# RSS, Atom & JSON Feed Reader — $0.10/1K (`scrapesignal_labs/universal-feed-reader`) Actor

Turn RSS 2.0, Atom, and JSON Feed URLs into clean, deduplicated records for monitoring, agents, alerts, and data pipelines.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesignal\_labs/universal-feed-reader.md
- **Developed by:** [ScrapeSignal Labs](https://apify.com/scrapesignal_labs) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.10 / 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?

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".

## 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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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, Atom & JSON Feed Reader — $0.10 per 1,000 items

Turn almost any standards-based web feed into clean JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS output. This Actor reads RSS 2.0, Atom, and JSON Feed directly, normalizes their different field names, removes duplicate entries, and keeps partial results when one of several feeds is unavailable.

It is designed for content monitoring, news aggregation, podcast indexes, competitive research, AI-agent tools, alerts, and scheduled data pipelines.

### What you get

- Feed title and detected format
- Item title, canonical URL, ID, author, publication and update times
- Clean summary and optional full content
- Categories, image URL, and media or podcast enclosures
- Per-feed coverage report in the run's `SUMMARY` key-value-store record
- Keyword and publication-date filters plus a hard output limit

### Example input

```json
{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://blog.apify.com/rss/",
    "https://www.producthunt.com/feed?category=ai"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "keywords": ["automation", "AI"],
  "publishedSince": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z",
  "includeContent": true,
  "includeEnclosures": true
}
```

### Pricing

The introductory price is **$0.0001 per delivered item** ($0.10 per 1,000), plus a **$0.00005 start event**. Apify platform usage is included. A failed feed produces no item charge.

### Reliable by design

The Actor uses the publisher's public feed rather than scraping rendered pages. Publishers decide how many entries and how much content they expose, and some feeds omit fields. Respect publisher terms, copyright, and crawl guidance when storing or redistributing content.

# Actor input Schema

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

Direct URLs to RSS 2.0, Atom, or JSON Feed documents.

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

A hard output and price ceiling for each feed.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Optional case-insensitive terms. An item must match at least one term in its title, summary, or content.

## `publishedSince` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO date/time. Entries with a known older publication date are excluded.

## `includeContent` (type: `boolean`):

Return the feed's content field in addition to its summary.

## `includeEnclosures` (type: `boolean`):

Return podcast, video, image, and other enclosure metadata when supplied.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of feed requests performed at once.

## `timeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Stop waiting for an individual feed after this many seconds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://blog.apify.com/rss/"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "keywords": [],
  "publishedSince": "",
  "includeContent": true,
  "includeEnclosures": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "timeoutSeconds": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapesignal_labs/universal-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapesignal_labs/universal-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 '{}' |
apify call scrapesignal_labs/universal-feed-reader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapesignal_labs/universal-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/FKdW1gRFjdhWTUEFD/builds/JWodGtoGMCcRuf1pD/openapi.json