diff --git a/src/api/feed-discovery/src/middleware.js b/src/api/feed-discovery/src/middleware.js
index 29188c23ae..e97865c9e9 100644
--- a/src/api/feed-discovery/src/middleware.js
+++ b/src/api/feed-discovery/src/middleware.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const { logger, createError } = require('@senecacdot/satellite');
 
-const { isTwitchUrl, toTwitchFeedUrl, getBlogBody, getFeedUrls } = require('./util');
+const { isTwitchUrl, toTwitchFeedUrl, isFeedUrl, getBlogBody, getFeedUrls } = require('./util');
 
 // A middleware to ensure we get an array
 module.exports.checkForArray = () => {
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ module.exports.discoverFeedUrls = () => {
             };
           }
 
+          if (await isFeedUrl(url)) {
+            return [
+              {
+                feedUrl: url,
+                type: 'blog',
+              },
+            ];
+          }
+
           // Otherwise, try to parse out the feed URL from the body of the page
           const body = await getBlogBody(url);
           if (!body) {
diff --git a/src/api/feed-discovery/src/util.js b/src/api/feed-discovery/src/util.js
index 55dd7b32b0..8c49b85b4f 100644
--- a/src/api/feed-discovery/src/util.js
+++ b/src/api/feed-discovery/src/util.js
@@ -20,6 +20,27 @@ const toTwitchFeedUrl = (twitchChannelUrl) => {
   throw new Error('not a Twitch URL');
 };
 
+const isFeedUrl = async (url) => {
+  try {
+    const { statusCode, headers } = await got(url);
+    const contentType = headers['content-type'];
+    const validContentTypes = [
+      'application/xml',
+      'application/rss+xml',
+      'application/atom+xml',
+      'application/x.atom+xml',
+      'application/x-atom+xml',
+      'application/json',
+      'application/json+oembed',
+      'application/xml+oembed',
+    ];
+
+    return statusCode === 200 && validContentTypes.some((ct) => contentType.includes(ct));
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
 const getBlogBody = async (blogUrl) => {
   try {
     logger.debug({ blogUrl }, 'Getting blog body');
@@ -101,3 +122,4 @@ module.exports.getBlogBody = getBlogBody;
 module.exports.getFeedUrls = getFeedUrls;
 module.exports.isTwitchUrl = isTwitchUrl;
 module.exports.toTwitchFeedUrl = toTwitchFeedUrl;
+module.exports.isFeedUrl = isFeedUrl;
diff --git a/src/api/feed-discovery/test/router.test.js b/src/api/feed-discovery/test/router.test.js
index 3b17108270..21a241bbe5 100644
--- a/src/api/feed-discovery/test/router.test.js
+++ b/src/api/feed-discovery/test/router.test.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       };
 
       // Mocking the response body html when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(blogUrl).get('/').reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
+      nock(blogUrl).get('/').twice().reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       `;
 
       // Mocking the response body html when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(blogUrl1).get('/').reply(200, mockBlogUrl1ResponseBody, {
+      nock(blogUrl1).get('/').twice().reply(200, mockBlogUrl1ResponseBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       `;
 
       // Mocking the response body html when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(blogUrl2).get('/').reply(200, mockBlogUrl2ResponseBody, {
+      nock(blogUrl2).get('/').twice().reply(200, mockBlogUrl2ResponseBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       </html>`;
 
       // Mocking the response body html (send back nothing) when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(blogUrl).get('/').reply(200, mockBlogBody, {
+      nock(blogUrl).get('/').twice().reply(200, mockBlogBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       };
 
       // Mocking the response body html when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(blogUrl).get('/').reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
+      nock(blogUrl).get('/').twice().reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       };
 
       // Mocking the response body html when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(blogUrl).get('/').reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
+      nock(blogUrl).get('/').twice().reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       };
 
       // Mocking the response body html when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(blogUrl).get('/').reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
+      nock(blogUrl).get('/').twice().reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       };
 
       // Mocking the response body html when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(blogUrl).get('/').reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
+      nock(blogUrl).get('/').twice().reply(200, mockBlogUrlResponseBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       };
 
       // Mocking the response body html when call GET request to blog url
-      nock(youTubeDomain).get(channelUri).reply(200, mockYouTubeChannelUrlResponseBody, {
+      nock(youTubeDomain).get(channelUri).twice().reply(200, mockYouTubeChannelUrlResponseBody, {
         'Content-Type': 'text/html',
       });
 
@@ -345,6 +345,37 @@ describe('POST /', () => {
       const res = await request(app).post('/').send(['https://test321.blogspot.com/']);
       expect(res.status).toBe(401);
     });
+
+    it.concurrent.each([
+      'application/xml',
+      'application/rss+xml',
+      'application/atom+xml',
+      'application/x.atom+xml',
+      'application/x-atom+xml',
+      'application/json',
+      'application/json+oembed',
+      'application/xml+oembed',
+    ])('should return 200 and the url when url response content type is %s', async (type) => {
+      const feedUrl = 'https://test321.blogspot.com/feed/user/';
+
+      const result = {
+        feedUrls: [
+          {
+            feedUrl,
+            type: 'blog',
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      nock(feedUrl).get('/').reply(200, undefined, { 'Content-Type': type });
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/')
+        .set('Authorization', `bearer ${createServiceToken()}`)
+        .send([feedUrl]);
+
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.body).toEqual(result);
+    });
   });
 
   it('should return 200 and 1 Atom feed url using RSS Bridge if the link is from a Twitch channel', async () => {
diff --git a/src/api/feed-discovery/test/util.test.js b/src/api/feed-discovery/test/util.test.js
index 321f5fb9ec..e0a72ed442 100644
--- a/src/api/feed-discovery/test/util.test.js
+++ b/src/api/feed-discovery/test/util.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const nock = require('nock');
 const {
   isTwitchUrl,
   toTwitchFeedUrl,
+  isFeedUrl,
   getBlogBody,
   getFeedUrlType,
   getFeedUrls,
@@ -31,6 +32,44 @@ describe('util.js', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test('isFeedUrl returns true for a feed url', () => {
+    const feedUrl = 'https://blog.com/feed/user/';
+
+    [
+      'application/xml',
+      'application/rss+xml',
+      'application/atom+xml',
+      'application/x.atom+xml',
+      'application/x-atom+xml',
+      'application/json',
+      'application/json+oembed',
+      'application/xml+oembed',
+    ].forEach(async (type) => {
+      nock(feedUrl).get('/').reply(200, undefined, { 'Content-Type': type });
+      expect(await isFeedUrl(feedUrl)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('isFeedUrl returns false when given URL returns a non 200 status', async () => {
+    const feedUrl = 'https://blog.com/feed/user/';
+    nock(feedUrl).get('/').reply(404, 'Not Found');
+
+    expect(await isFeedUrl(feedUrl)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('isFeedUrl returns false if given URL returns a non feed content type', async () => {
+    const feedUrl = 'https://blog.com/user/';
+    nock(feedUrl).get('/').reply(200, '<html></html>', { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });
+
+    expect(await isFeedUrl(feedUrl)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('isFeedUrl returns false if given an invalid URL is given', async () => {
+    const feedUrl = 'Not a URL';
+
+    expect(await isFeedUrl(feedUrl)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test('getBlogBody returns the expected body for a given URL', async () => {
     const blogUrl = 'https://test321.blogspot.com/';
     const mockBlogUrlResponseBody = `