Podcast transcripts and alerts, in your own code
A REST API for searching what podcasts say, reading their transcripts and managing alerts — with every new match pushed to your endpoint as a signed webhook.
One request to the moment it was said
Search transcripts, then ask an episode where the words were spoken. Each passage comes back with its start and end in seconds. Authenticate with an API key as a bearer token; errors, limits and paging work the same on every route.
curl -G https://api.podzone.fm/api/v1/episodes/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PODZONE_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'q="brand safety"' \
-d scope=transcriptWhat you can build on
Search
Episodes by what was said or by title and description, and podcasts by name.
Transcripts
Find words in an episode with timestamps, read a transcript a page at a time, or download it as JSON, text, SRT or VTT.
Alerts
Create alerts to be notified when podcasts talk about the things that matter to you.
Teams
Teams allow you to manage alerts for customers, brands and other groups within your organization.
A documented contract
Every endpoint, field and error is in an OpenAPI schema, ready for Postman or a client generator.
Your AI assistant too
The same data, with the same key, through Podzone's MCP server.
Signed webhooks
Give a team a webhook and every new match from its alerts is POSTed to it, seconds after it is found. Nothing to poll.
- Signed to the Standard Webhooks specification, so you can prove each delivery came from Podzone, with libraries in most languages.
- Retried for about a day if your endpoint is down, with every delivery in a log you can read.
- Testable: send a signed sample to your endpoint, or to a tunnel on your laptop.
POST /your/endpoint
webhook-id: 0199c3e0-4b7a-7c1e-9f2d-5a8b3c6d1e2f
webhook-timestamp: 1791552000
webhook-signature: v1,...
{
"type": "alert.match.created",
"test": false,
"data": { "alert_name": "Our brand", "...": "..." }
}Questions
Is the API on every plan?
Yes, Free included. Each plan has its own number of requests a minute and a month, counted per account. See the plans.
Do webhook deliveries count against my limits?
No. Only the requests you make count.
What may I do with the data?
Use it inside your organisation and in work for your clients. Redistributing it in bulk is not allowed, and training models on it needs a separate licence; the Terms of Service say exactly what is allowed.
For developers
- Quickstart From an API key to your first search, your first alert and your first signed webhook delivery.
- Authentication API keys, the difference between team and account keys, and the X-Podzone-Team header.
- Webhooks Receive every alert match as a signed POST: the payload, verifying the signature, retries and testing.
- API reference Every endpoint, field and error.
Start free, and upgrade when you need more.
Every plan includes alerts, search, transcripts and the API. See the plans.
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