# Sitemap Detector (`coder_zoro/sitemap-detector`) Actor

Find sitemap URLs fast with our free Sitemap Finder tool. Instantly detect sitemaps from any website for SEO audits, indexing checks, and crawl planning. Improve visibility, site structure insights, and search engine performance in just seconds

- **URL**: https://apify.com/coder_zoro/sitemap-detector.md
- **Developed by:** [Zoro](https://apify.com/coder_zoro) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 182 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 11 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Sitemap Detector

Effortlessly extract sitemap URLs from any website using this Sitemap Detector actor. It checks both `robots.txt` and common sitemap paths to find and return all available sitemap files — ideal for SEO audits, site structure analysis, or web crawling.

***

### Features

- Extract sitemap URLs from `robots.txt`
- Check fallback paths like `/sitemap.xml`, `/sitemap_index.xml`, etc.
- Automatically normalizes domain formats (`https`, `www`, etc.)
- Built-in proxy support for stealthy access
- Fast and lightweight (async with Aiohttp)

***

### Input

The actor accepts a single JSON input:

```json
{
  "url": "example.com"
}
```

#### `url` (string) – Required

The website domain or URL you want to extract sitemap(s) from. Examples:

- `example.com`
- `https://www.example.com`
- `http://example.com/`

The input will be automatically normalized, so partial domains are acceptable.

***

### Output

The output is a JSON object containing:

| Key              | Description                                       |
|------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| `query`          | The original input provided                      |
| `normalized`     | Normalized version of the input URL              |
| `sitemap_found`  | Boolean indicating if any sitemaps were found    |
| `sitemap_urls`   | List of discovered sitemap URLs                  |

#### Example Output:

```json
{
  "query": "example.com",
  "normalized": "https://example.com",
  "sitemap_found": true,
  "sitemap_urls": [
    "https://example.com/sitemap.xml",
    "https://example.com/sitemap_index.xml"
  ]
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

Enter a single website URL to find sitemaps

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Enter multiple website URLs (one per line) to find sitemaps

## `timeout` (type: `integer`):

Timeout in seconds for each HTTP request

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://bigibyte.com/",
  "urls": [],
  "timeout": 30
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://bigibyte.com/"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("coder_zoro/sitemap-detector").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "url": "https://bigibyte.com/" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("coder_zoro/sitemap-detector").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://bigibyte.com/"
}' |
apify call coder_zoro/sitemap-detector --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,coder_zoro/sitemap-detector"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/w9zaObyuY2xkVDk9C/builds/NegeD3bj1HvXDRvqv/openapi.json