diff --git a/epicyon.py b/epicyon.py
index 84f0c552d..72d82a838 100644
--- a/epicyon.py
+++ b/epicyon.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from posts import getUserUrl
 from posts import checkDomains
 from session import createSession
 from session import getJson
+from session import getRSS
 from filters import addFilter
 from filters import removeFilter
 import os
@@ -176,6 +177,8 @@ parser.add_argument('--postsraw', dest='postsraw', type=str,
                     help='Show raw json of posts for the given handle')
 parser.add_argument('--json', dest='json', type=str, default=None,
                     help='Show the json for a given activitypub url')
+parser.add_argument('--rss', dest='rss', type=str, default=None,
+                    help='Show an rss feed for a given url')
 parser.add_argument('-f', '--federate', nargs='+', dest='federationList',
                     help='Specify federation list separated by spaces')
 parser.add_argument("--repliesEnabled", "--commentsEnabled",
@@ -595,6 +598,12 @@ if args.json:
     pprint(testJson)
     sys.exit()
 
+if args.rss:
+    session = createSession(None)
+    testRSS = getRSS(session, args.rss)
+    pprint(testRSS)
+    sys.exit()
+
 # create cache for actors
 if not os.path.isdir(baseDir + '/cache'):
     os.mkdir(baseDir + '/cache')
diff --git a/session.py b/session.py
index 81a5c423f..159fcc4fb 100644
--- a/session.py
+++ b/session.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from utils import urlPermitted
 import json
 from socket import error as SocketError
 import errno
+from datetime import datetime
 
 baseDirectory = None
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def createSession(proxyType: str):
 
 
 def getJson(session, url: str, headers: {}, params: {},
-            version='1.0.0', httpPrefix='https',
+            version='1.1.0', httpPrefix='https',
             domain='testdomain') -> {}:
     if not isinstance(url, str):
         print('url: ' + str(url))
@@ -92,6 +93,90 @@ def getJson(session, url: str, headers: {}, params: {},
     return None
 
 
+def xml2StrToDict(xmlStr: str) -> {}:
+    """Converts an xml 2.0 string to a dictionary
+    """
+    if '<item>' not in xmlStr:
+        return {}
+    result = {}
+    rssItems = xmlStr.split('<item>')
+    for rssItem in rssItems:
+        if '<title>' not in rssItem:
+            continue
+        if '</title>' not in rssItem:
+            continue
+        if '<link>' not in rssItem:
+            continue
+        if '</link>' not in rssItem:
+            continue
+        if '<pubDate>' not in rssItem:
+            continue
+        if '</pubDate>' not in rssItem:
+            continue
+        title = rssItem.split('<title>')[1]
+        title = title.split('</title>')[0]
+        link = rssItem.split('<link>')[1]
+        link = link.split('</link>')[0]
+        pubDate = rssItem.split('<pubDate>')[1]
+        pubDate = pubDate.split('</pubDate>')[0]
+        try:
+            publishedDate = \
+                datetime.strptime(pubDate, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")
+            result[str(publishedDate)] = [title, link]
+        except BaseException:
+            pass
+    return result
+
+
+def xmlStrToDict(xmlStr: str) -> {}:
+    """Converts an xml string to a dictionary
+    """
+    if 'rss version="2.0"' in xmlStr:
+        return xml2StrToDict(xmlStr)
+    return {}
+
+
+def getRSS(session, url: str) -> {}:
+    """Returns an RSS url as a dict
+    """
+    if not isinstance(url, str):
+        print('url: ' + str(url))
+        print('ERROR: getRSS url should be a string')
+        return None
+    headers = {
+        'Accept': 'text/xml; charset=UTF-8'
+    }
+    params = None
+    sessionParams = {}
+    sessionHeaders = {}
+    if headers:
+        sessionHeaders = headers
+    if params:
+        sessionParams = params
+    sessionHeaders['User-Agent'] = \
+        'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:81.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/81.0'
+    if not session:
+        print('WARN: no session specified for getRSS')
+    try:
+        result = session.get(url, headers=sessionHeaders, params=sessionParams)
+        return xmlStrToDict(result.text)
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+        print('ERROR: getRSS failed\nurl: ' + str(url) + '\n' +
+              'headers: ' + str(sessionHeaders) + '\n' +
+              'params: ' + str(sessionParams) + '\n')
+        print(e)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        print('ERROR: getRSS failed\nurl: ' + str(url) + '\n' +
+              'headers: ' + str(sessionHeaders) + '\n' +
+              'params: ' + str(sessionParams) + '\n')
+        print(e)
+    except SocketError as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.ECONNRESET:
+            print('WARN: connection was reset during getRSS')
+        print(e)
+    return None
+
+
 def postJson(session, postJsonObject: {}, federationList: [],
              inboxUrl: str, headers: {}) -> str:
     """Post a json message to the inbox of another person