get the latest podcasts from itunes store with link by RSS, JSON or something

Question

i\'m trying to get the latest podcast informations out of \"itunes store\" to work with this data in several applications (iphone app and web app).

Is there a way to

Answer 1

1. Extract id from iTunes-url https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/ard-radio-tatort/id310864997?mt=2&uo=2 (in this example "310864997")
2. You can extract the id, by using the following regex: /id(\d+)/
3. Enter id into the following url, to get the feed information via Apple's api https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id={FEED_ID}&entity=podcast
4. The lookup service will return a JSON file. You will find the rss url at the 'feedUrl'-field inside the JSON.

There are two adavantages over Volt's solution.

1. You don't have to fake the browser agent.
2. You get clean and simple JSON as response.

If you want to see an live example, have a look at xTunes-Podcatcher, where I implemented the above described technique/steps myself. Just enter your iTunes podcast url and get the RSS url out of it.