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Sitemap Extractor

This Apify Actor extracts all URLs from a website's sitemaps and checks their status codes via lightweight HTTP requests. It provides a clean list of valid links, acting as an ideal pre-processor to ensure your larger crawling projects target only active URLs.

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You can access the Sitemap Extractor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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Sitemap Extractor OpenAPI definition

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You can download the OpenAPI definitions for Sitemap Extractor from the options below:

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