/podcast-platform-links

Podcast Platform Links

The distributed nature of podcasting makes linking to a show on a given platform complex. Some platforms provide API methods to determine exact URLs, some provide inexact search APIs, and some provide nothing at all. But many platforms support routes based on foreign keys like appleID, feedUrl, or podcastindexID for shows and GUID or audioFileUrl for episodes. These keys let us construct URLs with confidence.

Terminology

  • slug, in this context, is a string with a malleable, arbitrary value. For some platforms, it can be discarded entirely.
  • uniquePlatformID and uniqueEpisodeID represent an identifier specific to that platform.
  • base64url(), in this context, refers to a URL-safe variant of base64.

Shows

Deterministic Platform Show Links

  • Antennapod: https://antennapod.org/deeplink/subscribe?url=${feedUrl}
  • Anytime Player: https://anytimeplayer.app/subscribe?url=${feedUrl}
  • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id${appleID}
  • Bullhorn: https://bullhorn.fm/podchaser/itunes/${appleID}
  • Castbox: https://castbox.fm/vic/${appleID}
  • Castro: https://castro.fm/itunes/${appleID}
  • CurioCaster: https://curiocaster.com/podcast/pi${podcastindexID}
  • Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/${podcastindexID}
  • Goodpods: https://www.goodpods.com/podcasts-aid/${appleID}
  • Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=${base64url(feedUrl)} or https://podcasts.google.com/subscribe-by-rss-feed?feed=${base64url(feedUrl)}
  • gpodder: http://gpodder.net/subscribe?url=${feedUrl}
  • Momento: https://momento.fm/pod/${appleID}
  • Moon FM: https://moon.fm/itunes/${appleID}
  • Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes${appleID}
  • Player FM: https://player.fm/subscribe?id=${encodeURIComponent(feedUrl)}
  • Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/itunes/${appleID} or http://pcasts.in/feed/${feedUrl}
  • Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/itunes/${appleID}
  • Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/feed/${encodeURIComponent(feedUrl)}
  • Podcast Guru: https://app.podcastguru.io/podcast/${appleID}
  • Podcast Republic: https://www.podcastrepublic.net/podcast/${appleID}
  • Podfriend: https://web.podfriend.com/podcast/${appleID}
  • Podhero: https://podhero.com/podcast/feed/${encodeURIComponent(feedUrl)}
  • Podknife: https://podknife.com/podcast?feed_url=${feedUrl}
  • podStation: https://podstation.github.io/subscribe-ext/?feedUrl=${appleID}
  • Podverse: https://api.podverse.fm/api/v1/podcast/podcastindex/${podcastindexID}
  • Podvine: https://podvine.com/link?feed=${feedUrl}
  • RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/${encodeURIComponent(feedUrl)}
  • Sonnet: https://sonnet.fm/p/${appleID}

Non-deterministic Platform Show Links

  • Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/${uniquePlatformID}
  • Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/show/${uniquePlatformID}
  • iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/${uniquePlatformID}
  • Luminary: https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/${slug}/${slug}/${uniquePlatformID}
  • Pandora: https://pandora.com/podcast/${slug}/PC:${uniquePlatformID}
  • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/${uniquePlatformID}
  • Stitcher: https://stitcher.com/s?fid=${uniquePlatformID}
  • TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/${uniquePlatformID}

Episodes

Deterministic Platform Episode Links

  • Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/${podcastindexID}
  • Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=${base64url(feedUrl)}&episode=${base64url(episodeGuid)}
  • Player FM: https://player.fm/series/${encodeURIComponent(feedUrl)}/guid:${encodeURIComponent(episodeGuid)}
  • Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/${encodeURIComponent(audioFileUrl)}

Non-deterministic Platform Episode Links

  • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id${appleID}?i=${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Bullhorn: https://bullhorn.fm/${uniquePlatformID}/posts/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Castbox: https://castbox.fm/episode/${slug}-id${uniquePlatformID}-id${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Castro: https://castro.fm/episode/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/${slug}-${uniquePlatformID}/episode/${slug}-${uniqueEpisodeID}/
  • Luminary: https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/${slug}/${uniquePlatformID}/${slug}/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/itunes/${appleID}
  • Podbean: https://podbean.com/media/share/dir-${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Podcast Guru: https://app.podcastguru.io/podcast/${appleID}/episode/${slug}-${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Podfriend: https://web.podfriend.com/podcast/${appleID}/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Podhero: https://podhero.com/${uniquePlatformID}/${slug}-${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Podknife: https://podknife.com/episodes/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Podverse: https://podverse.fm/episode/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/${encodeURIComponent(feedUrl)}/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Sonnet: https://sonnet.fm/p/${appleID}/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/${uniqueEpisodeID}
  • Stitcher: https://stitcher.com/show/${uniquePlatformID}/episode/${uniqueEpisodeID}

Resource Links

  • Listen Notes: https://listennotes.com/itunes/id${appleID}
  • Odesli: https://pods.link/i/${appleID}
  • Plink: https://plinkhq.com/i/${appleID}?to=page
  • pod.link: https://pod.link/${appleID} or https://pod.link/${base64url(feedUrl)}
  • Podcast Index: https://podcastindex.org/podcast/${podcastindexID}
  • Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/f/pod/${appleID}
  • podfollow: https://podfollow.com/${appleID}
  • Podnews: https://podnews.net/podcast/${appleID} or https://podnews.net/podcast/pi${podcastindexID}

API Methods

  • Request a feedUrl from an appleID: GET https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=${appleID}&entity=podcast
  • Request Apple episode IDs from an appleID: GET https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=${appleID}&entity=podcastEpisode&limit=300
  • Request a Podcast Index ID from an appleID/feedUrl: Documentation

Troubleshooting

  • Check if an RSS feed is listed on Google Podcasts: Documentation