# RSS & Atom Feed Aggregator (`mighty_monk/rss-feed-aggregator`) Actor

Convert RSS and Atom feeds to clean structured JSON. Bulk feed parsing for n8n, Make, Zapier, news monitoring, and content pipelines.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mighty\_monk/rss-feed-aggregator.md
- **Developed by:** [Harsh](https://apify.com/mighty_monk) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 feed items

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".

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

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# README

## RSS & Atom Feed Aggregator

Convert RSS and Atom feeds into clean, structured JSON for automation workflows, news monitoring, and content pipelines.

This Actor is ideal for **n8n**, **Make**, Zapier, and any pipeline that needs normalized feed data without custom parsing code.

### Features

- Parse multiple RSS and Atom feeds in one run
- Flatten feed items into a single dataset
- Filter items by publication date
- Limit items per feed
- Graceful error handling with per-feed error records
- Works with standard RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `feedUrls` | `string[]` | Yes | — | RSS or Atom feed URLs to parse |
| `maxItemsPerFeed` | `integer` | No | `50` | Maximum number of items returned per feed |
| `sinceDate` | `string` | No | — | ISO 8601 date; only include items published on or after this date |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://hnrss.org/frontpage",
    "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "sinceDate": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Output

Each successfully parsed feed item is saved as one dataset record:

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `feedUrl` | Source feed URL |
| `feedTitle` | Feed title |
| `itemTitle` | Item title |
| `link` | Item URL |
| `publishedAt` | Publication date |
| `author` | Author or creator |
| `summary` | Short summary or snippet |
| `content` | Full content when available |
| `categories` | Array of category tags |
| `guid` | Unique item identifier |

If a feed fails to load or parse, the Actor pushes one error record for that feed:

```json
{
  "feedUrl": "https://example.com/broken-feed.xml",
  "error": "Status code 404",
  "errorType": "feed_parse_error"
}
```

### How it works

1. Reads `feedUrls`, `maxItemsPerFeed`, and optional `sinceDate` from Actor input
2. Fetches and parses each feed with [`rss-parser`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/rss-parser)
3. Filters items by `sinceDate` when provided
4. Limits results to `maxItemsPerFeed`
5. Pushes normalized records to the default dataset

### Run locally

```bash
apify run
```

Create `storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json` with your test input, or pass input through the Apify CLI.

### Deploy to Apify

```bash
apify login
apify push
```

### Use cases

- News and content monitoring
- Feed-to-database ingestion
- n8n / Make automation triggers
- Competitive intelligence dashboards
- Newsletter and blog aggregation

### Resources

- [Apify SDK for JavaScript](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js)
- [Actor input schema](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/input-schema)
- [Apify integrations](https://apify.com/integrations)

# Actor input Schema

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

List of RSS or Atom feed URLs to parse.

## `maxItemsPerFeed` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of items to return from each feed.

## `sinceDate` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO 8601 date. Only include items published on or after this date.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://hnrss.org/frontpage",
    "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "sinceDate": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "feedUrls": [
        "https://hnrss.org/frontpage",
        "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mighty_monk/rss-feed-aggregator").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 = { "feedUrls": [
        "https://hnrss.org/frontpage",
        "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mighty_monk/rss-feed-aggregator").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 '{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://hnrss.org/frontpage",
    "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
  ]
}' |
apify call mighty_monk/rss-feed-aggregator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fcn6frxPsXIiA2Tix/builds/vBAufxTrjLFe6Tax9/openapi.json