$ man rss-from-anything
/rss-from-anything(1)
PRICE / CALL
$0.04
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
webprobeCATEGORY
utilities
STATUS
● live
NAME
rss-from-anything — rss feed generator / html to rss converter
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.org/v1/rss-from-anything
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
RSS feed generator / HTML to RSS converter. Auto-detects article items on any HTML page, OR pass CSS selectors. RSS 2.0 output. For sites that don't publish a feed.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Page URL to fetch and convert into an RSS 2.0 feed. | required |
| feed_title | string | Override channel title. Default page title. | optional |
| item_selector | string | Selector for each item. If omitted, auto-detection runs. | optional |
| title_selector | string | Optional CSS selector for item titles; overrides auto-detection. | optional |
| link_selector | string | Optional CSS selector for item links; overrides auto-detection. | optional |
| date_selector | string | Optional CSS selector for item publish dates; overrides auto-detection. | optional |
| description_selector | string | Optional CSS selector for item descriptions or summaries; overrides auto-detection. | optional |
| max_items | number | Default 50, max 200. | 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.org/v1/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 once claude mcp add x402 --command "npx x402-deployer-mcp" # then ask Claude Code: # "use the rss-from-anything tool to ..."
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
ADJACENT — other endpoints in webprobe
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| arxiv-summarize | arXiv paper summarizer / research-paper TLDR. | $0.04 |
| scrape | Web scraper / HTML extractor. | $0.04 |
| scrape-website | Web scraper / HTML to text / website content extractor. | $0.04 |
| screenshot | Website screenshot / URL to PNG/JPG. | $0.04 |
| webpage-diff | Webpage change detection / website monitor / content diff. | $0.04 |
| website-screenshot | URL to PNG / JPG / website screenshot tool. | $0.04 |
| arxiv-search | arXiv full-text search. | $0.03 |
| domain-suggest | Brandable domain suggester / startup-name brainstormer / product-name proposer / domain candidate generator. | $0.05 |
SEE ALSO