# RSS Feed Reader & Scraper - RSS and Atom to JSON (`ahmed.fouaad82/rss-feed-reader`) Actor

RSS feed reader and scraper: turn public RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds into clean, deduplicated JSON items with date and keyword filters. $1/1,000 items.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ahmed.fouaad82/rss-feed-reader.md
- **Developed by:** [Ahmed Fouad](https://apify.com/ahmed.fouaad82) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Automation, Developer tools
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## RSS Feed Reader & Scraper - RSS and Atom to JSON

Read and scrape public **RSS feeds** (RSS 2.0 and Atom) into clean, deduplicated JSON items. Date and keyword filters, robots-aware fetching, no article crawling.

### Quick start

Run the defaults or replace `urls` with public RSS/Atom feed URLs you are authorized to process. The default is NASA public news feed; NASA remains the source, not an endorsement. No proxy, browser, account or API key is required.

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.nasa.gov/feed/"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

### Pricing

PPE `result`: **$1 per 1,000 feed items ($0.001/item)**. First **25 rows per run are free**; only subsequent successful rows are charged. Errors are recorded in SUMMARY, never billed. Stops when the event spending limit is reached. No startup event or usage surcharge.

### Inputs

- `urls`: 1-50 public HTTP(S) URLs. Check each source terms and reuse rights first; prohibited, login and private-network resources are not supported. Default: `['https://www.nasa.gov/feed/']`.
- `maxResults`: Maximum successful dataset rows across all sources. Default: `100`.
- `keyword`: Optional case-insensitive literal text filter; no regular expressions. Default: \`\`.
- `delayMillis`: Polite request delay, increased to honor robots crawl-delay. Default: `1000`.
- `maxResponseMb`: Hard download size limit; oversized resources fail without bypassing. Default: `5`.
- `since`: Optional ISO date. Undated entries are excluded when this filter is used. Default: \`\`.

### Dataset

One row per unique feed article; duplicates use URL or GUID.

- `feedUrl` (string): feedUrl from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `feedTitle` (string): feedTitle from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `guid` (string): guid from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `title` (string): title from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `url` (string): url from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `publishedAt` (string): publishedAt from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `updatedAt` (string): updatedAt from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `summary` (string): summary from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `categories` (array): categories from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `enclosureUrl` (string): enclosureUrl from the public source; absent source values may be null.
- `fetchedAt` (string): fetchedAt from the public source; absent source values may be null.

JSON/CSV/Excel export is provided by Apify datasets. SUMMARY gives total rows, source errors and stopReason. STATE supports migration resume; exactly-once delivery across a process failure between dataset write and state persistence is not guaranteed.

### Limits and safety

Robots checked before every source/redirect; fail closed when unresolved. HTTP(S) public destinations only, DNS pinned to validated public addresses; private/reserved IPs blocked. 1-second minimum host delay, bounded requests and response sizes; no CAPTCHA, login or access-control bypass. No contacts/author-profile extraction. User is responsible for source terms, privacy and redistribution rights.

RSS 2.0 and Atom only; no full article crawling, RDF, JSON Feed or feed discovery. DTD/entity declarations and invalid XML are rejected. Summaries are plain text capped at 2,000 characters. Date filter excludes missing publication dates. Feeds can omit fields; dates become null when invalid.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

1-50 public HTTP(S) URLs. Check each source terms and reuse rights first; prohibited, login and private-network resources are not supported.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum successful dataset rows across all sources. First 25 results of every run are free.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Optional case-insensitive literal text filter; no regular expressions.

## `delayMillis` (type: `integer`):

Polite request delay, increased to honor robots crawl-delay.

## `maxResponseMb` (type: `integer`):

Hard download size limit; oversized resources fail without bypassing.

## `since` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO date. Undated entries are excluded when this filter is used.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.nasa.gov/feed/"
  ],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "keyword": "",
  "delayMillis": 1000,
  "maxResponseMb": 5,
  "since": ""
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Successful extracted rows

## `records` (type: `string`):

STATE and SUMMARY

# 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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.nasa.gov/feed/"
    ],
    "maxResults": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ahmed.fouaad82/rss-feed-reader").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 = {
    "urls": ["https://www.nasa.gov/feed/"],
    "maxResults": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ahmed.fouaad82/rss-feed-reader").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.nasa.gov/feed/"
  ],
  "maxResults": 25
}' |
apify call ahmed.fouaad82/rss-feed-reader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ahmed.fouaad82/rss-feed-reader"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/AUnJAqRUGpapDXeRM/builds/cQaL9U2oH3ZyijFNn/openapi.json