# RSS Feed Discovery Monitor (`glowing_glove/rss-feed-discovery-monitor`) Actor Discover RSS/Atom feeds from websites or feed URLs and export recent content items for monitoring and research. - **URL**: https://apify.com/glowing\_glove/rss-feed-discovery-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [Ushba Khan](https://apify.com/glowing_glove) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $10.00 / 1,000 processed feeds 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 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 Discovery Monitor Discover RSS/Atom feeds from websites or feed URLs and export recent content items for monitoring and research. This actor is built for practical SEO, sales, marketing, research, and automation workflows. It accepts simple URL lists and returns clean dataset rows that can be exported to CSV, Excel, CRM tools, BI dashboards, or downstream Apify integrations. ### Best for - Agencies auditing client websites - SaaS and ecommerce teams monitoring competitors - Lead generation teams qualifying public websites - SEO teams finding technical and content opportunities - Operators running scheduled website checks ### Input Add one or more public URLs, choose sensible limits, and enable Apify Proxy only when targets block regular cloud traffic. ### Output Each processed URL returns one structured dataset row with status, domain, final URL, timestamps, and actor-specific findings. Failed URLs return a clear error message instead of breaking the whole run. ### Pricing Recommended Pay-Per-Event event: `processedFeed` Recommended launch price: `$0.010` per processed feed. The event is charged after a URL/site/feed is processed and a dataset row is delivered. This keeps billing aligned with actual buyer value. # Actor input Schema ## `feeds` (type: `array`): Enter public website or feed urls to process. ## `maxPagesPerSite` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of same-site pages to inspect when the actor needs page discovery. ## `maxLinksPerSite` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of links to check for link-audit actors. ## `maxItemsPerFeed` (type: `integer`): Maximum feed items to return per discovered RSS/Atom feed. ## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`): Timeout for each HTTP request in seconds. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): How many URLs to process in parallel. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Use Apify Proxy if target websites block datacenter traffic. ## Actor input object example ```json { "feeds": [ "https://news.ycombinator.com/rss", "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" ], "maxPagesPerSite": 4, "maxLinksPerSite": 40, "maxItemsPerFeed": 20, "requestTimeoutSecs": 20, "maxConcurrency": 4, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `overview` (type: `string`): No description ## `summary` (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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "feeds": [ "https://news.ycombinator.com/rss", "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("glowing_glove/rss-feed-discovery-monitor").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 = { "feeds": [ "https://news.ycombinator.com/rss", "https://hnrss.org/frontpage", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("glowing_glove/rss-feed-discovery-monitor").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 '{ "feeds": [ "https://news.ycombinator.com/rss", "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" ] }' | apify call glowing_glove/rss-feed-discovery-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=glowing_glove/rss-feed-discovery-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "RSS Feed Discovery Monitor", "description": "Discover RSS/Atom feeds from websites or feed URLs and export recent content items for monitoring and research.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "ANG8FyC3TDxKyzmrB" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/glowing_glove~rss-feed-discovery-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-glowing_glove-rss-feed-discovery-monitor", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/glowing_glove~rss-feed-discovery-monitor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-glowing_glove-rss-feed-discovery-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/glowing_glove~rss-feed-discovery-monitor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-glowing_glove-rss-feed-discovery-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "feeds" ], "properties": { "feeds": { "title": "Website or feed URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Enter public website or feed urls to process.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxPagesPerSite": { "title": "Max pages per site", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 12, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of same-site pages to inspect when the actor needs page discovery.", "default": 4 }, "maxLinksPerSite": { "title": "Max links per site", "minimum": 5, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of links to check for link-audit actors.", "default": 40 }, "maxItemsPerFeed": { "title": "Max feed items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum feed items to return per discovered RSS/Atom feed.", "default": 20 }, "requestTimeoutSecs": { "title": "Request timeout", "minimum": 5, "maximum": 60, "type": "integer", "description": "Timeout for each HTTP request in seconds.", "default": 20 }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "How many URLs to process in parallel.", "default": 4 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Use Apify Proxy if target websites block datacenter traffic.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```