# RSS/Atom Feed Parser & Monitor (`dr.skywalker/rss-feed-parser`) Actor

Parse RSS and Atom feeds and extract new items with titles, links, and publish dates. Great for news aggregation, content monitoring, and LLM data pipelines.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dr.skywalker/rss-feed-parser.md
- **Developed by:** [Luqin Wang](https://apify.com/dr.skywalker) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $20.00 / 1,000 feed check completeds

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/Atom Feed Parser & Monitor

Parse RSS and Atom feeds and extract new items with titles, links, and publish dates. Great for news aggregation, content monitoring, and LLM data pipelines.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Paste feed URLs (one per line) | Paste one feedUrls per line. Used only when no file or URL is provided. |
| Upload feed URLs file | Upload a text file with one feedUrls per line. |
| Feed urls list URL | Public URL of a text file with one feedUrls per line. Used only when no file is provided. |
| Timeout per feed (seconds) | How long to wait for each feed before giving up. |
| Max items per feed | Maximum items to return per feed. |

### Output

- **Dataset**: one item per feed item: `feedUrl`, `feedTitle`, `itemTitle`, `itemLink`, `itemId`, `itemPublished`, `itemSummary`
- **Key-value store `SUMMARY`**: JSON totals (feeds checked, items parsed)

### Pricing (pay-per-event)

- **$0.02** per feed check job
- **$0.0005** per item parsed

# Actor input Schema

## `feedUrlsText` (type: `string`):

Paste one feed URL per line. Used only when no file or URL is provided. Example: https://example.com/feed.xml

## `feedUrlsFile` (type: `string`):

Upload a text file with one feedUrls per line.

## `feedUrlsUrl` (type: `string`):

Public URL of a text file with one feed URL per line. Used only when no file is provided. Example: https://example.com/feed-urls.txt

## `timeoutSec` (type: `integer`):

Absolute total time allowed for each feed, shared across DNS, connection, all redirect hops, and body download.

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

Maximum items to return per feed.

## `maxFeeds` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of feeds to parse per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "feedUrlsText": "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml\nhttps://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml",
  "timeoutSec": 20,
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 100,
  "maxFeeds": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset with one item per processed result.

## `files` (type: `string`):

Key-value store with downloadable result files 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 = {
    "feedUrlsText": `https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml
https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml`
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dr.skywalker/rss-feed-parser").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 = { "feedUrlsText": """https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml
https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml""" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dr.skywalker/rss-feed-parser").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 '{
  "feedUrlsText": "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml\\nhttps://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"
}' |
apify call dr.skywalker/rss-feed-parser --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/QWPMUzE5yxcSGtHbY/builds/dANXMVyeJxL62sySX/openapi.json