Website to RSS Feed Converter - Monitor Any Website

Convert any website into an RSS feed automatically. Perfect for monitoring blogs, news sites, e-commerce stores, and any website for new content updates.

🚀 Key Features

• Universal Website Support - Works with any website (blogs, news, e-commerce, forums)
• Automatic Content Detection - Smart extraction of titles, descriptions, and images
• Custom CSS Selectors - Fine-tune extraction with your own selectors
• RSS 2.0 Standard - Compatible with all RSS readers (Feedly, Inoreader, etc.)
• JSON Export - Get structured data in JSON format
• Image Support - Include images in your RSS feed
• Date Extraction - Automatic publication date detection
• Proxy Support - Bypass anti-scraping protection

💡 Use Cases

• Content Aggregation - Combine multiple websites into one feed
• Competitor Monitoring - Track competitor blog posts and updates
• News Monitoring - Stay updated with news sites without RSS
• E-commerce Tracking - Monitor product listings and price changes
• Job Board Monitoring - Get notified of new job postings
• Real Estate Alerts - Track new property listings
• Forum Monitoring - Follow forum discussions via RSS

📋 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
startUrls	Array	Yes	Website URLs to convert to RSS
linkSelector	String	No	CSS selector for links (default: a[href])
titleSelector	String	No	CSS selector for titles (default: h1, h2, h3)
descriptionSelector	String	No	CSS selector for descriptions (default: p)
maxItems	Integer	No	Maximum items in feed (default: 50, max: 500)
feedTitle	String	No	Custom RSS feed title
feedDescription	String	No	Custom RSS feed description
includeImages	Boolean	No	Include images (default: true)
includeDates	Boolean	No	Extract publication dates (default: true)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings for blocked sites

🎯 Quick Start Examples

Example 1: Basic Blog Monitoring

{
  "startUrls": [{"url": "https://blog.apify.com"}],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example 2: Custom Selectors

{
  "startUrls": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com"}],
  "linkSelector": "span.titleline > a",
  "titleSelector": "span.titleline",
  "maxItems": 30
}

📤 Output

RSS Feed (XML): Available in key-value store as OUTPUT JSON Dataset: Structured data with title, link, description, pubDate, image, guid

💰 Pricing

~$0.01 per 100 pages scraped. Fast and cost-effective.

🏷️ Keywords

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Quick start

Store page: https://apify.com/scrappy_garden/website-to-rss-converter

Paste this into Input and click Run:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://example.com/"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

Outputs (what you get)

• Dataset: Dataset items typically include fields like: title, link, description, pubDate, image, guid.
• Key-value store: OUTPUT

Tips (trust + predictable results)

• Start with 1–3 URLs to validate behavior, then scale up.
• If a target blocks requests, enable Proxy and/or slow down concurrency in Input.
• Use the SUMMARY / REPORT keys (when present) for automation pipelines and monitoring.

Related actors

• web-page-change-monitor (https://apify.com/scrappy_garden/web-page-change-monitor)
• sitemap-generator (https://apify.com/scrappy_garden/sitemap-generator)
• broken-link-checker (https://apify.com/scrappy_garden/broken-link-checker)
• structured-data-extractor (https://apify.com/scrappy_garden/structured-data-extractor)

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