooks and more β with full metadata, artwork and links. Because it calls the official API directly, runs finish in seconds and need no proxy or browser, so media catalogs, discovery tools and content databases get reliable Apple data without scraping fragile pages.
What data does it extract?
- kind (song, podcast, software, ebook, β¦), track_name, artist_name, collection_name
- track_price, collection_price and currency
- primary_genre, release_date and store country
- track_time_millis, disc_count, track_count
- description, content_advisory_rating
- average_user_rating and user_rating_count
- artwork_url and preview_url
- track_view_url, artist_view_url, collection_view_url
- track_id, collection_id, artist_id, plus search_query and scraped_at
β¬οΈ Input
Search any media type across any country store:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
searchQuery | Term to search, e.g. daft punk, the daily podcast, instagram app |
media | Content type β all, music, podcast, musicVideo, audiobook, shortFilm, tvShow, software (apps), ebook, movie |
country | Two-letter store country code, e.g. US, GB, DE, FR, JP |
entity | Optional finer-grained type, e.g. song, album, podcastEpisode, iPadSoftware |
maxResults | Maximum results to return (Apple API max is 200) |
Example input
{"searchQuery":"the daily","media":"podcast","country":"US","maxResults":50}
β¬οΈ Output
Every result is one clean row (view as a table, or export JSON / CSV / Excel):
{"kind":"podcast","track_name":"The Daily","artist_name":"The New York Times","collection_name":"The Daily","primary_genre":"Daily News","release_date":"2026-06-26T10:00:00Z","country":"USA","description":"This is what the news should sound like...","average_user_rating":4.5,"user_rating_count":512340,"artwork_url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/.../artwork100.jpg","track_view_url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736","collection_id":1200361736,"artist_id":121340147,"search_query":"the daily","scraped_at":"2026-06-26T15:30:00.000Z"}
π‘ Use cases
- π§ Media catalogs: build music, podcast and app databases with artwork, genres and links.
- π Discovery tools: power search, recommendation and chart features with official Apple metadata.
- π± App research: track app titles, genres, ratings and prices across different country stores.
- π§© Content enrichment: append artwork, preview URLs and genres to your existing media records.
β FAQ
How do I search iTunes / the Apple catalog? Enter a searchQuery, pick a media
type and a country store, then Run. You get structured results with titles, artists,
prices, genres, artwork and links.
What media types are supported? Music, podcasts, music videos, audiobooks, short
films, TV shows, apps (software), ebooks and movies β or all to search everything.
Which fields do I get? Kind, track/artist/collection names, prices and currency, genre, release date, description, ratings and rating count, artwork, preview and view URLs, plus track/collection/artist IDs. Fields vary by media type.
Can I choose a specific country store? Yes β set country to a two-letter code like
US, GB, DE, FR or JP to search and price against that store.
Do I need an API key? No. It uses Apple's public iTunes Search API β no key, no login. You only need an Apify account to run it.
How many results can I get per search? Up to your maxResults cap; Apple's API
returns a maximum of 200 results per search.
Why is it so fast? It calls the official Apple API directly β no proxy and no browser β so most runs finish in seconds.
What is the entity field for? It is an optional, finer-grained type (e.g. song,
album, podcastEpisode, iPadSoftware) to narrow results within a media type. Leave
it empty for the default.
Can I run it on a schedule or via API? Yes β schedule recurring runs in Apify, call it via the API/SDK, or connect it to Make, Zapier or n8n.
Is this legal? It uses Apple's public iTunes Search API. Respect Apple's API terms and rate limits, and use the data only for lawful purposes.
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