| name | blog-scraper |
| 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 Scraper
Scrape blog posts via RSS/Atom feeds (free) with optional Apify fallback for JS-heavy sites.
Quick Start
For RSS mode (free), only dependency is pip install requests. No API key needed.
python3 skills/blog-scraper/scripts/scrape_blogs.py \
--urls "https://example.com/blog" --days 30
python3 skills/blog-scraper/scripts/scrape_blogs.py \
--urls "https://blog1.com,https://blog2.com" --keywords "AI,marketing" --output summary
python3 skills/blog-scraper/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
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
