| name | blog-feed-monitor |
| description | Scrape blog posts via RSS feeds (free, no API key) with Apify fallback for JS-heavy sites. Use when you need to monitor competitor blogs, track industry content, or aggregate blog posts by keyword.
|
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.
python3 skills/blog-feed-monitor/scripts/scrape_blogs.py \
--urls "https://example.com/blog" --days 30
python3 skills/blog-feed-monitor/scripts/scrape_blogs.py \
--urls "https://blog1.com,https://blog2.com" --keywords "AI,marketing" --output summary
python3 skills/blog-feed-monitor/scripts/scrape_blogs.py \
--urls "https://example.com" --mode apify
How It Works
Auto Mode (default)
- 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
- Parses discovered feeds (supports RSS 2.0 and Atom)
- If any URLs fail, falls back to Apify
jupri/rss-xml-scraper (if token available)
- 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
