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"title": "๐๏ธ Podcast Directory Scraper โ Host Contacts & Emails",
"description": "Turn Apple Podcasts searches, charts, or links into podcast host emails, websites, and social contacts. No API key needed. Get RSS-enriched leads with confidence-scored emails and an outreach lead score for podcast outreach and PR pitching.",
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"description": "๐ฏ Topics, niches or show names โ for example `b2b saas marketing`, `true crime`, `health and fitness`, `startup founders`. Each keyword is searched on its own. Bulk input supported โ paste one per line.",
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"description": "๐ข Bare Apple Podcasts show IDs, one per line โ for example `1322200189`. Use this when you have plain IDs rather than full links; the URL field above only accepts real URLs. Both fields are processed together.",
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"description": "๐บ๏ธ Which country's Apple Podcasts store to search. Charts and rankings are country-specific, so this changes what you get. Pick one or type any two-letter code โ 175 stores are supported.",
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"type": "array",
"description": "๐ฃ๏ธ Used only by Episode keyword search. Phrases to look for inside episode titles and notes โ `series B funding`, `cold outreach`, `menopause`. Leave empty to reuse your main search keywords.",
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"type": "string"
}
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"top",
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],
"type": "string",
"description": "๐ Used only by Top charts mode. `top-series` is the classic most-popular-shows chart.",
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"chartGenres": {
"title": "๐๏ธ Chart categories",
"type": "array",
"description": "๐จ Used only by Top charts mode. Category names such as `business`, `comedy`, `true crime`, `health & fitness`. Leave empty to sweep every top-level category.",
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"title": "๐งฎ Total podcast cap",
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"description": "๐ Hard stop for the whole run, across every keyword and category. `0` means no limit. You are only charged for podcasts actually saved.",
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"fetchRss": {
"title": "๐ก Read each show's feed for contact details",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "๐ฌ Opens the show's own feed to pull the host email, owner name, real website, credited hosts, publishing cadence, funding link and episode list. Turn off for a fast metadata-only run.",
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"scrapeWebsite": {
"title": "๐ Check the show website when the feed has no email",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "๐ Also checks the podcast's own website โ homepage plus contact/about pages โ for an address.",
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"websiteMaxPages": {
"title": "๐ Extra website pages to check",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 10,
"type": "integer",
"description": "๐๏ธ How many contact/about pages to open beyond the homepage. Higher finds more addresses but takes longer.",
"default": 2
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"includeSocialLinks": {
"title": "๐ Collect social profiles",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "๐ฑ Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok profiles belonging to the show (guest and sponsor links are filtered out).",
"default": true
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"title": "๐ง Include episode listings",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "๐ป Adds recent episodes per show โ title, description, publish date, duration, audio URL, episode/season number, transcript link and credited guests. Turn off for smaller, faster rows.",
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"title": "๐ข Max episodes per podcast",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "๐ฆ How many recent episodes to include per show. `0` returns every episode in the feed (can be very large). Publishing cadence is always calculated from the full feed regardless of this cap.",
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"includeRatingHistogram": {
"title": "๐ Include the full star breakdown",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "โญ Adds the 1โ
โ5โ
vote counts alongside the average rating.",
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"activeOnly": {
"title": "๐ข Active podcasts only",
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"description": "๐
Keep only shows that published an episode in the last 90 days. Shows whose feed could not be read are dropped too, since activity cannot be confirmed.",
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"title": "๐๏ธ โฆor set your own activity window",
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"type": "integer",
"description": "โณ Keep only shows with an episode in the last N days. Overrides the 90-day switch above. `0` disables it.",
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"excludeCompleted": {
"title": "๐ซ Skip finished shows",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "๐ฌ Drop shows the store flags as completed/ended โ they will never book a guest.",
"default": false
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"requireEmail": {
"title": "๐ง Only keep podcasts with a host email",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "๐ฐ Skip any show with no usable contact address. Filtered shows are never saved and never charged, so you only pay for contactable leads.",
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"requireWebsite": {
"title": "๐ Only keep podcasts with a website",
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"description": "๐ Skip shows that publish no website of their own.",
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"excludeExplicit": {
"title": "๐ Skip explicit shows",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "๐งน Drop shows marked explicit โ useful for brand-safe sponsorship lists.",
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"title": "๐ Minimum lead score",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"type": "integer",
"description": "๐ฏ Skip shows scoring below this (0โ100). Roughly: 60 keeps shows with at least one direct contact channel, 80 keeps active, well-rated shows with a real inbox. `0` keeps everything.",
"default": 0
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"minEpisodes": {
"title": "๐ง Minimum episodes",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "๐ Drop shows with fewer episodes than this โ a quick way to filter out abandoned pilots.",
"default": 0
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"title": "๐ณ๏ธ Minimum number of ratings",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1000000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "๐ Drop shows with fewer listener ratings than this โ a sign of real audience size.",
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"title": "โญ Minimum star rating",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 5,
"type": "number",
"description": "๐ Drop shows rated below this on the 0โ5 scale. A minimum rating count of 1 is applied automatically, because a 5.0 from zero raters is not a 5.0.",
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"title": "๐ท๏ธ Keep only these email types",
"type": "array",
"description": "๐ฎ role = booking@/press@/hello@ ยท personal = a named human ยท generic = support@/admin@ ยท platform = a podcast host's own inbox. Leave empty to keep every type.",
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"default": []
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Keep only these publishing rhythms",
"type": "array",
"description": "โฑ๏ธ Calculated from the real gaps between episodes, not from what the show claims. Leave empty to keep every cadence.",
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"๐ Weekly",
"๐๏ธ Biweekly",
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"languages": {
"title": "๐ฃ๏ธ Keep only these languages",
"type": "array",
"description": "๐ Two-letter codes such as `en`, `es`, `de`. `en` also matches `en-US` and `en-GB`. Leave empty for every language.",
"default": [],
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"type": "string"
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"categoryFilter": {
"title": "๐๏ธ Keep only these categories",
"type": "array",
"description": "๐จ Partial matches count โ `business` keeps `Business` and `Business News`. Leave empty for every category.",
"default": [],
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"type": "string"
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"proxyConfiguration": {
"title": "๐ Proxy configuration",
"type": "object",
"description": "๐ฆ The run manages its own connection by default. Only change this if you need a specific connection setup for your run.",
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"title": "โฑ๏ธ Maximum run time",
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