Built-in apps

RSS

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With the RSS app in ﻿, you can monitor and import items from an RSS feed/Atom export of any website.
Requirements
To use the RSS app in ﻿, you must have a URL of an RSS feed/Atom export.
A URL of the RSS feed/Atom export
If you don't know the RSS/Atom feed URL of the website you want to retrieve a feed from, you can try adding a common RSS feed URL part after the website URL.
Common feed URLs can be in the following formats: www.website.com/feed or www.website.com/rss.
For example, https://www.make.com/en/blog/feed .
You can retrieve the RSS feed URL using a third-party browser extensions. For example, RSS Subscription Extension (Chrome) or Feedbro (Firefox).
You can also find the RSS feed URL in the website's source code:
1
Open the website you want to retrieve a feed from.
2
Press Ctrl+U (Windows) or Command+Option+U (Mac) on your keyboard to view the page source code.
3
Press Ctrl+F (Windows) or Command+F (Mac) on your keyboard to search the page source code.
4
Search for rss, feed, or atom to find the RSS feed URL.
5
Copy the URL.
RSS modules
Triggers
Watch RSS Feed Items
Returns feed item details when a feed item is posted.
Field
Description
URL
Enter a URL of the RSS or Atom feed.
Maximum number of returned items
Set the maximum number of feed items ﻿ will return during one execution cycle.
If the value is set too high, the connection may be interrupted on the side of the given third-party service (timeout). ﻿ has no influence on this. We recommend you set a lower value, and either define a higher value for the maximum number of cycles or run the ﻿ more frequently.
User name
Enter the user name if the feed is password-protected.
Password
Enter the password if the feed is password-protected.
Process RSS fields
Enable the Google Merchant Center option to process fields from the Google Merchant Center feed.
Request compressed content
Enable this option to request a compressed version of the website.
Actions
Retrieve RSS Feed Items
Retrieves feed items from the specified URL.
Field
Description
URL
Enter a URL of the RSS or Atom feed.
Date from
Enter a date you want to filter returned RSS feed items from. ﻿ will process all items that are more recent than the specified date.
Date to
Enter a date up to which you want to filter returned RSS feed items. ﻿ will process all items dated on or before the specified date.
Maximum number of returned items
Set the maximum number of feed items ﻿ will return during one execution cycle.
If the value is set too high, the connection may be interrupted on the side of the given third-party service (timeout). ﻿ has no influence on this. We recommend you set a lower value, and either define a higher value for the maximum number of cycles or run the ﻿ more frequently.
Request compressed content
Enable this option to request a compressed version of the website.
Troubleshooting
Trigger Execution Failed
There are several situations when a trigger execution can terminate with an error.
The URL you have entered does not exist or does not contain a valid RSS feed/Atom export. If this happens, the ﻿ will be stopped, and you will need to enter the correct address.
The RSS/Atom file size exceeds the allowed limit. If this happens, the import will be stopped. For more information, please refer to the working with files﻿ article.
Trigger Did Not Process RSS Feed Items
With websites that frequently update their RSS feed/Atom export, it can happen that some RSS feed items do not get processed.
Here is an example: A news portal publishes 40 articles every day, but it only includes the last 20 articles in its RSS/Atom export feed. If the interval for processing is set to one day, then ﻿ sees only the last 20 articles. ﻿ does not have access to the previous 20 articles, and therefore it cannot process them.
If this is the case, you'll need to set a shorter interval for processing the articles, like every 12 hours.
If this is not the case, and the article still has not been processed, it may be that the trigger has not yet reached the given article when executed.

Field	Description
URL	Enter a URL of the RSS or Atom feed.
Maximum number of returned items	Set the maximum number of feed items will return during one execution cycle. If the value is set too high, the connection may be interrupted on the side of the given third-party service (timeout). has no influence on this. We recommend you set a lower value, and either define a higher value for the maximum number of cycles or run the more frequently.
User name	Enter the user name if the feed is password-protected.
Password	Enter the password if the feed is password-protected.
Process RSS fields	Enable the Google Merchant Center option to process fields from the Google Merchant Center feed.
Request compressed content	Enable this option to request a compressed version of the website.

Field	Description
URL	Enter a URL of the RSS or Atom feed.
Date from	Enter a date you want to filter returned RSS feed items from. will process all items that are more recent than the specified date.
Date to	Enter a date up to which you want to filter returned RSS feed items. will process all items dated on or before the specified date.
Maximum number of returned items	Set the maximum number of feed items will return during one execution cycle. If the value is set too high, the connection may be interrupted on the side of the given third-party service (timeout). has no influence on this. We recommend you set a lower value, and either define a higher value for the maximum number of cycles or run the more frequently.
Request compressed content	Enable this option to request a compressed version of the website.

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Requirements

Retrieve an RSS feed URL

RSS modules

Triggers

Watch RSS Feed Items

Actions

Retrieve RSS Feed Items

Troubleshooting

Trigger Execution Failed

Trigger Did Not Process RSS Feed Items