Rss Feed Aggregator
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Rss Feed Aggregator
Rss Feed Aggregator. Aggregate data from multiple sources into a unified dataset. Clean, structured output ready for analysis.
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What does RSS Feed Aggregator do?
RSS Feed Aggregator is an Apify actor that fetches and parses RSS and Atom feeds from any publicly available source. It extracts structured article data including titles, authors, publication dates, descriptions, full content, and source links. The actor supports multiple feeds in a single run, making it ideal for aggregating news from diverse sources into a unified dataset. Whether you are monitoring industry news, tracking competitor blogs, or building a content curation pipeline, this tool handles the heavy lifting of feed parsing automatically.
Why use RSS Feed Aggregator?
Manually checking dozens of RSS feeds is time-consuming and error-prone. This actor automates the entire process, pulling fresh articles from all your feeds in one execution. Unlike browser-based feed readers, the data is returned in clean, structured JSON format ready for downstream processing. You can schedule runs to build a comprehensive archive of articles over time, integrate with notification systems, or feed the data into analytics dashboards. The actor handles both RSS 2.0 and Atom feed formats seamlessly, so you never have to worry about format compatibility.
How to use RSS Feed Aggregator
- Navigate to the actor's input page on the Apify platform.
- Add your desired RSS or Atom feed URLs to the
feedUrlslist. - Set
maxArticlesPerFeedto control how many articles to pull from each feed. - Click Start and wait for the run to complete.
- Download your results from the Dataset tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
feedUrls | array | List of RSS/Atom feed URLs to fetch | BBC News, NYT |
maxArticlesPerFeed | integer | Maximum articles to extract per feed | 20 |
Output
The actor produces a dataset with these fields for each article:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
title | Article headline |
author | Author name if available |
publishDate | Publication date and time |
description | Short article summary |
content | Full article content when available |
link | URL to the full article |
feedSource | Name of the source RSS feed |
Cost Estimate
This actor uses minimal resources since it only makes HTTP requests to fetch XML feeds without any browser rendering. A typical run processing 5 feeds with 20 articles each costs approximately $0.001-0.005 on the Apify platform. The actor runs on 512 MB of memory by default, which is sufficient for most workloads. Larger feed lists may benefit from increased memory allocation.
Tips and Best Practices
- Validate your feed URLs before running. You can test them in a browser first to confirm they return valid XML.
- Use Apify scheduling to run the actor periodically and build up a historical dataset of articles over time.
- Combine this actor with keyword filtering in your downstream processing to focus on specific topics.
- Some feeds may require specific User-Agent headers. The actor uses a standard bot user agent by default.
- For related data collection needs, check out the Podcast Transcript Search actor for audio content discovery.
- If a feed returns empty results, verify the feed is still active and the URL has not changed.
- CDATA sections in RSS feeds are handled automatically, so you get clean text output without XML artifacts.
