# RSS Feed Reader - RSS and Atom Feeds to Clean JSON (`kotaro-project/rss-feed-reader`) Actor

Read public RSS and Atom feeds and get clean JSON items: title, link, date in UTC, author, plain-text summary, categories and enclosures. Filter by recent days. Pay only for items returned. No login and no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kotaro-project/rss-feed-reader.md
- **Developed by:** [KOTARO project](https://apify.com/kotaro-project) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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/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 Feed Reader

Turn public RSS and Atom feeds into clean JSON. Give a list of feed addresses and get one tidy row per item.

### What you get

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `title` | Item title as plain text |
| `link` | Address of the item |
| `published` | Date in UTC, ISO 8601 (the update date if there is no publish date; empty if the feed gives none) |
| `author` | Author, when the feed gives one |
| `summary` | Summary with HTML removed, up to 2,000 characters |
| `categories` | Categories or tags |
| `enclosures` | Attached files, such as podcast audio |
| `id` | The feed's own item id |
| `feedUrl`, `feedTitle` | Which feed the item came from |

### Input

- `feedUrls`: up to 50 feed addresses
- `maxItemsPerFeed`: up to 500, default 50
- `onlyLastDays`: leave out older items (items without a date are kept)

### Pricing

You pay per item returned. A feed that cannot be read gives a row with `error` and is not charged.

### Good to know

- No login, no API key, no account.
- Only http and https on the standard ports. Internal addresses are refused, also after a redirect.
- A feed larger than 10 MB is not read.
- A run stops starting new feeds after 4 minutes; feeds not read are listed with `error` and not charged.
- Duplicate items inside one feed are returned once. Duplicates between feeds are not removed.
- The content belongs to each feed's publisher. Please respect their terms when you reuse it.

# Actor input Schema

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

Addresses of public RSS or Atom feeds, up to 50. Internal addresses are refused.

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

Items returned from each feed, up to 500. You are charged only for items returned.

## `onlyLastDays` (type: `integer`):

Leave out items older than this many days. Items without a date are kept. Leave empty for all items.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://www.nasa.gov/feed/",
    "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50
}
```

# 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://www.nasa.gov/feed/",
        "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kotaro-project/rss-feed-reader").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://www.nasa.gov/feed/",
        "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kotaro-project/rss-feed-reader").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://www.nasa.gov/feed/",
    "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
  ]
}' |
apify call kotaro-project/rss-feed-reader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/wxxwgmouJJLZw95Vr/builds/CPcqBj9hm8QAgoGsj/openapi.json