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)

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