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RSS Feed

Trigger workflow when new items are published to an RSS feed

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trigger/rss — Trigger workflow when new items are published to an RSS feed.

Where it appears

The RSS Feed block is a trigger — it starts a workflow. Add it from the Triggers group in the Workflow Builder.

Fields

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
feedUrltextYesURL of the RSS or Atom feed to monitor. The workflow fires when new items are published to this feed.
pollingIntervalselectYes5minHow often Stylo checks the feed for newly published items. Options: 1min, 5min, 15min, 30min, 1hour.

Inputs and outputs

Inputs are the configurable fields above. The block produces these outputs:

Outputs

Reference an output downstream with <RSS Feed.field>.

NameTypeDescription
triggeredbooleanWhether trigger fired
timestampstringTrigger timestamp
itemjsonRSS item data (object — fields: title, link, pubDate, content, creator)
feedjsonRSS feed metadata

Example

A minimal configuration for this block:

{
  "type": "trigger/rss",
  "config": {
    "feedUrl": "<PreviousStep.field>",
    "pollingInterval": "5min"
  }
}

Limits and failure modes

  • Required fields (feedUrl, pollingInterval) must be set, or the block fails validation before it runs.

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