Website to RSS Feed Generator — RSS, Atom & JSON

Turn websites without feeds into RSS, Atom, or JSON feeds. Auto-detect article lists, customize selectors, and export feed files for automation.

What this actor does

Turn websites without feeds into RSS, Atom, or JSON feeds. Auto-detect article lists, customize selectors, and export feed files for automation. The actor is configured for public or user-supplied sources, evidence-backed output rows, capped runs, and KVS summaries for blocked, empty, duplicate, or capped work.

What you can use it for

• Build repeatable website to rss datasets for analysis and automation.
• Export records with source URLs, evidence fields, and run summaries.
• Run buyer-ready tasks for: Create an RSS feed from a blog archive; Generate a JSON feed from a news page; Use custom selectors to extract feed items.

Search-intent terms: website to rss, rss feed generator, atom feed generator, json feed, content monitoring, no-code feed automation.

Inputs

The input schema supports the actor's source fields plus cost and quality controls. Important caps include maxItems, renderJs, articleSelector, requestTimeout, proxyConfiguration. Public task examples below provide small, safe starting inputs.

Outputs

Paid dataset rows and paid KVS artifacts are written only after the configured PPE charge succeeds. Rows include source/evidence fields where the actor can determine them and avoid fabricated values.

Key-value store reports

Every run writes SUMMARY.md and SUMMARY.json. Diagnostic CSV or JSON reports are used for blocked pages, no-result pages, duplicates, unsupported inputs, and capped runs instead of paid dataset rows.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing with Apify platform usage included in the event prices. Store discount tiers are configured for FREE, BRONZE, SILVER, and GOLD users.

Event	Unit	FREE	BRONZE	SILVER	GOLD
actor-start	run	$0.01250	$0.01250	$0.01125	$0.01000
source-page-checked	page	$0.01719	$0.01719	$0.01547	$0.01375

Primary paid output event: source-page-checked. Runtime-paid dataset rows and runtime-paid artifacts use this active paid-output event unless a future pricing revision adds an actor-specific artifact boundary with matching code.

Cost controls and max-charge behavior

Default max charge: $10.00. When the run reaches the max charge or an event-charge limit, it stops gracefully and writes free summary diagnostics without adding unpaid dataset rows.

Platform usage / proxy / browser / API notes

The configured model is fixed-inclusive PPE: platform usage is included in event prices and the platform-usage pass-through toggle is off. Features that require browser rendering, proxies, provider APIs, or additional fetches are bounded by the input caps and priced through explicit events.

Reliability notes and limitations

The actor processes public or permissioned inputs only. Blocked pages, login walls, unsupported formats, empty results, and provider errors are recorded as diagnostics. The actor does not fabricate rankings, prices, reviews, sentiment, traffic, compliance status, or private contact data when source evidence is unavailable.

Example inputs

{
  "url": "https://blog.apify.com",
  "feedTitle": "website to rss",
  "feedDescription": "website to rss",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "articleSelector": "website to rss",
  "titleSelector": "website to rss",
  "linkSelector": "website to rss",
  "dateSelector": "website to rss",
  "contentSelector": "website to rss",
  "authorSelector": "website to rss",
  "imageSelector": "website to rss",
  "renderJs": false,
  "outputFormat": "rss2",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Public task examples

• Create an RSS feed from a blog archive: Dataset rows matching the create an rss feed from a blog archive use case, plus SUMMARY.md and SUMMARY.json reports in the key-value store.
• Generate a JSON feed from a news page: Dataset rows matching the generate a json feed from a news page use case, plus SUMMARY.md and SUMMARY.json reports in the key-value store.
• Use custom selectors to extract feed items: Dataset rows matching the use custom selectors to extract feed items use case, plus SUMMARY.md and SUMMARY.json reports in the key-value store.

Ethical/allowed-use notes

Use this actor only for public data, owned files, or sources you have permission to process. Respect source terms, privacy expectations, robots guidance, and applicable laws. Do not use the actor to collect secrets, bypass access controls, or make unsupported legal, financial, medical, or compliance decisions.