RSS Feed Downloader

An RSS feed downloader is an online tool that fetches a public RSS or Atom feed and turns its items into a readable list plus a downloadable file. On Tools Lab PRO the feed is fetched and parsed on our server via the /api/extract endpoint, and the result is returned as feed title, item count, and an items array of titles, links, dates and excerpts.

Paste the feed URL, select Extract feed, then use Download JSON. The file saves as rss-feed-downloader.json and contains the feed URL, feed title, item count and the items array. Nothing is installed and no account is needed.

Try common paths first: /feed, /rss, /feed.xml or /atom.xml. If none work, open the page source and look for a <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"> tag — its href is the feed URL. Paste that exact URL here.

Yes. The parser reads both RSS <item> elements and Atom <entry> elements, so classic RSS 2.0 feeds and Atom feeds both work. Fields are normalised into the same title, link, date and excerpt shape.

JSON only. The downloaded file contains the requested feed URL, the feed title, the item count and the items array. There is no CSV, XML or OPML export, so import the JSON into your own script or spreadsheet tool if you need another format.

It is free and requires no sign-up or email. To keep the service available for everyone, the extraction endpoint allows 30 requests per minute per IP address; beyond that you are asked to wait before the next request.

Yes. The tool runs in any modern mobile or desktop browser with nothing to install, because parsing happens on the server. Saving the JSON file depends on your mobile browser allowing downloads.

The most common causes are a wrong URL, an HTML page rather than feed XML, or a publisher blocking automated requests. Only public http:// and https:// URLs are accepted, private and local network addresses are blocked, requests time out after about 12 seconds, and responses larger than roughly 3 MB are rejected.

The tool returns exactly what the feed publishes. Most feeds only list the newest items — commonly 10 to 50 — and there is no archive pagination, so older posts that the publisher dropped from the XML cannot be recovered here.

Excerpts are deliberately capped at 280 characters after HTML tags are stripped, so the results list and JSON stay compact and readable. Open the item link when you need the full article text; the tool does not extract full post bodies.

No. Each run handles one feed URL. Repeat the extraction for each feed you need, keeping the 30 requests per minute per IP limit in mind when working through a long list of publishers.

There is no account and no file upload. The feed URL and its parsed result are cached server-side for 10 minutes so repeat requests for the same feed return instantly, and the cache entry expires after that window.

A feed reader manages ongoing subscriptions, unread state and notifications. This tool is built for one-off reading and structured export: paste a URL, see the current items, download them as JSON, with no account and nothing to maintain.

No. The extractor collects item titles, links, publication dates and text excerpts. Enclosure and media files such as podcast MP3s are not parsed or downloaded, so use a dedicated podcast client for audio.