# Sitemap URL Extractor (`blazing_stake/sitemap-url-extractor`) Actor Extract every URL from any website's sitemap, including nested sitemap indexes (recursive). Auto-discovers sitemaps from robots.txt. Returns URLs with lastmod, changefreq, priority. - **URL**: https://apify.com/blazing\_stake/sitemap-url-extractor.md - **Developed by:** [Mehmet Kut](https://apify.com/blazing_stake) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## 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 URL Extractor Extract **every URL** from any website's sitemap — including nested sitemap indexes, expanded recursively. Just give it a domain and it auto-discovers sitemaps from `robots.txt`. Perfect as the **first step** in any large-scale scraping or SEO project: get the complete URL inventory of a site, then feed those URLs into your scraper of choice. ### 🎯 What it does - **Auto-discovers** sitemaps from `robots.txt` (or falls back to `/sitemap.xml`) - **Recursively expands** sitemap index files into their child sitemaps - Extracts every URL with **`lastmod`**, **`changefreq`**, and **`priority`** - Handles huge sitemaps (100,000+ URLs) with configurable limits ### 💡 Use cases - **Seed URL lists** for large scraping jobs - **Site inventory / content audits** — see every published page - **Change monitoring** — track `lastmod` to find recently updated pages - **SEO analysis** — audit priority & changefreq configuration ### 📥 Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `startUrls` | array | Website domains or direct sitemap URLs | | `maxSitemaps` | integer | Max sitemap files to fetch (default 200) | | `maxUrls` | integer | Stop after this many URLs (default 100,000) | | `useProxy` | boolean | Route via Apify Proxy (default true) | #### Example input ```json { "startUrls": ["https://example.com"], "maxUrls": 50000 } ```` You can pass either a **domain** (`https://example.com` → auto-discovers sitemaps) or a **direct sitemap URL** (`https://example.com/sitemap.xml`). ### 📤 Output ```json { "url": "https://example.com/some-page", "lastmod": "2026-06-01", "changefreq": "weekly", "priority": "0.8", "sourceSitemap": "https://example.com/sitemap/pages.xml" } ``` ### 🔗 Tip Chain this with the **SEO Meta & Schema Extractor** to run a full-site SEO audit: extract all URLs here, then extract metadata from each. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Enter website domains (e.g. https://example.com) to auto-discover sitemaps via robots.txt, or direct sitemap URLs (e.g. https://example.com/sitemap.xml). Sitemap index files are expanded recursively. ## `maxSitemaps` (type: `integer`): Safety limit on how many sitemap files (including nested ones) to fetch. ## `maxUrls` (type: `integer`): Stop after extracting this many URLs. ## `useProxy` (type: `boolean`): Route requests through Apify Proxy to avoid IP blocking. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ "https://example.com", "https://example.com/sitemap.xml" ], "maxSitemaps": 200, "maxUrls": 100000, "useProxy": true } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "startUrls": [ "https://apify.com" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("blazing_stake/sitemap-url-extractor").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 = { "startUrls": ["https://apify.com"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("blazing_stake/sitemap-url-extractor").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 '{ "startUrls": [ "https://apify.com" ] }' | apify call blazing_stake/sitemap-url-extractor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=blazing_stake/sitemap-url-extractor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Sitemap URL Extractor", "description": "Extract every URL from any website's sitemap, including nested sitemap indexes (recursive). Auto-discovers sitemaps from robots.txt. Returns URLs with lastmod, changefreq, priority.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "H8xHt0ttKnPQhEZcj" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/blazing_stake~sitemap-url-extractor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-blazing_stake-sitemap-url-extractor", "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/blazing_stake~sitemap-url-extractor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-blazing_stake-sitemap-url-extractor", "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/blazing_stake~sitemap-url-extractor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-blazing_stake-sitemap-url-extractor", "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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Websites or sitemap URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Enter website domains (e.g. https://example.com) to auto-discover sitemaps via robots.txt, or direct sitemap URLs (e.g. https://example.com/sitemap.xml). Sitemap index files are expanded recursively.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxSitemaps": { "title": "Max sitemaps to process", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Safety limit on how many sitemap files (including nested ones) to fetch.", "default": 200 }, "maxUrls": { "title": "Max URLs to extract", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after extracting this many URLs.", "default": 100000 }, "useProxy": { "title": "Use Apify Proxy", "type": "boolean", "description": "Route requests through Apify Proxy to avoid IP blocking.", "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", "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": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```