Google Sheets Web Address to RSS Feed - How do I get valid URL?

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I am certain this is a stupid question but I couldn’t find the answer anywhere, and chatGPT 5 didn’t help, neither did google search.

I have a google sheet. I want to watch a list of RSS links on google sheets, go through them one at a time, and have the RSS function read them individually. I haven’t been able to get even past the first couple of steps.

Output of watch rows google sheet:

Google Sheets

Summary

1 operation1 credit used

  • Initialization

  • 1.1 KB1

    Operation 1

    Input

    • Bundle 1Collection

      • Search Method

        share

      • Limit

        5

      • Sheet Name

        data_sources

      • Spreadsheet ID

        1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q

      • Column range

        A1:Z1

      • Table contains headers

        true

      • Value render option

        FORMATTED_VALUE

      • Date and time render option

        FORMATTED_STRING

    Output

    • Bundle 1Collectio n

      • source_id (A)

        SRC001

      • source_name (B)

        Florida Construction News (Recent)

      • source_type (C)

        news

      • jurisdiction_scope (D)

        na

      • official_website (E)

        Recent Articles From floridaroof.com

      • Row number

        2

      • Spreadsheet ID

        1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q

      • Sheet

        data_sources

      • Total number of bundles

        4

      • Bundle order position

        1

    • Bundle 2Collecti o n

      • source_id (A)

        SRC001

      • source_name (B)

        Espn

      • source_type (C)

        news

      • jurisdiction_scope (D)

        na

      • official_website (E)

        https://www.espn.com

      • Row number

        3

      • Spreadsheet ID

        1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q

      • Sheet

        data_sources

      • Total number of bundles

        4

      • Bundle order position

        2

    • Bundle 3Collect i on

      • source_id (A)

        SRC001

      • source_name (B)

        Florida Construction News (Recent)

      • source_type (C)

        news

      • jurisdiction_scope (D)

        na

      • official_website (E)

        Recent Articles From floridaroof.com

      • Row number

        4

      • Spreadsheet ID

        1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q

      • Sheet

        data_sources

      • Total number of bundles

        4

      • Bundle order position

        3

    • Bundle 4Collec tion

      • source_id (A)

        SRC001

      • source_name (B)

        Florida Construction News (Recent)

      • source_type (C)

        news

      • jurisdiction_scope (D)

        na

      • official_website (E)

        Recent Articles From floridaroof.com

      • Row number

        5

      • Spreadsheet ID

        1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q

      • Sheet

        data_sources

      • Total number of bundles

        4

      • Bundle order position

        4

    Credit usage

    • Credits used forColle ct ion

      • Operation cost

        1 credit

  • Commit

  • Finalization

Bundle content

[
    {
        "0": "SRC001",
        "1": "Florida Construction News (Recent)",
        "2": "news",
        "3": "na",
        "4": "https://www.floridaroof.com/Recent-Articles-3-0.xml",
        "__ROW_NUMBER__": 2,
        "__SPREADSHEET_ID__": "1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q",
        "__SHEET__": "data_sources",
        "__IMTLENGTH__": 4,
        "__IMTINDEX__": 1
    },
    {
        "0": "SRC001",
        "1": "Espn",
        "2": "news",
        "3": "na",
        "4": "https://www.espn.com",
        "__ROW_NUMBER__": 3,
        "__SPREADSHEET_ID__": "1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q",
        "__SHEET__": "data_sources",
        "__IMTLENGTH__": 4,
        "__IMTINDEX__": 2
    },
    {
        "0": "SRC001",
        "1": "Florida Construction News (Recent)",
        "2": "news",
        "3": "na",
        "4": "https://www.floridaroof.com/Recent-Articles-3-0.xml",
        "__ROW_NUMBER__": 4,
        "__SPREADSHEET_ID__": "1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q",
        "__SHEET__": "data_sources",
        "__IMTLENGTH__": 4,
        "__IMTINDEX__": 3
    },
    {
        "0": "SRC001",
        "1": "Florida Construction News (Recent)",
        "2": "news",
        "3": "na",
        "4": "https://www.floridaroof.com/Recent-Articles-3-0.xml",
        "__ROW_NUMBER__": 5,
        "__SPREADSHEET_ID__": "1Sadu10hBT13YPvXELVVZOnGJ3gkxrHQ9Aul0nIE762Q",
        "__SHEET__": "data_sources",
        "__IMTLENGTH__": 4,
        "__IMTINDEX__": 4
    }
]

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So, we have bundles now. Which I understand. Now, how do I pull the URL out one row at a time, and feed it as an input into the URL field of the RSS reader? If I paste a link into it directly it works. I want to go through this list and have it update every day or so. Oh, and ignore the espn.com link as well, that was me just seeing if duplicate data had something to do with the error.

I know this is first grade stuff here, but I have spent an embarrasing amount of time on this and would appreciate any help. I have tried to use an iterator, aggregator, and I don’t even remember all the things I have tried.

To restate it, I want to go through my google sheet one row at a time, send the RSS url to the RSS reader, and then use the data from the RSS reader afterwards. Once I complete the process, I want to move to the next row, and then the next row, until the rows are complete on the spreadsheet.
Please send help.

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Hi,
Whenever you have different output bundles, you’re good — it will run the rest of the flow one by one, exactly as you want.

Hope it helps,

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