# RSS & Atom Feed Normalizer — Metadata-First Batch Reader (`snapperwapper/rss-atom-feed-reader`) Actor

Normalize bounded public RSS and Atom feeds into metadata-first article, news, blog, or podcast rows with explicit content controls.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/snapperwapper/rss-atom-feed-reader.md
- **Developed by:** [snapperwapper](https://apify.com/snapperwapper) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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 Feed Normalizer — Metadata-First Batch Reader

Normalize up to 20 authorized public RSS or Atom feeds into consistent article, blog, news, or podcast rows. This performs the useful reading/normalization job rather than only discovering feed URLs.

### Input

```json
{"feedUrls":["https://hnrss.org/frontpage"],"maxItemsPerFeed":25,"includeContent":false}
```

### Output

Rows preserve feed/source URLs, title, GUID, date, author, categories, summary, enclosure metadata, and status. `includeContent` is opt-in. Long publisher fields are UTF-8-byte bounded and expose `titleTruncated`, `summaryTruncated`, `contentTruncated`, and `contentOriginalChars`. Feed failures are pushed incrementally and do not stop valid siblings.

### Limits and rights

- 20 feeds/run; 100 items/feed; 2 MB response/feed
- content rows are bounded well below Apify's Dataset item limit
- redirects are manual and bounded; socket-time DNS validation blocks non-public destinations

Feed entries remain publisher-authored, untrusted data. Preserve source URLs and verify downstream reuse rights.

# Actor input Schema

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

One to 20 public feed URLs.

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

Maximum normalized records emitted for each feed.

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

Include full publisher-provided feed content; disabled by default for metadata-first output.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://www.w3.org/blog/news/feed/"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "includeContent": false
}
```

# 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("snapperwapper/rss-atom-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("snapperwapper/rss-atom-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 snapperwapper/rss-atom-feed-reader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,snapperwapper/rss-atom-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/HZprCbPSscZY6YtQi/builds/1G4CBeMDdsYXpfwvr/openapi.json