Transistor

Transistor is a podcast hosting and analytics platform that lets teams host unlimited shows, distribute episodes to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, run private (subscriber-only) podcasts, and measure downloads with advanced analytics. Transistor exposes a documented public REST API at https://api.transistor.fm/v1 that follows the JSON:API specification, is authenticated with an x-api-key header, and covers shows, episodes, analytics, private podcast subscribers, and event webhooks.

Transistor publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Analytics API, Episodes API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Podcasting, Podcast Hosting, Analytics, Media, and Audio.

Transistor’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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40.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessPaidSelf serve

6 APIs

PodcastingPodcast HostingAnalyticsMediaAudioJSON:API

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Composite quality — 40.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 9.5 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Transistor Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: transistor
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/transistor/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Transistor
kind: company
description: Transistor is a podcast hosting and analytics platform that lets teams host unlimited shows, distribute episodes
  to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, run private (subscriber-only) podcasts, and measure downloads with advanced analytics.
  Transistor exposes a documented public REST API at https://api.transistor.fm/v1 that follows the JSON:API specification,
  is authenticated with an x-api-key header, and covers shows, episodes, analytics, private podcast subscribers, and event
  webhooks.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/transistor.png
tags:
- Podcasting
- Podcast Hosting
- Analytics
- Media
- Audio
- JSON:API
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: transistor:transistor-account-api
  name: Transistor Account API
  description: The authenticated user account.
  humanURL: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  baseURL: https://api.transistor.fm/v1
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/transistor-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/transistor.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/transistor.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Episode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Analytics
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Subscriber
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Webhook
- aid: transistor:transistor-analytics-api
  name: Transistor Analytics API
  description: Download analytics for shows and episodes.
  humanURL: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  baseURL: https://api.transistor.fm/v1
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/transistor-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/transistor.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/transistor.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Episode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Analytics
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Subscriber
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Webhook
- aid: transistor:transistor-episodes-api
  name: Transistor Episodes API
  description: Podcast episodes, drafts, uploads, and publishing.
  humanURL: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  baseURL: https://api.transistor.fm/v1
  tags:
  - Episodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/transistor-episodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/transistor.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/transistor.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Episode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Analytics
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Subscriber
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Webhook
- aid: transistor:transistor-shows-api
  name: Transistor Shows API
  description: Podcasts (shows) in your Transistor account.
  humanURL: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  baseURL: https://api.transistor.fm/v1
  tags:
  - Shows
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/transistor-shows-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/transistor.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/transistor.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Episode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Analytics
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Subscriber
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Webhook
- aid: transistor:transistor-subscribers-api
  name: Transistor Subscribers API
  description: Private (subscriber-only) podcast subscribers.
  humanURL: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  baseURL: https://api.transistor.fm/v1
  tags:
  - Subscribers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/transistor-subscribers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/transistor.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/transistor.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Episode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Analytics
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Subscriber
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Webhook
- aid: transistor:transistor-webhooks-api
  name: Transistor Webhooks API
  description: Event webhook subscriptions.
  humanURL: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  baseURL: https://api.transistor.fm/v1
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/transistor-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Show
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/transistor.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/transistor.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Episode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Analytics
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Subscriber
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.transistor.fm/#Webhook
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/transistor-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/transistor-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/transistor-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/transistor-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/transistor-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/transistorfm
- type: Website
  url: https://transistor.fm
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.transistor.fm/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/transistor-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/transistor-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/transistor-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Transistor

Kin Score

APIs 6

Transistor Account API

Transistor Analytics API

Transistor Episodes API

Transistor Shows API

Transistor Subscribers API

Transistor Webhooks API

Open Collections 1

Transistor API

Pricing Plans 1

Transistor Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Transistor Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Transistor Finops

Security Posture 4

Transistor Authentication

Transistor Domain Security

Transistor Vulnerability Disclosure

Transistor Trust Center

Agentic Access 1

Transistor Agentic Access

Resources