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How To Discover RSS Feeds for a given URL

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How do I find the RSS feed for a site?

Right click an empty space on the website you'd like an RSS feed for, then click View Page Source (the exact wording may vary depending on your browser). If searching for rss doesn't work, try atom instead. Look for an RSS URL, as you can see above, then copy it into your feed reader.

Does every website have an RSS feed?

Every major CMS offers an RSS feed by default, meaning an RSS exists for such sites whether the site's creators realize that or not. In these cases, you can use a simple URL hack to find the RSS feed. Around 25 percent of sites are built using WordPress, for example.

What does a RSS feed URL look like?

Your page's RSS feed URL is made up of your full URL, followed by the page slug, and ending with ? format=rss.


I get a URL from a user. I need to know:
a) is the URL a valid RSS feed?
b) if not is there a valid feed associated with that URL

using PHP/Javascript or something similar

(Ex. http://techcrunch.com fails a), but b) would return their RSS feed)