# Radio Index API

> REST API for the Radio Index catalog by The Archive of American Radio. Structured JSON for 3,054 radio series and 233,264 episode files spanning 1920 to 1982.

The Archive of American Radio is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that builds digital infrastructure for American radio history. Radio Index is our streaming platform and public API.

Base URL for authenticated APIs: https://api.radioindex.org

## API Reference

- [Search API](https://radioindex.org/developers#search): Full-text search across shows, episodes, people, genres, loglines, and transcripts. No auth required.
- [Shows API](https://radioindex.org/developers#shows): Radio show metadata with pagination and filtering. Auth required.
- [Episodes API](https://radioindex.org/developers#episodes): Episode metadata, loglines, broadcast dates, with batch fetching. Auth required.
- [People API](https://radioindex.org/developers#people): Cast, crew, contributors with Wikipedia and Wikidata links. Auth required.
- [Genres API](https://radioindex.org/developers#genres): Genre classification with episode and show counts. Auth required.
- [Airdates API](https://radioindex.org/developers#airdates): Broadcast date index and calendar queries. Auth required.
- [Files API](https://radioindex.org/developers#files): Audio file metadata including duration, bitrate, quality scores. Auth required.

## Documentation

- [Full API Documentation](https://radioindex.org/llms-full.txt): Complete API reference as a single markdown file
- [API Reference Page](https://radioindex.org/developers): Human-readable API documentation
- [Authentication](https://radioindex.org/developers#auth): How to get and use API keys
- [Pagination](https://radioindex.org/developers#pagination): Cursor-based pagination details

## Optional

- [About The Archive](https://archiveofamericanradio.org/about): Organization info, mission, legal structure
- [Collection](https://radioindex.org/collection): What's in the archive