# RSS Feed Scraper & RSS to JSON Converter (`xtech/feed-extractor`) Actor Scrape and parse RSS, Atom, JSON Feed (and podcast RSS) URLs into clean, structured JSON. Outputs one dataset row per feed entry/item for easy export to CSV/JSON and automations. - **URL**: https://apify.com/xtech/feed-extractor.md - **Developed by:** [Xtech](https://apify.com/xtech) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, News - **Stats:** 21 total users, 8 monthly users, 96.4% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## RSS Feed Scraper & RSS to JSON Converter Turn any **RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed** URL into clean JSON and a spreadsheet-friendly table. Paste one or more feed links, run the Actor, and download results — no API keys for public feeds. ### Quick start 1. Add your feed URL(s) in **Feed URLs** (one per line). 2. Click **Start**. 3. Open the **Output** tab: - **Full feed JSON** — complete feed with all entries (ideal for APIs and “RSS to JSON” workflows). - **Feed entries** — one row per article, episode, or post (export to CSV/Excel). #### Example input ```json { "feedUrls": [ "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml", "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" ] } ```` ### What you get | Output | Best for | |--------|----------| | **OUTPUT** (JSON file) | Apps, webhooks, n8n, Make, custom scripts — full feed structure in one file | | **Dataset** (table) | Spreadsheets, monitoring, filtering by title/date/link | Each dataset row includes the entry fields (`title`, `link`, `published`, …) plus feed context (`feedTitle`, `feedUrl`). ### Input | Field | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | **Feed URLs** | Yes | One or more RSS/Atom/JSON Feed URLs (up to 50 per run) | | Normalize fields | No | Consistent output across feed types (default: on) | | ISO date format | No | ISO-8601 dates (default: on) | | Max description length | No | Truncate long HTML (default: 250; use `0` for full text) | | Base URL | No | Only if relative links in the feed are not resolved | | User-Agent / headers | No | Only if the feed blocks default requests | ### Use cases - **RSS to JSON** — Convert feeds for apps, RAG pipelines, or databases - **News & blogs** — Monitor multiple sites in one run - **Podcasts** — Extract episodes and metadata from podcast RSS - **Automation** — Schedule runs and connect via Apify API, webhooks, or integrations ### Notes - Parses feed URLs you provide; it does not discover feeds from a website homepage. - Some feeds omit fields (e.g. `published`); output reflects what the source provides. - Older integrations can still pass a single `url` field instead of `feedUrls`. # Actor input Schema ## `feedUrls` (type: `array`): RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed links. Add multiple URLs to combine blogs, news sites, or podcast feeds in one run. ## `url` (type: `string`): Deprecated. Use Feed URLs instead. Kept for older API integrations. ## `normalization` (type: `boolean`): Return consistent field names and formats across RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed. ## `useISODateFormat` (type: `boolean`): Convert publication dates to ISO-8601 when possible. ## `descriptionMaxLen` (type: `integer`): Truncate long HTML descriptions. Use 0 to keep the full text. ## `baseUrl` (type: `string`): Only needed if the feed uses relative links and they are not resolved automatically. ## `userAgent` (type: `string`): Sent when downloading the feed. Change only if the server rejects the default. ## `headers` (type: `object`): Extra HTTP headers as JSON, e.g. {"Accept": "application/rss+xml"}. ## Actor input object example ```json { "feedUrls": [ "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml" ], "normalization": true, "useISODateFormat": true, "descriptionMaxLen": 250, "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; FeedExtractor/1.0)" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `feedJson` (type: `string`): Complete parsed feed with all entries. Best for RSS-to-JSON workflows, webhooks, and API integrations. ## `feedEntries` (type: `string`): One row per article, episode, or post. Export to CSV, Excel, or connect via dataset API. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "feedUrls": [ "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("xtech/feed-extractor").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "feedUrls": ["https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("xtech/feed-extractor").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://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml" ] }' | apify call xtech/feed-extractor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=xtech/feed-extractor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "RSS Feed Scraper & RSS to JSON Converter", "description": "Scrape and parse RSS, Atom, JSON Feed (and podcast RSS) URLs into clean, structured JSON. Outputs one dataset row per feed entry/item for easy export to CSV/JSON and automations.", "version": "1.1", "x-build-id": "e3YH993Qqbw6OmJZM" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/xtech~feed-extractor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-xtech-feed-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/xtech~feed-extractor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-xtech-feed-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/xtech~feed-extractor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-xtech-feed-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "feedUrls" ], "properties": { "feedUrls": { "title": "Feed URLs", "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 50, "type": "array", "description": "RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed links. Add multiple URLs to combine blogs, news sites, or podcast feeds in one run.", "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 10, "maxLength": 2048 } }, "url": { "title": "Feed URL (legacy)", "type": "string", "description": "Deprecated. Use Feed URLs instead. Kept for older API integrations." }, "normalization": { "title": "Normalize fields", "type": "boolean", "description": "Return consistent field names and formats across RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed.", "default": true }, "useISODateFormat": { "title": "ISO date format", "type": "boolean", "description": "Convert publication dates to ISO-8601 when possible.", "default": true }, "descriptionMaxLen": { "title": "Max description length", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Truncate long HTML descriptions. Use 0 to keep the full text.", "default": 250 }, "baseUrl": { "title": "Base URL for relative links", "type": "string", "description": "Only needed if the feed uses relative links and they are not resolved automatically." }, "userAgent": { "title": "User-Agent", "type": "string", "description": "Sent when downloading the feed. Change only if the server rejects the default.", "default": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; FeedExtractor/1.0)" }, "headers": { "title": "Custom headers", "type": "object", "description": "Extra HTTP headers as JSON, e.g. {\"Accept\": \"application/rss+xml\"}." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```