How to turn any RSS or Atom feed into JSON or CSV (bulk, with monitoring)

Updated 2026-10-10 · Tool used: RSS Feed Scraper - RSS, Atom & JSON Feed Reader to JSON/CSV on Apify · Price: $0.30 per 1,000 feed items; failed feeds, filtered, duplicate and already-seen items are free

RSS and Atom are still the cheapest way to follow news sites, blogs, podcasts, YouTube channels and changelogs, but every feed is slightly different: RSS 2.0, RDF, Atom, JSON Feed, HTML inside descriptions, emails in author fields, missing dates. Most online RSS-to-JSON converters handle one feed at a time.

This guide shows how to read hundreds of feeds in one run (or just paste website URLs and let the feeds be discovered), get one normalized row per item (title, link, publish date, author, summary, full text, image, categories, enclosure), filter by keywords and date, and receive only new items on a schedule.

Open RSS Feed Scraper on Apify →

Steps

Add feeds: feed URLs or plain website URLs (the actor finds their feeds).
Optionally set keywords, excludeKeywords and publishedWithinDays.
Schedule it with Only new items on and send new items to Slack, email, a Google Sheet or an LLM summary.

Example input

{
  "feeds": [
    "https://www.nasa.gov/feed/",
    "blog.cloudflare.com",
    "https://github.com/apify/crawlee/releases.atom"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "ai",
    "openai",
    "nvidia"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 2,
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "includeContent": true
}

Example output (one item, shortened)

{
  "feedUrl": "https://techcrunch.com/feed/",
  "feedTitle": "TechCrunch",
  "feedLink": "https://techcrunch.com/",
  "feedType": "rss",
  "language": "en-US",
  "itemId": "https://techcrunch.com/?p=3175496",
  "title": "India rejects Elon Musk’s claim of discrimination over Starlink launch",
  "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/india-rejects-elon-musks-claim-of-discrimination-over-starlink-launch/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-08T06:14:11.000Z",
  "updatedAt": null,
  "author": "Jagmeet Singh",
  "categories": [
    "Government & Policy",
    "Space",
    "SpaceX",
    "..."
  ],
  "summary": "Starlink is still awaiting security clearance before it can seek spectrum and begin commercial services in India....",
  "contentText": null,
  "image": null,
  "enclosures": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-08T09:35:33.760Z"
}

Every run's dataset can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML from the Apify Console, or via https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<datasetId>/items?format=csv.

Run it from code

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient  # pip install apify-client

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
  "feeds": [
    "https://www.nasa.gov/feed/",
    "blog.cloudflare.com",
    "https://github.com/apify/crawlee/releases.atom"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "ai",
    "openai",
    "nvidia"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 2,
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "includeContent": true
}
run = client.actor("tinyrex/rss-feed-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript / Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // npm i apify-client

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('tinyrex/rss-feed-scraper').call({
  "feeds": [
    "https://www.nasa.gov/feed/",
    "blog.cloudflare.com",
    "https://github.com/apify/crawlee/releases.atom"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "ai",
    "openai",
    "nvidia"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 2,
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 50,
  "includeContent": true
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

curl (no SDK)

# Runs the actor and returns the results directly (CSV here; use format=json for JSON)
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/tinyrex~rss-feed-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?format=csv" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"feeds": ["https://www.nasa.gov/feed/", "blog.cloudflare.com", "https://github.com/apify/crawlee/releases.atom"], "keywords": ["ai", "openai", "nvidia"], "publishedWithinDays": 2, "maxItemsPerFeed": 50, "includeContent": true}' > results.csv

Get your API token in Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations. The free Apify plan includes monthly credit that is enough to try this.

Use it from an AI agent (MCP)

The Apify MCP server exposes this actor as a tool for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, n8n and other MCP clients. Add this to your client's MCP config (or use the OAuth flow at mcp.apify.com instead of a token):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=tinyrex/rss-feed-scraper",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then ask in plain language, e.g. "Rss to json for this list and give me a table".

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.30 per 1,000 feed items; failed feeds, filtered, duplicate and already-seen items are free. You can cap the cost of every run in the run options.

FAQ

Can I convert RSS to JSON for free?

Apify's free plan includes monthly platform credit, which covers thousands of feed items at $0.30 per 1,000. Feeds that fail are not charged.

Does it find the feed if I only have the website?

Yes. It reads the site's feed links and tries the common feed paths (/feed, /rss, /atom.xml and others).

Does it work for podcasts and YouTube?

Yes. Podcast enclosures (audio URL, length, type, duration) and YouTube channel feeds are supported.

Try it on Apify →