# News / RSS Monitor (`civicdataworks/news-rss-monitor`) Actor

Monitor RSS and Atom feeds, filter by keywords, and export feed metadata/snippet records without full-article scraping.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/civicdataworks/news-rss-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Rowan Mercer](https://apify.com/civicdataworks) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 returned dataset rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## News / RSS Monitor

Monitor RSS and Atom feeds, filter by keywords, and export normalized feed-item records.

### What it does

This actor fetches configured RSS/Atom feeds, parses feed-item metadata and snippets, optionally filters by keywords, and emits normalized dataset rows.

### Source scope

- Fetches RSS/Atom XML feeds only.
- Does not fetch full article text in v1.
- `includeFullText` intentionally throws because full-article scraping has higher copyright and terms risk.

### Inputs

- `feedUrls` — RSS/Atom feed URLs.
- `keywords` — optional filter terms; if present, only matching feed items are returned.
- `maxItems` — output cap.
- `includeFullText` — reserved for later and unsupported in v1.

### Output highlights

- `feedUrl`
- `title`
- `url`
- `canonicalUrl`
- `publishedAt`
- `snippet`
- `matchedKeywords`
- `dedupeKey`
- `scrapedAt`

### Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing with one billable event per returned dataset row.

### Responsible use

Customers are responsible for selecting feeds they are permitted to monitor and for compliant downstream use. This actor is for feed metadata/snippet monitoring, not article-body extraction or content republishing.

# Actor input Schema

## `feedUrls` (type: `array`):

RSS or Atom feed URLs to monitor. The actor reads feed metadata and item snippets only.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Optional case-insensitive keywords. When provided, only feed items matching at least one keyword are returned.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of feed items to return across all configured feeds.

## `includeFullText` (type: `boolean`):

Reserved for later; v1 does not fetch full articles.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 200,
  "includeFullText": false
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("civicdataworks/news-rss-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("civicdataworks/news-rss-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call civicdataworks/news-rss-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=civicdataworks/news-rss-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nCdmFqFoIgFWeQY9J/builds/EoNDhuMo41tUszZsT/openapi.json