What is RSS API?
Direct Answer: RSS API is a bot operated by Tibush GmbH that periodically requests and parses RSS feeds for customers to monitor changes.
The RSS API bot is designed to consume RSS, ATOM, and JSON feeds via a simple API, providing nearly real-time updates through webhooks. It normalizes and parses feeds for customers, eliminating the need for them to poll and parse feeds on their own. The bot checks feeds every few minutes and sends webhooks with new items.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify RSS API in your live traffic data:
RSSAPI/2.0 (+https://rssapi.net/)
robots.txt Rules for RSS API
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
RSS API does not officially follow robots.txt directives. The only reliable way to control access is through server-side blocking (IP filtering, user-agent rules in your web server config) combined with log monitoring to verify effectiveness.
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Crawl Behavior
Frequency:Every Few Minutes
Request Pattern:Not Documented
Official Documentation Quotes
"Let us do what we're best at, so you can focus on your core business."
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for RSS API over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.
View recent activity data (last 7 days)
| Date | Activity Index |
|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | 88.0 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 82.7 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 83.1 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 81.8 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 87.3 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 90.2 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 88.8 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track RSS API traffic?
Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. RSS API may appear in your live traffic data with varying frequency. Tracking its behavior helps you decide whether to allow, throttle, or block it based on actual data.
Protect your crawl budget. Every bot request consumes server resources. Understanding what RSS API crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.
Log Verification
To verify RSS API traffic in your live traffic data:
- Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
- Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by RSS API (by Tibush GmbH))
- Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
- Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available
Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.
Undocumented Information
The following information is not officially documented for RSS API:
- crawl frequency details
- IP verification
- JavaScript rendering details
Official Documentation
View Official RSS API Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.