# SEO Sitemap & Broken Link Auditor (`express_kingfisher/seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor`) Actor Comprehensive SEO audit: crawl sitemaps, find broken links, check redirects, analyze meta tags, validate schema markup, and detect indexability issues. - **URL**: https://apify.com/express\_kingfisher/seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor.md - **Developed by:** [Prince Raj](https://apify.com/express_kingfisher) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN 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 ## SEO Sitemap & Indexability Auditor Comprehensive SEO audit tool that crawls websites to detect broken links, indexability issues, meta tag problems, and structured data gaps. Built for SEO agencies, website owners, and SaaS founders. ### What It Extracts - **Broken links**: Internal and external broken links with status codes - **Meta audit**: Title tags, meta descriptions, heading structure (H1/H2) - **Indexability**: Canonical tags, robots directives, noindex/nofollow flags - **Schema markup**: JSON-LD presence, schema types detected - **Social previews**: OpenGraph tags, Twitter Card tags - **Sitemap analysis**: Automatic sitemap discovery and URL extraction ### Why It's Better Combines sitemap discovery, broken link detection, and full meta/schema audit in one run. Automatically discovers sitemaps from robots.txt and crawls up to 500 pages. Generates a priority fixes report. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `startUrls` | string[] | required | URLs or sitemap URLs to audit | | `maxPages` | integer | 50 | Maximum pages to crawl (1-500) | | `checkExternalLinks` | boolean | false | Check external links for broken status | | `includeMetaAudit` | boolean | true | Audit titles, descriptions, headings | | `includeSchemaAudit` | boolean | true | Check JSON-LD presence | | `includeSocialPreviewAudit` | boolean | true | Check OG/Twitter tags | ### Output Example ```json { "url": "https://example.com/pricing", "statusCode": 200, "title": "Pricing Plans", "description": "Choose the right plan for your team", "canonical": "https://example.com/pricing", "robots": null, "hasNoindex": false, "h1Count": 1, "h2Count": 4, "internalLinks": 15, "externalLinks": 3, "hasSchema": true, "schemaTypes": ["Product", "Offer"], "hasOgTags": true, "hasTwitterCards": true, "issues": [], "brokenLinks": [], "crawledAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z" } ```` ### Use Cases - **Client SEO audits**: Generate comprehensive audit reports for clients - **Pre-launch checks**: Verify SEO setup before site launch - **Broken link monitoring**: Regular checks for broken links - **Schema validation**: Ensure structured data is present on key pages - **Migration audits**: Verify SEO elements after site migration ### PPE Pricing | Event | Description | Suggested Price | |-------|-------------|-----------------| | `url-checked` | One page crawled and analyzed | $0.002 | | `site-audited` | Complete site audit report generated | $0.01 | ### Limitations - Only crawls pages reachable from provided URLs - External link checking is optional (adds time) - JavaScript-rendered content may not be fully captured - Rate limited to respect target sites ### Legal/Ethical Use This actor crawls publicly accessible pages. It respects robots.txt directives. Users are responsible for compliance with applicable laws and website terms of service. ### Local Run ```bash cd actors/seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor apify run --input-file .actor/sample_input.json ``` ### Deploy ```bash cd actors/seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor apify push ``` ### FAQ **Q: How does sitemap discovery work?** A: It checks robots.txt for Sitemap directives, then tries common sitemap locations (/sitemap.xml). **Q: Can it crawl JavaScript-rendered pages?** A: It uses CheerioCrawler which handles most server-rendered pages. For heavy JS sites, consider using a browser-based crawler. **Q: What's the maximum number of pages?** A: Up to 500 pages per run. Set `maxPages` to control crawl depth and cost. ### Tags SEO audit, broken link checker, sitemap analyzer, indexability audit, meta tag checker, schema validator, OpenGraph audit, technical SEO, website health check # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Website URLs or sitemap URLs to audit. Supports direct URLs and sitemap.xml URLs. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of pages to check. Higher values take longer but provide more comprehensive results. ## `checkExternalLinks` (type: `boolean`): Also verify outbound links to external domains (slower but more thorough). ## `includeMetaAudit` (type: `boolean`): Check for missing/duplicate titles, descriptions, and OpenGraph tags. ## `includeSchemaAudit` (type: `boolean`): Detect and validate JSON-LD structured data on pages. ## `includeSocialPreviewAudit` (type: `boolean`): Check OpenGraph and Twitter Card tags for social sharing. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ "https://apify.com" ], "maxPages": 100, "checkExternalLinks": false, "includeMetaAudit": true, "includeSchemaAudit": true, "includeSocialPreviewAudit": 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 = { "startUrls": [ "https://apify.com" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("express_kingfisher/seo-sitemap-indexability-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 = { "startUrls": ["https://apify.com"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("express_kingfisher/seo-sitemap-indexability-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 '{ "startUrls": [ "https://apify.com" ] }' | apify call express_kingfisher/seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=express_kingfisher/seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SEO Sitemap & Broken Link Auditor", "description": "Comprehensive SEO audit: crawl sitemaps, find broken links, check redirects, analyze meta tags, validate schema markup, and detect indexability issues.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "vTUt5jWgnvb8r5t2C" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/express_kingfisher~seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-express_kingfisher-seo-sitemap-indexability-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/express_kingfisher~seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-express_kingfisher-seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/express_kingfisher~seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-express_kingfisher-seo-sitemap-indexability-auditor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "maxItems": 10, "type": "array", "description": "Website URLs or sitemap URLs to audit. Supports direct URLs and sitemap.xml URLs.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages to crawl", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of pages to check. Higher values take longer but provide more comprehensive results.", "default": 100 }, "checkExternalLinks": { "title": "Check external links", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also verify outbound links to external domains (slower but more thorough).", "default": false }, "includeMetaAudit": { "title": "Include meta tag audit", "type": "boolean", "description": "Check for missing/duplicate titles, descriptions, and OpenGraph tags.", "default": true }, "includeSchemaAudit": { "title": "Include schema markup audit", "type": "boolean", "description": "Detect and validate JSON-LD structured data on pages.", "default": true }, "includeSocialPreviewAudit": { "title": "Include social preview audit", "type": "boolean", "description": "Check OpenGraph and Twitter Card tags for social sharing.", "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```