# Universal RSS Feeds Scraper (`parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes RSS feed links from any webpage. Enter a URL and get every RSS, Atom, or JSON feed link on that page, with title and URL. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, News, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.94 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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### Universal RSS Feeds Scraper

**Discover RSS feeds from any website in one click.** Enter a URL and get every feed link on that page, ready to subscribe or monitor. No parsing, no guessing, no code.

Finding RSS feeds on a website is a manual chore: you dig through page source, try common paths like /feed or /rss, and still miss feeds that are linked in the HTML. This Actor reads the page for you and returns every RSS, Atom, or JSON feed link it finds, in one flat list. give it a URL and you get the feeds.

| Who uses it | What they scrape Universal RSS Feeds for |
|---|---|
| Content curators | Find the feeds they need to build a reading list or newsletter |
| Developers | Automate feed discovery for their own apps or monitoring tools |
| SEO specialists | Locate blog or news feeds to track competitor content |
| Researchers | Collect feeds from multiple sites for a corpus or study |

### What it does

This Actor collects RSS feed links from any webpage and returns each one as a flat row with the feed URL and title.

- 🔗 **Feed URL extraction:** returns the href of every RSS, Atom, or JSON feed link found on the page.
- 📝 **Feed title capture:** includes the title attribute or link text when available, so you know what each feed is.
- ⚙️ **Configurable limit:** set the maximum number of feeds to return, from 1 to 100.
- 🌐 **Any website:** works on any public webpage, no login or API key required.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

### What you can do with Universal RSS Feeds data

**📰 Build a reading list.**

A content curator enters a blog homepage and gets all its RSS feeds to add to Feedly or another reader.

**🔍 Monitor competitor content.**

An SEO specialist runs the Actor on a competitor's site to find their blog feed and track new posts.

**🤖 Automate feed discovery.**

A developer integrates this Actor into a pipeline that checks a list of sites and collects their feeds for a custom aggregator.

**📚 Gather research sources.**

A researcher scrapes feeds from multiple news sites to build a dataset of article headlines for analysis.

### Why choose this scraper

| | What you get |
|---|---|
| **No more manual hunting** | Get every feed link on a page in seconds, not minutes of source digging |
| **Works on any site** | No site-specific code, a URL and you get the feeds |
| **Clean output** | Flat rows with feed URL and title, ready for CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML |
| **Simple to automate** | One input field, one output dataset, easy to chain with other Actors |

### How it compares

No other Store actor targets Universal RSS Feeds the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

| | Universal RSS Feeds Scraper | Build it in-house | By hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Run it now, zero config | Days of engineering | None, but hours per pull |
| When Universal RSS Feeds changes | Maintained for you | You fix it | You re-learn the page |
| Proxies, retries, anti-bot | Built in | Your problem | Browser only |
| Output | Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export | Whatever you build | Copy-paste |
| Cost | Pay per result | Engineering time | Analyst hours |

### Configure the run

Drive the Actor with a single URL and an optional maximum number of feeds. It scans the page HTML for feed links and returns only the matches, up to your limit. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

```json
{
 "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"
}
```

A larger pull:

```json
{
 "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page",
 "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-result: **$0.00103 per result** collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $0.10 |
| 1,000 results | $1.03 |
| 10,000 results | $10.30 |

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

### Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. [Upgrade your Apify plan](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp) to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

### Run it

1. [Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).
2. Open the [Universal RSS Feeds Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper?fpr=vmoqkp).
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click **Start**.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the **Dataset** tab.

Run it programmatically through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) (`run-sync-get-dataset-items`) or the [ApifyClient](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js) for JavaScript and Python.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Universal RSS Feeds through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper"
```

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

### Troubleshooting

**Why am I getting no results?**

The page may not have any RSS feed links in its HTML. Check the page source for <link> tags with type application/rss+xml or similar. Also ensure the URL is correct and publicly accessible.

**The Actor returns fewer feeds than I expected.**

Some feeds may be loaded via JavaScript and are not in the initial HTML. The Actor does not run JavaScript, so those feeds are missed. You can try viewing the page source to see what is in the HTML.

**I get an error when I enter a URL.**

Make sure the URL includes the protocol (http:// or https://). If the site blocks automated requests, you may need to use a proxy or a different Actor with browser rendering.

**The feed URLs are relative, not absolute.**

The Actor returns the href attribute as it appears in the HTML. If it is relative (e.g., /feed), you can resolve it against the page URL manually or in your downstream code.

### FAQ

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an RSS feed? | RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed format that lets you get updates from a website, like new blog posts or news, in a standardized way. This Actor finds the URLs of those feeds. |
| Does this Actor work on any website? | Yes, it works on any public webpage that contains RSS, Atom, or JSON feed links in its HTML. Some sites may not expose feeds, in which case the Actor returns an empty list. |
| What types of feeds does it find? | It looks for links with common feed types: application/rss+xml, application/atom+xml, and application/feed+json. It also checks for common feed URL patterns like /feed, /rss, or /atom. |
| How many feeds can I get from one page? | You can set the maximum number of feeds to return, up to 100. The default is 100, but most pages have only a few feeds. |
| What output formats are supported? | The Actor returns data in a standard dataset that you can export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform. |
| Do I need to log in or use an API key? | No, the Actor works on public pages without any authentication. If a site requires login to see its feeds, the Actor cannot access them. |
| Can I scrape multiple URLs at once? | This Actor takes one URL per run. To scrape multiple URLs, you can run it multiple times or use Apify's scheduler or integrations to loop over a list. |
| What if the page has no RSS feeds? | The Actor returns an empty dataset. You can check the page source manually to confirm there are no feed links. |
| Does it follow redirects or JavaScript? | The Actor fetches the page HTML and parses it. It does not execute JavaScript, so feeds added dynamically by scripts may not be found. |
| Is there a limit on page size? | The Actor can handle typical web pages. Very large pages may take longer, but there is no hard size limit. |

### Related actors

Browse the full [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge?fpr=vmoqkp) for more scrapers.

🆘 **Need help?** Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.

⚠️ **Disclaimer.** This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Universal RSS Feeds. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

The URL of the webpage to scrape for RSS feed links.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

The maximum number of RSS feed links to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper").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 = { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper").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 '{
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"
}' |
apify call parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/0jUC8XxegfMfIt4gU/builds/qWIovCfwnaEQQnoth/openapi.json