RSS Feeds to JSON in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Pull feed articles into rows. Returns titles, dates and links from any RSS feed, auto-refreshing — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 5 credits per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

rsstojson.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("rsstojson", A2, "field", "source")

Url

Source

Articles

Max Reached

https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss

www.nasa.gov

FALSE

click any cell to see its formula5 credits / cell

Ways to use it

One value per row

Fill =VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "source") down a column and RSS Feeds to JSON returns a result for every row — a batch of live values in a single drag, no code.

Enrich data in place

Add RSS Feeds to JSON beside a table you already have to append its output right where your data lives, then sort, filter, or chart on it.

Stays fresh on its own

Set the sheet to refresh on a schedule and the rss feeds to json values keep themselves current without anyone re-typing.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "source")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "source")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Source
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "source")
Articles
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "articles")
Max Reached
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "maxReached")
Feed
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "feed")
Feed › Website
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "feed.0.website")
Feed › Title
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "feed.0.title")
Feed › Pub Date
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "feed.0.pubDate")
Feed › Description
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "feed.0.description")
Feed › Link
=VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "feed.0.link")

RSS Feeds to JSON, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull RSS Feeds to JSON into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("rsstojson", "https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/breaking_news.rss", "field", "source") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from RSS Feeds to JSON?

RSS Feeds to JSON returns source, articles, maxReached, feed and feed.0.website, plus 4 more — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I fill a whole column of RSS Feeds to JSON at once?

Yes. Put your url values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

How many credits does each RSS Feeds to JSON cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 5 credits. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does RSS Feeds to JSON work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

RSS Feeds to JSON

One value per row

Enrich data in place

Stays fresh on its own

RSS Feeds to JSON, answered

Put RSS Feeds to JSON in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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