RSS Feed Reader: RSS, Atom and JSON Feed into clean rows

Turn any feed into a clean table. Paste a feed URL, or just the site address and this Actor finds the feed for you. RSS 2.0, Atom and JSON Feed all work, in the same run, with the same fields out.

What you get per item
title, url, guid, publishedAt, updatedAt	the basics, dates normalised to ISO 8601 (UTC)
author, categories	as the feed publishes them
summary, contentText, contentHtml, wordCount	the text without HTML, plus the raw HTML if you want it
imageUrl, enclosureUrl, enclosureType, commentsUrl	image, podcast or video attachment, comments link
feedTitle, feedUrl, feedDescription, feedLanguage, feedItemCount	about the feed itself

Why this one

• Paste the site, not the feed. https://techcrunch.com works: the Actor reads the page, finds <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"> and falls back to the usual paths (/feed, /rss, /index.xml).
• Three formats, one output. Hacker News is RSS, The Verge is Atom, Daring Fireball is JSON Feed. The rows come out identical.
• Text you can use. contentText has the HTML stripped, entities decoded and spacing fixed, which is what you want for search, LLM input or a digest email.
• Date window that does not cost you. lastDays, publishedAfter and publishedBefore filter before charging: items outside the window are free.

Errors, all free

errorCode	Meaning
FEED_NOT_FOUND	That page has no feed, and none of the usual paths answered
FEED_INVALID	The file is not valid RSS, Atom or JSON Feed
FEED_EMPTY	The feed is valid but has no items
NO_ITEMS_IN_WINDOW	The feed has items, but all of them are outside your date window
FETCH_FAILED	The address did not answer (DNS, timeout, HTTP error)
ITEM_UNREADABLE	One item came in a shape this Actor cannot read; only that item is lost
UNEXPECTED	Something unforeseen broke on that address; everything else in the run still delivers

Pricing

US$ 1.00 per 1,000 items, pay per event: no monthly fee, no charge per run, and no charge for error rows, duplicates or items filtered out by date. A 50-item feed costs US$ 0.05. A daily watch over 100 feeds, 20 items each, costs US$ 2.00 per month.

FAQ

Do I need the feed URL? No. Paste the site address and the Actor looks for <link rel="alternate"> in the page, then tries the usual paths (/feed, /rss, /index.xml). If it still finds nothing, you get a free FEED_NOT_FOUND row instead of an empty run.

Which formats work? RSS 2.0, Atom and JSON Feed, in the same run, with identical output fields. Hacker News, The Verge and Daring Fireball are one of each and all three are tested.

Do I pay for items I filter out by date? No. Items outside lastDays, publishedAfter or publishedBefore are skipped before charging, and so are duplicates and error rows.

Can I get the full article text? You get what the feed publishes in contentText, with the HTML stripped. Feeds that only publish a summary will only give a summary — no Actor can invent what the publisher withheld. For the full article, feed the item links into a page-to-text Actor.

Does it need a proxy? Almost never. Feeds are plain files and rarely block, so proxy is off by default and the platform cost stays a fraction of the price.

Notes

• Feeds are plain files, so proxy is off by default and the platform cost is a fraction of the price. Turn proxy on only if a publisher blocks datacenter traffic.
• Duplicates are removed by guid, then by link, across all feeds in the same run.
• This Actor reads what publishers deliberately publish for syndication. It does not log in and does not open a browser.