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RSS Make integrationAutomate RSS with Make.

What if every new post from a blog or news site reached your tools on its own? The RSS Make integration gives you 2 modules: one trigger that spots new feed items and one action that reads a feed. This page walks a first-time Make user from connection to a live scenario.

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What you can automate

What does the RSS Make integration let you automate?

With the RSS Make integration, a Make scenario, the automation you build in Make, follows a feed for you and passes each new item on to your other apps. You get a trigger that notices new items and an action that fetches items from a URL you give it, with no code involved.

A news watch for the sales team. Watch RSS feed items follows an industry news feed, and each new article becomes a bundle, one item flowing from one module to the next, that a later module can send to your team chat or a spreadsheet.

A content log you fill without copy and paste. A marketer tracking a competitor blog can let the trigger catch every new post and store its title and link in a table, ready for the next editorial meeting.

A feed read on request. Retrieve RSS feed items is an action, so it fits in the middle of a scenario: another app starts the flow, and Make pulls the current items of the feed you name.

What Make does not do here: the integration has no Make an API Call module, and the public listing gives no documented limits, so check your own feed before relying on it. The same app also exists in n8n, see the RSS n8n integration and the n8n vs Make comparison. New to the editor? The Make training covers the basics.

Connect

How do you connect RSS to Make?

  1. 01

    Add an RSS module

    Open your scenario, click the +, search for RSS and pick a module. If Make shows a Create a connection button, click it. A connection is your account linked to Make once, then reused by every module of that app.

  2. 02

    Name it if you like

    Giving the connection a name is optional, but it helps later when several scenarios share it. Pick something that says which feed or which source it covers, so a teammate knows what it is at a glance.

  3. 03

    Authorize and save

    If a sign-in page or a key field appears, authorize Make or paste the key the source gives you, then click Save. The connection now appears in the module, and Make can read what it needs.

First scenario

Your first scenario with the RSS Make integration

GoalWhen another app starts your scenario, Make pulls the latest items of an RSS feed and hands them to the next step.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Go to the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the big + to place the first module, the one from the app that should start the flow.

  2. 02

    Pick the starting module

    Search for the app that kicks things off, for example your form tool, choose its module and click Create a connection so Make can reach your account.

  3. 03

    Add Retrieve RSS feed items

    Click the + on the right of that first module, search for RSS and add Retrieve RSS feed items. Fill in the URL of the feed you want to read.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once to execute the scenario one time and open the bundles the RSS module received. Each bundle is one item of the feed, ready to map.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Set the schedule on the first module, every 15 minutes by default, then turn the scenario on so it keeps running without you.

Triggers

What starts an RSS scenario

1 module starts a scenario when something happens in RSS. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by RSS as soon as it happens.

RSS1Watch RSS feed items

Watch RSS feed items

Scheduled trigger

In Make“Triggers when a new RSS feed item is posted.”

Watch RSS feed items picks up the items published in the feed you follow since its last check, so each fresh article turns into a bundle you can send to another app without opening a reader.

How it fires
scheduled. Make checks the feed on the scenario's schedule, every 15 minutes by default and never more often than every 15 minutes on the Free plan; the clock badge on the module reminds you of it.
When to use it
a partner blog or a news source you want your team to see in its own channel without anyone refreshing the site.
Watch out
this is not a live feed, so items arrive at the next scheduled check rather than the moment they are posted.
Modules

What the RSS app can do in Make

RSS gives you 1 module. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

RSS1

Retrieve RSS feed items

Action

In Make“Retrieves RSS feed items from a specified URL.”

Retrieve RSS feed items fetches the items of a feed from the URL you give it, so a scenario can read a source at the exact point in the flow where you need its content.

When to use it
pick it over the trigger when another app starts the scenario, for example a form entry that should pull the latest posts of a feed.
Watch out
each item it returns runs through the next modules, and every module execution counts as an operation on your plan.
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FAQ

Questions about the RSS Make integration

01Is the RSS Make integration free?
Yes. RSS is a standard app, so it works from the Make Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the interval to 1 minute, remove the cap on active scenarios and raise execution time to 40 minutes. Usage is counted in operations, one execution of one module on one bundle. The Make pricing page on this site details the plans.
02What do you need to connect RSS to Make?
It depends on what the module asks. The official documentation for this app is unavailable and lists no prerequisites, so Make's generic steps apply: add an RSS module, click Create a connection if it appears, optionally name it, authorize Make or paste the key the source provides, then click Save. A connection is reused by every RSS module in your scenarios, so you set it up once. Keep the address of the feed you want to follow at hand before you start building.
03Does the RSS trigger in Make fire in real time?
No. Watch RSS feed items is a scheduled trigger: Make checks the feed on the schedule of the scenario, which is every 15 minutes by default for a new scenario. On the Free plan the shortest interval is 15 minutes; on paid plans it goes down to 1 minute. There is no instant version of this trigger, so plan for a short delay between a post going live and your scenario picking it up. If you only need items when something else happens, use Retrieve RSS feed items inside that flow instead.
04What if the RSS module you need is missing in Make?
It depends on the need. This integration has only 2 modules and no Make an API Call module, so you cannot send a custom request through the RSS app itself. If you need more than reading items, look for the dedicated Make app of the site that publishes the feed, since it may cover what RSS cannot. For a flow that goes beyond both, the Make agency team at Hack'celeration can review your case and suggest a setup built from the modules that do exist.
05Should you use Make or n8n for RSS?
It depends on the tool you already use. The same RSS source is often available as an n8n node too, so the choice rests on where your other automations live and which editor your team knows. In Make, you get the 2 modules described on this page and a visual editor with Run once testing. Compare the modules each tool offers for your feed rather than a general ranking, and read the dedicated RSS n8n page and the n8n vs Make comparison on this site before deciding.
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