# Sitemap SEO Auditor (`213x/sitemap-seo-auditor`) Actor Audit every URL in a sitemap for SEO metadata, status codes, titles, descriptions, H1s, canonical tags, noindex, word count, and common issues. - **URL**: https://apify.com/213x/sitemap-seo-auditor.md - **Developed by:** [ys](https://apify.com/213x) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.01 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Sitemap SEO Auditor Turn any website sitemap into a clean technical SEO audit dataset. This Actor extracts URLs from a sitemap and checks each page for status code, title tag, meta description, H1, canonical URL, robots meta, word count, response time, and common SEO issue labels. Export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or HTML from Apify datasets. ### Why use this Actor? Use Sitemap SEO Auditor when you need a fast page-level SEO inventory without running a heavy crawler. Good for: - quick technical SEO audits; - content inventories from a sitemap; - finding missing titles, meta descriptions, H1s, or canonicals; - detecting accidental `noindex` pages; - checking non-200 pages listed in a sitemap; - preparing CSV/JSON data for agency reports, dashboards, or automation. ### Input ```json { "startUrl": "https://example.com/sitemap.xml", "maxPages": 100, "requestDelayMs": 250, "includeIssues": true } ```` #### Input fields | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `startUrl` | string | Website homepage or direct sitemap URL. If a homepage is provided, the Actor checks common sitemap locations like `/sitemap.xml`. | | `maxPages` | integer | Maximum number of sitemap URLs to audit. | | `requestDelayMs` | integer | Polite delay between page requests. | | `includeIssues` | boolean | Add issue labels such as `missing_title`, `missing_meta_description`, `multiple_h1`, `missing_canonical`, `noindex`, or `non_200_status`. | ### Output Each audited page is saved as one dataset item. ```json { "url": "https://example.com/pricing", "finalUrl": "https://example.com/pricing", "statusCode": 200, "title": "Pricing | Example", "titleLength": 17, "metaDescription": "Simple pricing for growing teams.", "metaDescriptionLength": 33, "h1": "Pricing", "h1Count": 1, "canonical": "https://example.com/pricing", "robotsMeta": "index,follow", "wordCount": 842, "contentType": "text/html; charset=utf-8", "responseTimeMs": 287, "issues": [] } ``` ### Output fields - `url` - URL found in the sitemap. - `finalUrl` - final URL after redirects. - `statusCode` - HTTP status code. - `title` / `titleLength` - page title and character length. - `metaDescription` / `metaDescriptionLength` - meta description and character length. - `h1` / `h1Count` - first H1 and total H1 count. - `canonical` - canonical URL if present. - `robotsMeta` - robots meta tag content. - `wordCount` - approximate visible body word count. - `contentType` - response content type. - `responseTimeMs` - request duration. - `issues` - optional SEO issue labels. ### How it works 1. Accepts a homepage URL or direct sitemap URL. 2. Discovers common sitemap paths for homepage inputs. 3. Expands sitemap indexes into child sitemap files. 4. Audits up to `maxPages` URLs. 5. Pushes clean page-level records to the default dataset. 6. Writes a `SUMMARY` object to the default key-value store. ### Limitations - This Actor currently supports regular XML sitemaps and sitemap indexes. - JavaScript-rendered metadata is not evaluated; it reads the server-returned HTML. - Sites may block automated requests or rate-limit large audits. - Use a polite `requestDelayMs` for production audits. ### Local run ```bash npm install CRAWLEE_STORAGE_DIR=./storage node src/main.js ``` Edit `storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json` to change input. ### Deploy ```bash npm install -g apify-cli apify login apify push ``` ### SEO keywords sitemap scraper, SEO audit API, title tag checker, meta description checker, canonical checker, noindex checker, bulk SEO audit, website content inventory, technical SEO tool. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrl` (type: `string`): Website homepage, e.g. https://example.com, or a direct sitemap URL such as https://example.com/sitemap.xml. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of URLs to audit from the sitemap. ## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`): Use a polite delay to avoid hammering websites. ## `includeIssues` (type: `boolean`): Flag common SEO issues like missing title, long title, missing meta description, multiple H1s, noindex, or non-200 status. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrl": "https://apify.com", "maxPages": 50, "requestDelayMs": 250, "includeIssues": true } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrl": "https://apify.com" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("213x/sitemap-seo-auditor").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrl": "https://apify.com" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("213x/sitemap-seo-auditor").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "startUrl": "https://apify.com" }' | apify call 213x/sitemap-seo-auditor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=213x/sitemap-seo-auditor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Sitemap SEO Auditor", "description": "Audit every URL in a sitemap for SEO metadata, status codes, titles, descriptions, H1s, canonical tags, noindex, word count, and common issues.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "AQSqki3nHNRD0AQOs" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/213x~sitemap-seo-auditor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-213x-sitemap-seo-auditor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/213x~sitemap-seo-auditor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-213x-sitemap-seo-auditor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/213x~sitemap-seo-auditor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-213x-sitemap-seo-auditor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "startUrl" ], "properties": { "startUrl": { "title": "Website or sitemap URL", "type": "string", "description": "Website homepage, e.g. https://example.com, or a direct sitemap URL such as https://example.com/sitemap.xml." }, "maxPages": { "title": "Maximum pages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of URLs to audit from the sitemap.", "default": 50 }, "requestDelayMs": { "title": "Delay between page requests in milliseconds", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Use a polite delay to avoid hammering websites.", "default": 250 }, "includeIssues": { "title": "Include issue labels", "type": "boolean", "description": "Flag common SEO issues like missing title, long title, missing meta description, multiple H1s, noindex, or non-200 status.", "default": true } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", 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