RSS

RSS 2.0

RSS 2.0 is the dominant XML-based syndication format, stewarded by the RSS Advisory Board. A feed consists of a root element wrapping a single with required title, link, and description, plus a sequence of elements describing each piece of syndicated content. The spec is intentionally frozen — extensions happen through XML namespaces rather than core changes.

RSS 2.0 is one of 6 APIs that RSS publishes on the APIs.io network.

This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include RSS, Syndication, XML, and Specification. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, best-practice docs, sample payloads, and 3 JSON Schemas.

Documentation GitHub

Documentation

https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification

https://www.rssboard.org/rss-profile

Examples

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rss/refs/heads/main/examples/rss-channel-example.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rss/refs/heads/main/examples/rss-item-example.json

Schemas & Data

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rss/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rss-channel-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rss/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rss-item-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rss/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rss-channel-structure.json

Other Resources

https://www.rssboard.org/rss-validator/

https://www.rssboard.org/rss-autodiscovery

https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/rss+xml

API entry from apis.yml

aid: rss:rss-2-0
name: RSS 2.0
description: RSS 2.0 is the dominant XML-based syndication format, stewarded by the RSS Advisory Board.
  A feed consists of a root <rss version="2.0"> element wrapping a single <channel> with required title,
  link, and description, plus a sequence of <item> elements describing each piece of syndicated content.
  The spec is intentionally frozen — extensions happen through XML namespaces rather than core changes.
humanURL: https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification
tags:
- RSS
- Syndication
- XML
- Specification
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification
- type: BestPractices
  url: https://www.rssboard.org/rss-profile
- type: Validator
  url: https://www.rssboard.org/rss-validator/
- type: Autodiscovery
  url: https://www.rssboard.org/rss-autodiscovery
- type: MediaType
  url: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/rss+xml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/rss-channel-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/rss-item-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/rss-channel-structure.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/rss-channel-example.json
- type: Example
  url: examples/rss-item-example.json