Sitemap Snapshot Diff
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$5.00 / 1,000 complete sitemap comparisons
Compare two saved XML sitemaps without hosting the old snapshot. Paste before/after urlset XML; get added, removed and metadata-changed URLs in one JSON report. USD0.005 per completed comparison.
You can access the Sitemap Snapshot Diff 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "beforeXml": "<urlset xmlns=\"http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9\"><url><loc>https://example.com/keep</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://example.com/old</loc></url></urlset>",10 "afterXml": "<urlset xmlns=\"http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9\"><url><loc>https://example.com/keep</loc><lastmod>2026-09-02</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://example.com/new</loc></url></urlset>",11}12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish14run = client.actor("ecomopskits/sitemap-snapshot-diff").call(run_input=run_input)15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():19 print(item)20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Sitemap Snapshot Diff API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: