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RSS → Webhook

RSS feed events,
as webhook calls.

Every new feed item fires a JSON POST to your endpoint — no polling, no code, instant delivery to n8n, Make, or your own API.

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POST your-endpoint.com/hook
// JSON payload
"event": "rss.new_item",
"title": "Ask HN: Monitoring tools…",
"link": "https://…",
"published_at": "2026-04-19T…"

How it works

Set up RSS to webhook in 3 steps

01

Paste your RSS feed URL

Any RSS 2.0 or Atom feed works — news sites, GitHub releases, podcast feeds, arXiv papers, Reddit, YouTube, and any valid feed URL.

02

Enter your webhook endpoint URL

Paste the HTTP endpoint that should receive the payload. This can be an n8n workflow, a Make scenario, a Zapier trigger, or any URL on your own server.

03

Receive JSON payloads on new items

DiffHook checks the feed up to every minute and POSTs a structured JSON payload when a new item appears — including title, link, publication date, and feed metadata.

Other notification channels

RSS → SlackRSS → DiscordRSS → EmailRSS → Telegram

Why use webhooks for RSS alerts

Integrate RSS feeds into any workflow or system

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Structured JSON payload

Every webhook includes a clean JSON body with event type, item title, link, publication date, and feed source — ready to parse without transformation.

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Works with n8n, Make & Zapier

Use DiffHook as a reliable RSS trigger for your automation platform. No more polling feeds inside your workflows.

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Any RSS or Atom feed

Any valid RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0 URL works as a source. DiffHook deduplicates items so your endpoint only receives each item once.

Use cases

What developers build with RSS webhooks

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Trigger n8n or Make automations

Automation

Use a DiffHook webhook as the trigger node in your n8n workflow or Make scenario — no feed polling logic needed inside your automation.

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Ingest feeds into your own app

Engineering

Receive a webhook whenever a new item appears in a feed and store it directly in your database, queue, or search index.

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Build custom notification pipelines

DevOps

Use the JSON payload to route alerts however you want — push to a mobile app, send a custom Slack message, or log to a data warehouse.

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Monitor competitor feeds programmatically

Strategy

Watch competitor blogs or press release feeds and fire webhooks that update your internal competitive intelligence system automatically.

Works with any feed

Popular feeds developers trigger webhooks from

Hacker NewsTech news

Top stories and discussions from the tech community, updated hourly.

news.ycombinator.com/rss
GitHub ReleasesEngineering

Release notes for any open-source project. Swap in any repo path.

github.com/{user}/{repo}/releases.atom
TechCrunchTech news

Breaking startup and technology news from TechCrunch.

techcrunch.com/feed/
arXiv CSResearch

Latest computer science research papers across all CS sub-fields.

arxiv.org/rss/cs
RedditCommunity

Any subreddit's new posts as a feed. Replace {subreddit} with your community.

reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/.rss
Product HuntProducts

Daily product launches from the Product Hunt community.

producthunt.com/feed

FAQ

Common questions about RSS to webhook

What does the JSON payload look like?
Each POST includes: event type, item title, item link, publication date, description or summary, feed title, and feed URL. The payload is consistent across all monitors so your receiver needs no per-feed logic.
Is the webhook HMAC-signed?
Yes. Every DiffHook webhook includes an HMAC-SHA256 signature header so you can verify the request came from DiffHook and hasn't been tampered with.
How do I use this with n8n, Make, or Zapier?
Paste your workflow's webhook trigger URL as the endpoint in DiffHook. New RSS items will fire the trigger automatically — no polling logic or feed-parsing code needed inside your automation.
What happens if my endpoint is temporarily down?
DiffHook retries failed deliveries with exponential back-off. You won't lose events from temporary outages or server restarts.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The free tier includes 3 monitors checked every hour with no credit card required. Paid plans unlock per-minute polling, more monitors, and retry guarantees.

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Free tier includes 3 monitors checked every hour. No credit card required.

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