# Sitemap URL Extractor – Get All URLs of Any Website (`lahcen_ai/sitemap-url-extractor`) Actor

Extract every page URL from any website's XML sitemaps (auto-discovers via robots.txt, follows sitemap indexes, supports .gz). Get lastmod, priority and images. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lahcen_ai/sitemap-url-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [Lahcen El-Hadi](https://apify.com/lahcen_ai) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 url extracteds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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 URL Extractor – Get All URLs of Any Website

Extract every URL from any website’s XML sitemaps: auto-discovery via robots.txt, sitemap indexes, .gz files, lastmod, priority, hreflang and images. Filter by regex or date. Fast, cheap and crawl-free.

### What does it do?

Get **all URLs of any website** from its XML sitemaps – no crawling needed. The Actor **auto-discovers sitemaps** (robots.txt, /sitemap.xml, /sitemap_index.xml, WordPress), follows **sitemap indexes** recursively, unzips **.xml.gz**, supports plain-text sitemaps and returns **lastmod, changefreq, priority, image count, hreflang alternates and news titles** for every URL. Filter with include/exclude regex or by last-modified date.

### Why use it?

- SEO audits and migrations: get the full URL inventory in seconds.
- Feed other scrapers: start any crawler from the sitemap URL list (much cheaper than crawling).
- Content monitoring: schedule with `modifiedAfter` to get only new/updated pages.
- Competitor research: see how many pages, products or articles a site publishes.

### Quick start

1. Click **Try for free** / **Start**.
2. Paste your list (the example input already works – just press Start).
3. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or use the API, schedules and integrations (Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Google Sheets…).

### Input example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://apify.com" }],
  "maxUrls": 1000,
  "includePattern": "/blog/"
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "url": "https://example.com/blog/post-1",
  "lastmod": "2026-09-14",
  "changefreq": "weekly",
  "priority": 0.8,
  "imageCount": 1,
  "alternates": [{ "hreflang": "fr", "href": "https://example.com/fr/blog/post-1" }],
  "sitemapUrl": "https://example.com/post-sitemap.xml"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay only for results: **$0.50 per 1,000 URLs** (pay-per-event). No subscription. Platform usage is included in the price. You can set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops before exceeding it.

### FAQ

**The site has no sitemap?**

Then the run reports it in SUMMARY. Pass the sitemap URL directly if it lives at a non-standard path.

**How many URLs can it extract?**

Up to 1,000,000 per run; large sitemaps are streamed efficiently.

### Legal & responsible use

This Actor only accesses publicly available data and official public APIs, respects robots.txt where applicable and paces its requests. You are responsible for using the results in line with applicable laws (e.g. GDPR/CCPA) and the terms of the data sources.

### Support

Found a bug or need a feature? Open an issue on the Actor’s **Issues** tab – we usually reply within 24 hours. Check our other tools: Website SEO & Broken Link Auditor, B2B Lead & Tech Stack Intelligence, Shopify Product Scraper and ATS Jobs Scraper.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Homepage (sitemaps are auto-discovered) or direct sitemap URL.

## `maxUrls` (type: `integer`):

Maximum URLs to extract in total.

## `includePattern` (type: `string`):

Optional regular expression, e.g. /blog/

## `excludePattern` (type: `string`):

Optional regular expression, e.g. ?|/tag/

## `modifiedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional: only URLs with lastmod on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com"
    }
  ],
  "maxUrls": 1000
}
```

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

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://apify.com"
        }
    ]
};

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

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://apify.com" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lahcen_ai/sitemap-url-extractor").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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call lahcen_ai/sitemap-url-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/Meeg7wi6JSKNu6UNa/builds/vkaQ8hH8nlj7Ylc7T/openapi.json