# Sitemap URL Discovery (sitemap.xml + robots.txt → all URLs) (`gochujang/sitemap-url-discovery`) Actor Given a domain, finds sitemap.xml / sitemap\_index.xml (also via robots.txt), recursively expands sitemap indexes, returns one row per discovered URL with lastmod / changefreq / priority. SEO audits, crawl-target prep, content cataloging. $0.0001/URL + $0.01 site fee. - **URL**: https://apify.com/gochujang/sitemap-url-discovery.md - **Developed by:** [Hojun Lee](https://apify.com/gochujang) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other - **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 Discovery > Given a domain, finds **sitemap.xml + sitemap_index.xml** (also via robots.txt), recursively expands nested sitemaps, returns one row per discovered URL with **lastmod / changefreq / priority**. SEO audits, crawl-target prep, content cataloging. **$0.01 site fee + $0.0001/URL.** --- ### Why this exists Before you scrape, audit, or index a site, you need to know what's there. The site's own sitemap is the authoritative list — but discovering it requires: 1. Checking common paths (sitemap.xml, sitemap_index.xml, wp-sitemap.xml) 2. Parsing robots.txt for `Sitemap:` directives 3. Recursively walking sitemap-index → child sitemaps 4. Parsing each one for `` records This actor does all of it with sane fallbacks. Returns a summary + one row per discovered URL. --- ### What you get #### Summary row ```json { "_type": "summary", "site_url": "https://www.apify.com", "sitemaps_scanned": 5, "sitemap_urls": [ "https://www.apify.com/sitemap.xml", "https://www.apify.com/sitemap-index.xml", "https://www.apify.com/sitemap/actors1.xml", ... ], "urls_discovered": 12384 } ```` #### Per-URL row ```json { "_type": "url", "url": "https://www.apify.com/store/actors/...", "lastmod": "2026-06-08", "changefreq": "weekly", "priority": "0.7" } ``` *** ### Quick start #### Discover all URLs on a domain ```json { "siteUrl": "https://www.apify.com" } ``` #### Only product / actor pages ```json { "siteUrl": "https://www.apify.com", "pathContains": "/store/actors/", "maxUrls": 5000 } ``` #### Cap scan size for huge sites ```json { "siteUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org", "maxUrls": 100000, "maxSitemapFiles": 50 } ``` *** ### Pricing **Pay-Per-Event**: - `$0.01` — flat fee per site (covers initial discovery) - `$0.0001` — per URL row returned | Run | URLs | Cost | |---|---|---| | Small SaaS site | 200 | $0.03 | | Mid-sized blog | 5,000 | $0.51 | | Mega site | 100,000 | $10.01 | Vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider ($259/yr), Sitebulb ($175/yr) for one-off audits. *** ### Use cases 1. **SEO audit** — Pull every URL with its `lastmod`; find stale content 2. **Crawl planning** — Feed URLs into [Web → Markdown](https://apify.com/gochujang/web-to-markdown) or your own scraper 3. **Content monitoring** — Detect new URLs by comparing snapshots over time 4. **Competitor research** — See what a competitor's catalog looks like 5. **Sitemap sanity check** — Verify sitemap-index works; catch broken nested sitemaps *** ### Limitations - **No HTML scraping fallback** — If a site has no sitemap (rare for serious sites), this returns 0 URLs. For HTML-link-crawling, use a crawl-specific actor. - **Doesn't honor noindex** — A URL in sitemap might still be `noindex` in HTML; this actor returns what's in sitemap. *** ### Related actors (same author) - [Web Page → Markdown Converter](https://apify.com/gochujang/web-to-markdown) — Convert discovered URLs to text - [HTML Metadata Extractor](https://apify.com/gochujang/html-metadata-extractor) — Pull meta tags from each URL - [PDF Text Extractor](https://apify.com/gochujang/pdf-text-extractor) - [JSON Schema Generator](https://apify.com/gochujang/json-schema-generator) *** ### Feedback A short review helps SEO engineers find it: [Leave a review on Apify Store](https://apify.com/gochujang/sitemap-url-discovery#reviews) # Actor input Schema ## `siteUrl` (type: `string`): Domain or full URL (e.g. apify.com or https://apify.com). ## `maxUrls` (type: `integer`): Stop after discovering this many URLs. ## `maxSitemapFiles` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on sitemap files to fetch. ## `pathContains` (type: `string`): Only return URLs whose path contains this substring. ## `userAgent` (type: `string`): Custom UA. ## Actor input object example ```json { "siteUrl": "https://www.apify.com", "maxUrls": 50000, "maxSitemapFiles": 500, "pathContains": "", "userAgent": "" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description ## `summary` (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 = { "siteUrl": "https://www.apify.com" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("gochujang/sitemap-url-discovery").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 = { "siteUrl": "https://www.apify.com" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("gochujang/sitemap-url-discovery").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 '{ "siteUrl": "https://www.apify.com" }' | apify call gochujang/sitemap-url-discovery --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gochujang/sitemap-url-discovery", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Sitemap URL Discovery (sitemap.xml + robots.txt → all URLs)", "description": "Given a domain, finds sitemap.xml / sitemap_index.xml (also via robots.txt), recursively expands sitemap indexes, returns one row per discovered URL with lastmod / changefreq / priority. SEO audits, crawl-target prep, content cataloging. $0.0001/URL + $0.01 site fee.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "it2SuOCkX3SfxerZ9" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/gochujang~sitemap-url-discovery/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-gochujang-sitemap-url-discovery", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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/gochujang~sitemap-url-discovery/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-gochujang-sitemap-url-discovery", "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/gochujang~sitemap-url-discovery/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-gochujang-sitemap-url-discovery", "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": [ "siteUrl" ], "properties": { "siteUrl": { "title": "Site URL", "type": "string", "description": "Domain or full URL (e.g. apify.com or https://apify.com)." }, "maxUrls": { "title": "Max URLs", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500000, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after discovering this many URLs.", "default": 50000 }, "maxSitemapFiles": { "title": "Max sitemap files", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on sitemap files to fetch.", "default": 500 }, "pathContains": { "title": "URL path filter", "type": "string", "description": "Only return URLs whose path contains this substring.", "default": "" }, "userAgent": { "title": "User-Agent", "type": "string", "description": "Custom UA.", "default": "" } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```