Universal RSS Feeds Scraper

Universal RSS Feeds Scraper

Discover RSS feeds from any website in one click. Enter a URL and get every feed link on that page, ready to subscribe or monitor. No parsing, no guessing, no code.

Finding RSS feeds on a website is a manual chore: you dig through page source, try common paths like /feed or /rss, and still miss feeds that are linked in the HTML. This Actor reads the page for you and returns every RSS, Atom, or JSON feed link it finds, in one flat list. give it a URL and you get the feeds.

Who uses it	What they scrape Universal RSS Feeds for
Content curators	Find the feeds they need to build a reading list or newsletter
Developers	Automate feed discovery for their own apps or monitoring tools
SEO specialists	Locate blog or news feeds to track competitor content
Researchers	Collect feeds from multiple sites for a corpus or study

What it does

This Actor collects RSS feed links from any webpage and returns each one as a flat row with the feed URL and title.

• 🔗 Feed URL extraction: returns the href of every RSS, Atom, or JSON feed link found on the page.
• 📝 Feed title capture: includes the title attribute or link text when available, so you know what each feed is.
• ⚙️ Configurable limit: set the maximum number of feeds to return, from 1 to 100.
• 🌐 Any website: works on any public webpage, no login or API key required.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Universal RSS Feeds data

📰 Build a reading list.

A content curator enters a blog homepage and gets all its RSS feeds to add to Feedly or another reader.

🔍 Monitor competitor content.

An SEO specialist runs the Actor on a competitor's site to find their blog feed and track new posts.

🤖 Automate feed discovery.

A developer integrates this Actor into a pipeline that checks a list of sites and collects their feeds for a custom aggregator.

📚 Gather research sources.

A researcher scrapes feeds from multiple news sites to build a dataset of article headlines for analysis.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No more manual hunting	Get every feed link on a page in seconds, not minutes of source digging
Works on any site	No site-specific code, a URL and you get the feeds
Clean output	Flat rows with feed URL and title, ready for CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML
Simple to automate	One input field, one output dataset, easy to chain with other Actors

How it compares

No other Store actor targets Universal RSS Feeds the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	Universal RSS Feeds Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When Universal RSS Feeds changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor with a single URL and an optional maximum number of feeds. It scans the page HTML for feed links and returns only the matches, up to your limit. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
 "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"
}

A larger pull:

{
 "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page",
 "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.00103 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$0.10
1,000 results	$1.03
10,000 results	$10.30

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Universal RSS Feeds Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Universal RSS Feeds through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/universal-rss-feeds-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

The page may not have any RSS feed links in its HTML. Check the page source for tags with type application/rss+xml or similar. Also ensure the URL is correct and publicly accessible.

The Actor returns fewer feeds than I expected.

Some feeds may be loaded via JavaScript and are not in the initial HTML. The Actor does not run JavaScript, so those feeds are missed. You can try viewing the page source to see what is in the HTML.

I get an error when I enter a URL.

Make sure the URL includes the protocol (http:// or https://). If the site blocks automated requests, you may need to use a proxy or a different Actor with browser rendering.

The feed URLs are relative, not absolute.

The Actor returns the href attribute as it appears in the HTML. If it is relative (e.g., /feed), you can resolve it against the page URL manually or in your downstream code.

FAQ

Question	Answer
What is an RSS feed?	RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed format that lets you get updates from a website, like new blog posts or news, in a standardized way. This Actor finds the URLs of those feeds.
Does this Actor work on any website?	Yes, it works on any public webpage that contains RSS, Atom, or JSON feed links in its HTML. Some sites may not expose feeds, in which case the Actor returns an empty list.
What types of feeds does it find?	It looks for links with common feed types: application/rss+xml, application/atom+xml, and application/feed+json. It also checks for common feed URL patterns like /feed, /rss, or /atom.
How many feeds can I get from one page?	You can set the maximum number of feeds to return, up to 100. The default is 100, but most pages have only a few feeds.
What output formats are supported?	The Actor returns data in a standard dataset that you can export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform.
Do I need to log in or use an API key?	No, the Actor works on public pages without any authentication. If a site requires login to see its feeds, the Actor cannot access them.
Can I scrape multiple URLs at once?	This Actor takes one URL per run. To scrape multiple URLs, you can run it multiple times or use Apify's scheduler or integrations to loop over a list.
What if the page has no RSS feeds?	The Actor returns an empty dataset. You can check the page source manually to confirm there are no feed links.
Does it follow redirects or JavaScript?	The Actor fetches the page HTML and parses it. It does not execute JavaScript, so feeds added dynamically by scripts may not be found.
Is there a limit on page size?	The Actor can handle typical web pages. Very large pages may take longer, but there is no hard size limit.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Universal RSS Feeds. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.