Name: rss-from-anything
Price: 0.04 USDC
Availability: InStock

$ man rss-from-anything

agentutility / web-probe / rss-from-anything

PRICE / CALL

$0.04

USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact

METHOD

POST

CLUSTER

webprobe

CATEGORY

utilities

STATUS

● live

NAME

rss-from-anything — turn any webpage into an rss feed, even sites that never published one

SYNOPSIS

POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/rss-from-anything
     Content-Type: application/json
     X-PAYMENT:    <signed-transferWithAuthorization>

     { ... }

↳ first call → 402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.

DESCRIPTION

Turn any webpage into an RSS feed, even sites that never published one. Point it at a url and it auto-detects repeated article or listing items with a heuristic crawl, or you can hand it exact item_selector, title_selector, link_selector, date_selector, and description_selector CSS selectors for precise control, with max_items to cap the feed size. Returns valid RSS 2.0 XML plus mime_type, item_count, and which mode (auto or selector) produced it. Use it as an RSS feed generator, HTML-to-RSS converter, website feed builder, or feedless-site monitor for tracking blogs, listings, and news pages that don't expose a native feed.

INPUT — request schema

property	type	description	req?
url	string	Webpage URL to generate a feed from. Must be http or https.	required
feed_title	string	Title for the generated RSS channel. Optional; defaults to the page's <title>.	optional
item_selector	string	CSS selector matching each feed item's container element. Optional; enables selector mode over the auto-detect heuristic.	optional
title_selector	string	CSS selector for an item's title, relative to item_selector. Optional; falls back to the first a/h1/h2/h3.	optional
link_selector	string	CSS selector for an item's link, relative to item_selector. Optional; falls back to the first a[href].	optional
date_selector	string	CSS selector for an item's publish date, relative to item_selector. Optional; falls back to the first <time>.	optional
description_selector	string	CSS selector for an item's description, relative to item_selector. Optional; falls back to the first <p>.	optional
max_items	number	Maximum number of feed items to return. Optional; 1-200, defaults to 50.	optional

OUTPUT — response shape

field	type	description
rss	string	RSS 2.0 XML document as a string, ready to serve or save as .xml.
mime_type	string	MIME type for the rss payload, typically application/rss+xml.
feed_title	string	Channel title derived from the source page's <title> or heading.
feed_link	string	Canonical link back to the source page used as the feed's channel link.
feed_description	string	Channel description derived from the page meta description or first paragraph.
item_count	number	Number of items extracted and included in the feed.
items	array	Array of parsed feed items with title, link, pubDate, and description fields.
mode	string	Extraction mode used: 'auto' for heuristic detection or 'selectors' when CSS selectors were supplied.

EXAMPLES — two ways to call

EXAMPLE 1 · curl

curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/rss-from-anything \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ }'

first response = 402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.

EXAMPLE 2 · mcp

# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster
npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster>

# Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base
export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x...

# Then call the rss-from-anything tool from your MCP-aware agent.

MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.

METADATA

tags: rssfeedscrapemonitorhtml
methods: POST
cluster: webprobe
price: $0.04 USDC per call

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