RSS Feed Scraper – RSS, Atom & RDF to JSON

RSS feed scraper that turns any RSS 2.0, Atom or RDF (RSS 1.0) feed into clean, unified JSON. Add as many feed URLs as you like, filter by keyword and date, and get deduplicated items. No login, no browser, no proxies, so it is fast and cheap.

What does it do?

• Detects the feed format automatically: RSS 2.0, Atom and RDF.
• Gives every item the same shape: title, link, source, feedUrl, publishedAt (UTC ISO 8601), author (when the feed exposes it), summary (HTML stripped) and categories.
• Filters by keywords and by max age in days.
• Deduplicates items that appear in more than one feed.

Use cases

• News and blog monitoring for brands, competitors and topics.
• Content curation: feed newsletters, Slack, Telegram or X bots.
• AI agents and RAG: get fresh, structured items for LLM pipelines and MCP agents.
• SEO and AEO research: see what publishers in your niche publish, and how often.
• Automations: schedule it and pipe results to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or webhooks.

Input

Field	Description	Example
feedUrls	RSS, Atom or RDF URLs	https://www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications.atom
keywords	Keep items containing any keyword	["climate", "AI"]
maxAgeDays	Only items from the last N days	7
maxItemsPerFeed	0 = all items	20

The example feeds have open licenses: GOV.UK content is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and Global Voices under CC BY 3.0.

Output

Real output (26 Oct 2026):

[
  {
    "title": "How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC",
    "link": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/applications-and-complaints",
    "source": "News and communications",
    "feedUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications.atom",
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-26T16:16:27+00:00",
    "author": null,
    "summary": "The submission of applications and complaints to the CAC.",
    "categories": [],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T17:33:27.246843+00:00"
  },
  {
    "title": "Vote young yet govern much later: West African youth’s struggle for power",
    "link": "https://globalvoices.org/2026/10/26/vote-young-yet-govern-much-later-west-african-youths-struggle-for-power/",
    "source": "Global Voices",
    "feedUrl": "https://globalvoices.org/feed/",
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-26T08:30:41+00:00",
    "author": "Laura",
    "summary": "Young people are deemed mature enough to elect their leaders, yet not to replace them. They drive political movements forward by voting, advocating, campaigning, and protesting, yet cannot run for office themselves.",
    "categories": [
      "Benin",
      "Burkina Faso",
      "Cote d'Ivoire",
      "Elections",
      "Feature",
      "Gabon",
      "Gambia",
      "Ghana",
      "Governance",
      "Guinea",
      "Human Rights",
      "Kenya",
      "Madagascar",
      "Nigeria",
      "Politics",
      "Protest",
      "Senegal",
      "Sub-Saharan Africa",
      "Togo",
      "Weblog",
      "Youth"
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T17:33:27.246843+00:00"
  }
]

Export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.

FAQ

Which formats are supported? RSS 2.0, Atom 1.0 and RDF / RSS 1.0, including the Dublin Core (dc:creator, dc:date) and content:encoded fields.

Does it fetch the full article? No. It returns only what the feed itself publishes.

What if a feed fails? The other feeds still run. Errors are listed in the RUN_SUMMARY record.

Can I run it on a schedule? Yes, with Apify Schedules. Use link to deduplicate across runs.

Do I need a login or API key? No. It reads public feeds; you only need an Apify account.

Can AI agents use it? Yes. Call it through the Apify API, or from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client via the Apify MCP server.

Your responsibility

You are responsible for complying with the license and terms of use of every feed you scrape. Many feeds allow only personal use. Before you reuse or redistribute content, check each publisher's terms, and credit the source when the license requires it. This Actor is not affiliated with any publisher.