Parse web feed

Fetches and normalizes RSS 2.0, Atom 1.0, or JSON Feed into a stable item list. Use this when consuming update feeds without format-specific parsing. It does not fetch linked articles. Limit: 8 s, 5 redirects, 768 KiB, 100 items.

When to use it

Fetches and normalizes RSS 2.0, Atom 1.0, or JSON Feed into a stable item list. Use this when consuming update feeds without format-specific parsing. It does not fetch linked articles.

Input schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 8,
      "maxLength": 2048,
      "description": "Absolute public HTTP or HTTPS URL without embedded credentials."
    },
    "max_items": {
      "default": 50,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 100
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "url",
    "max_items"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ok": {
      "const": true
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "format": {
          "enum": [
            "rss",
            "atom",
            "json_feed"
          ]
        },
        "version": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "title": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "home_page_url": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "feed_url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "items": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object"
          }
        },
        "truncated": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "format",
        "version",
        "title",
        "home_page_url",
        "feed_url",
        "items",
        "truncated"
      ]
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "request_id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "duration_ms": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "limits": {
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "request_id",
        "duration_ms"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "ok",
    "data",
    "meta"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

REST example

curl -X POST https://plainport.exportitnow.workers.dev/api/v1/parse-feed \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/feed.xml"}'

Example result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "format": "rss",
    "title": "Updates",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Release notes",
        "url": "https://example.com/release"
      }
    ],
    "truncated": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "018f…",
    "duration_ms": 12
  }
}

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