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RSS and Atom Feed Normaliser: One JSON Schema for Any Feed

Turn any RSS 2.0, RSS 1.0, Atom or JSON Feed into one clean JSON schema: feed title, link and language, then items with id, title, URL, ISO published/updated dates, summary, categories and enclosure. Give a feed URL or a normal web page and the feed is discovered from its link tags. Author names are not returned.

x402: $0.003 per callMCP tool: rss_feed_normaliser

Input

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
url *stringFeed URL, or a web page that links to a feed.
maxItemsinteger50Maximum number of items returned (newest first as published in the feed).
summaryCharsinteger400Maximum characters of the plain-text summary per item.

* required

Source and freshness

Source and licence
Stated in every response (field source).
Last verified
2026-10-03 (hourly check against the live source)

Use it

HTTP (x402)

curl -i "https://api.ambolt.dev/v1/rss-feed-normaliser?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bbci.co.uk%2Fnews%2Frss.xml&maxItems=5"

Returns 402 Payment Required with the price until an x402 payment is attached; @x402/fetch does this for you. See Get started.

MCP

{ "mcpServers": { "ambolt": { "url": "https://api.ambolt.dev/mcp" } } }
# then call the tool: rss_feed_normaliser

Apify

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Example response

{
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
  "discovered": false,
  "format": "rss-2.0",
  "feed": {
    "title": "BBC News",
    "link": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news",
    "description": "BBC News - News Front Page",
    "language": "en-gb",
    "updated": "2026-10-02T23:02:36.000Z"
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv1j3lgrl6gko#1",
      "title": "Widdecombe suspect charged with planning terror act against Farage",
      "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv1j3lgrl6gko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss",
      "published": "2026-10-02T21:32:25.000Z",
      "updated": null,
      "summary": "Counter terror police say the further charge comes after a \"hugely intensive and complex investigation\".",
      "categories": [],
      "enclosure": null
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck87zg8jnwngo#1",
      "title": "G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat",
      "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck87zg8jnwngo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss",
      "published": "2026-10-02T20:25:19.000Z",
      "updated": null,
      "summary": "The coordinated release is aimed at heading off further price spikes and avoiding a ban on US diesel exports.",
      "categories": [],
      "enclosure": null
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c6m2d3mpm7r8o#1",
      "title": "Watch: Why has UK diesel price hit an all time high?",
      "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c6m2d3mpm7r8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss",
      "published": "2026-10-02T16:58:30.000Z",
      "updated": null,
      "summary": "Diesel has now hit an average of £2 a litre in the UK, the RAC motoring group says, with petrol prices also rising.",
      "categories": [],
      "enclosure": null
    }
  ],
  "itemCount": 5,
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-02T23:02:46.038Z",
  "note": "Feed content belongs to its publisher; check its licence before reuse."
}

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