# Fast RSS & Atom Feed Reader - Bulk Feeds, OPML, Media (`automia-admin/rss-feed-reader-bulk`) Actor

Read any RSS, Atom or RDF feed and get one flat, normalized row per item: title, link, published date, summary, categories and the enclosure or media URL. Load feeds by URL list or by OPML. No API key, no browser, no proxy. Failed feeds are never charged.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automia-admin/rss-feed-reader-bulk.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrés Santiso](https://apify.com/automia-admin) (community)
- **Categories:** News, AI, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **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`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## Fast RSS & Atom Feed Reader — Bulk Feeds, OPML, Media URLs

Point it at any number of **RSS 2.0, Atom or RDF** feeds and get back one flat,
normalized row per item — the same shape no matter which format the publisher used.

No API key. No browser. No proxy. A run over a handful of feeds finishes in seconds.

### What you get, per item

| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| `feedUrl`, `feedTitle`, `feedType`, `language` | `feedType` is `rss`, `atom` or `rdf` |
| `id`, `title`, `link` | `id` falls back to the link when the feed omits a GUID |
| `publishedAt`, `updatedAt` | ISO 8601 UTC, normalized from the five date formats feeds use in practice |
| `summary` | as published |
| `categories` | array of tags/categories |
| `imageUrl` | Media RSS thumbnail, else the feed's own image |
| `enclosureUrl`, `enclosureType`, `enclosureLength` | the podcast MP3, the video, the attachment |
| `content` | optional; see below |

A per-run `FEED_SUMMARY` record in the key-value store lists every feed with its item
count, so you can tell an empty feed from a failed one.

### Input

```json
{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
    "https://techcrunch.com/feed/"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "sinceDaysAgo": 7,
  "includeFullContent": false
}
```

- **`opmlUrl`** — point it at an OPML file (every feed reader exports one) and every
  feed inside is added to the run. Useful for migrating a whole subscription list.
- **`sinceDaysAgo`** — skip older items. Items with no date are always kept.
- **`includeFullContent`** — adds `content`, taken from `content:encoded` **in the feed
  itself**. Free, and it can't fail.

Run it with **empty input** and it reads three public feeds so you can see the output
shape before wiring anything up.

### What this Actor deliberately does *not* do

**It never fetches the article page.** Plenty of feeds ship only a summary, and it is
tempting to go download each article for the full text. That is exactly where scrapers
break: publishers put the feed in the open and the article behind a bot wall. A field
that works four times out of five is worse than a field that isn't there.

**It does not collect people.** Feeds carry `author` and `dc:creator`, usually a
person's name. Those fields are not mapped. A feed publishes stories, not people.

### Known limits, measured

- **Reddit feeds (`reddit.com/r/*/.rss`) return HTTP 403** from Apify's network, with
  or without proxy. Reddit now gates its feeds. Not supported, and not billed — a feed
  that fails writes no items.
- A feed that is unreachable or malformed is logged and listed in `FEED_SUMMARY` with
  `ok: false`. **You are never charged for it.**
- Feeds are fetched 5 at a time to stay polite with publishers.

Verified on 2026-08-04 from Apify's own infrastructure: NYT, BBC, Google News, Hacker
News, TechCrunch, WordPress, Substack, YouTube channel feeds, arXiv and Clarín all
returned 200 on every attempt, with and without proxy.

### Pricing

Pay per event: a small charge when the run starts, plus one charge per feed item
returned. Failed feeds return nothing and cost nothing.

# Actor input Schema

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

One or more RSS, Atom or RDF feed URLs. Leave empty to run a small demo on three public feeds.

## `opmlUrl` (type: `string`):

URL of an OPML file - the export format of every feed reader. Every feed listed in it is added to the run.

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

Newest items are returned first, as published by the feed.

## `sinceDaysAgo` (type: `integer`):

Skip items published before this many days ago. Items with no date are always kept.

## `includeFullContent` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the `content` field, taken from `content:encoded` in the feed itself. This Actor never fetches the article page, so there is no extra cost and nothing to get blocked.

## `useApifyProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Off by default: feeds answer fine from Apify without it. Turn it on only if a specific publisher rate-limits you. Note that Reddit feeds return 403 either way.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
    "https://techcrunch.com/feed/"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "includeFullContent": false,
  "useApifyProxy": false
}
```

# 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://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
        "https://techcrunch.com/feed/"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automia-admin/rss-feed-reader-bulk").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://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
        "https://techcrunch.com/feed/",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automia-admin/rss-feed-reader-bulk").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 '{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
    "https://techcrunch.com/feed/"
  ]
}' |
apify call automia-admin/rss-feed-reader-bulk --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/aWRe1etOZ7ib3owRb/builds/e7rLdlxwuJKZ3lo7k/openapi.json