RSS to JSON Converter: RSS, Atom & Feed Parser

An RSS to JSON converter and feed parser for RSS, Atom, RDF and JSON Feed. Paste a feed URL, or just a website URL and the Actor will auto-discover the feed. You get titles, links, authors, dates, categories, images, full content, and podcast enclosures with durations, in one clean schema.

Fast, cheap, no login. Built for news monitoring, podcast pipelines and AI agents that need structured items from the open web.

Why use this RSS feed reader?

• 🔍 Feed auto-discovery: enter techcrunch.com or simonwillison.net and it finds /feed/ or /atom/everything/, with a fallback to common feed paths.
• 📚 Every format: RSS 2.0, RSS 1.0/RDF, Atom (including YouTube channel feeds) and JSON Feed, normalized into one schema.
• 📝 Full content from content:encoded, Atom content and JSON Feed. Ideal for AI / RAG pipelines and newsletters.
• 🎙️ Podcast-ready: enclosure URLs (MP3), MIME types, file sizes and episode durations in seconds.
• 🗓️ Posted since + keyword filters: schedule it and pick up only new, relevant posts.
• 🧹 De-duplication across feeds, with items sorted newest first.
• 💸 From $0.60 per 1,000 items and no expensive start fee.

Who is it for?

• AI and automation builders: feed news, blogs and podcasts into LLMs, vector databases, n8n, Make or Zapier.
• Media monitoring and newsletters: aggregate dozens of sources into one dataset.
• Marketers and SEO teams: watch competitors' blogs and changelogs.
• Researchers and analysts: build datasets of posts, articles and podcast episodes.
• Developers: a reliable feed-parsing API without maintaining parsers for every feed dialect.

What data does it extract?

Field	Example
title, link, guid	item title, URL and ID
author	Amanda Silberling
publishedAt, updatedAt	ISO dates
categories	["AI", "Startups"]
summary	short description (plain text)
contentText, contentHtml	full content when the feed includes it
image	item image (media:content, enclosure or first image)
enclosures, durationSeconds	podcast audio {url, type, length}, 1480
feedTitle, feedUrl, feedLink, feedFormat, feedLanguage, feedImage	feed metadata
inputUrl	the URL you entered

How to use it

1. Click Try for free.
2. Add feed URLs or website URLs (one per line). Examples: https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml, techcrunch.com, https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=…, a podcast RSS URL.
3. Optionally set Max items per feed, Posted since and Keywords.
4. Click Start and export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets, or schedule it hourly or daily.

Run it from the API

You can start this Actor from any language with the official Apify API client. Replace YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN with a token from Apify Console > Integrations. Never put the token in a public repo.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("veenkes/veenkes-rss-feed-reader").call(run_input={
    "urls": [
        "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
    "includeContent": True
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('veenkes/veenkes-rss-feed-reader').call({
    "urls": [
        "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
    "includeContent": true
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Schedule the Actor, send results to a webhook, or connect it in Zapier, Make or n8n. Store page: https://apify.com/veenkes/veenkes-rss-feed-reader.

Use from AI agents (Apify MCP)

AI agents can run this Actor through the Apify MCP server. Connect Claude, Cursor or any MCP-compatible client to Apify, then ask the agent to call veenkes/veenkes-rss-feed-reader with an input like the example above. The agent discovers the tool from the Actor title and description.

How much does it cost?

Pay per result. You pay only for items saved to the dataset, and full content is included.

Apify plan tier	Price per 1,000 items
FREE	$1.00
BRONZE	$0.80
SILVER	$0.70
GOLD and above	$0.60

There is also a $0.00005 start fee per run. Checking 50 blogs every day for new posts (about 100 new items) costs about $0.08 per day at the BRONZE tier.

Input example

{
    "urls": [
        "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml",
        "techcrunch.com",
        "https://simonwillison.net",
        "https://feeds.simplecast.com/54nAGcIl"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
    "postedSince": "2026-11-01",
    "keywords": ["ai", "nvidia"],
    "includeContent": true,
    "discoverAllFeeds": false,
    "dedupe": true
}

Output example

{
    "title": "The rise and fall of Jensen Huang - how the tech superstar became mired in scandal",
    "link": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmze750zg0jeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss",
    "guid": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmze750zg0jeo#0",
    "author": null,
    "publishedAt": "2026-11-12T17:11:48.000Z",
    "categories": [],
    "summary": "Within days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure leading the global tech race has crumbled.",
    "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/38db/live/e8339120-deb0-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg",
    "enclosures": [],
    "durationSeconds": null,
    "feedTitle": "BBC News",
    "feedUrl": "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml",
    "feedLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology",
    "feedFormat": "rss",
    "feedLanguage": "en-gb",
    "inputUrl": "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml",
    "contentText": "Within days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure…",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-11-12T21:38:26.614Z"
}

The key-value store record SUMMARY shows, for each input URL, the discovered feed(s), items found and saved, or NO_FEED_FOUND.

Tips

• Only new posts: schedule daily with Posted since set to yesterday, or keep a list of seen guids downstream.
• YouTube channels: use https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=CHANNEL_ID.
• Substack, Medium, WordPress, Ghost, Blogger: just paste the site URL. Their feeds are discovered automatically.
• Full article text is available when the publisher puts it in the feed. Many news sites only include a summary.

Why this one?

It accepts a raw website URL, not only a feed link, and normalizes RSS, Atom, RDF and JSON Feed into the same fields, including podcast audio. That makes it a practical drop-in for automations and agents that should not care which feed format a site uses.

FAQ

Is this legal? RSS and Atom feeds are published so that readers and aggregators can consume them. The Actor reads only these public feeds. Respect publishers' copyright and terms when you republish content.

What if a site has no feed? The URL is marked NO_FEED_FOUND in the summary, and you are not charged for it.

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Works with any standards-compliant feed. All trademarks belong to their owners.

Integrations

• Apify API — Python and JavaScript clients (examples above), plus a REST API.
• AI agents — run it via the Apify MCP server.
• Automation tools — Zapier, Make, n8n, or an Apify webhook when a run finishes.
• Export — download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or load it from a scheduled run.

Open the Actor in Apify Store.