---
title: "Search podcast episodes"
method: GET
path: "/search"
---

# Search podcast episodes

`GET /search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://spoken.md`
- URL: `https://spoken.md/search`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

Search by text query or paste a URL (Spotify, YouTube, etc.) to find matching podcast episodes. Returns episode IDs for use with /transcripts/{id}. Requires API key but does not charge credits.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required

## Response `200`

Matching episodes

- object
  - `results` SearchResult[]
    - `id` string, required: Episode ID for use with /transcripts/{id}
    - `title` string, required
    - `podcast` string, required
    - `podcastId` string, required: Show ID for use with /podcasts/{podcastId}/episodes
    - `date` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/spoken/apis/podcast-transcripts-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/spoken/apis/podcast-transcripts-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/spoken/apis/podcast-transcripts-api/revisions/3943c4c8211e?raw)