Go to example tasks

Quick Start: Check an RSS Feed

Ready-to-run task: check any RSS or Atom feed for validity, staleness, broken item links, and duplicate GUIDs -- with a letter grade and one-line summary.

Try for free
RSS & Atom Feed Health Checker
RSS & Atom Feed Health Checkerzaden/rss-feed-health-checker
Feed URL
Grade
Score
Severity
+7 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Feed URLs(required):https://hnrss.org/frontpage
Stale threshold (days):30
Item links to spot-check:10
Request timeout (seconds):15
Concurrent feed checks:5

Output fields

Feed URL
Grade
Score
Severity
Format
Title
Items
Days since update
Stale
Broken links
Summary

How it works

Sign up on Apify or log in

The RSS & Atom Feed Health Checker Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Quick Start: Check an RSS Feed". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Quick Start: Check an RSS Feed" task

The RSS & Atom Feed Health Checker Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like feed urls, stale threshold (days), and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Quick Start: Check an RSS Feed" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as feed url, grade, score, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Quick Start: Check an RSS Feed" task via API.

Image

Integrate "Quick Start: Check an RSS Feed" into your workflow

Connect "Quick Start: Check an RSS Feed" with 100+ integrations, or run it via API or MCP.

Webhook

Webhook

n8n

n8n

Make

Make

Zapier

Zapier

Airbyte

Airbyte

Keboola

Keboola

IFTTT

IFTTT

Hubspot

Hubspot

GDrive

GDrive

Gmail

Gmail

Apify MCP

Apify MCP

GitHub

GitHub

Slack

Slack

LangChain

LangChain

LlamaIndex

LlamaIndex

Flowise

Flowise

Pinecone

Pinecone

OpenAI

OpenAI

Mastra

Mastra

Clay

Clay