Blog Feed Monitor

Scrape blog posts via RSS/Atom feeds (free) with optional Apify fallback for JS-heavy sites.

Quick Start

No API key needed for RSS mode.

# Scrape a blog's RSS feed
python3 skills/blog-feed-monitor/scripts/scrape_blogs.py \
  --urls "https://example.com/blog" --days 30

# Multiple blogs with keyword filter
python3 skills/blog-feed-monitor/scripts/scrape_blogs.py \
  --urls "https://blog1.com,https://blog2.com" --keywords "AI,marketing" --output summary

# Force Apify for JS-heavy sites
python3 skills/blog-feed-monitor/scripts/scrape_blogs.py \
  --urls "https://example.com" --mode apify

How It Works

Auto Mode (default)

1. For each URL, tries to discover an RSS/Atom feed:
   • Checks HTML <link rel="alternate"> tags
   • Probes common paths: /feed, /rss, /atom.xml, /feed.xml, /rss.xml, /blog/feed, /index.xml
2. Parses discovered feeds (supports RSS 2.0 and Atom)
3. If any URLs fail, falls back to Apify jupri/rss-xml-scraper (if token available)
4. Applies date and keyword filtering client-side

Note: The Apify fallback actor jupri/rss-xml-scraper may need updating -- it has not been verified recently. RSS mode works reliably without it.

RSS Mode

Only tries RSS feeds, no Apify fallback.

Apify Mode

Uses Apify actor directly, skipping RSS discovery.

CLI Reference

Flag	Default	Description
--urls	required	Blog URL(s), comma-separated
--keywords	none	Keywords to filter (comma-separated, OR logic)
--days	30	Only include posts from last N days
--max-posts	50	Max posts to return
--mode	auto	auto (RSS + fallback), rss (RSS only), apify (Apify only)
--output	json	Output format: json or summary
--token	env var	Apify token (only needed for Apify mode/fallback)
--timeout	300	Max seconds for Apify run

Cost

• RSS mode: Free (no API, no tokens)
• Apify mode: Uses jupri/rss-xml-scraper -- minimal Apify credits