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XML Sitemap Validator

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Validate XML sitemaps and sitemap indexes for SEO health — well-formedness, missing tags, size limits, and more. Outputs a structured validation report. Pay-per-event.

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Pay per event

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soot

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🚀 What it does

This Actor automates a task that would otherwise take hours of manual work. It is built for batch processing — run it once on a list of inputs and get a structured, downloadable report.

✨ Features

Batch processing — handle one or many inputs in a single run
Structured output — clean tables, ready for CSV/JSON export
Pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for what you use
API & CLI ready — integrate it into any workflow

📥 Input configuration

Configure the Actor with these fields:

Field	Type	Required	Description
`startUrls`	array	✅ Required	List of sitemap or sitemap-index URLs to validate (e.g. https://example.com/sitemap.xml). One output row per URL.
`checkLive`	boolean	Optional	Optionally HTTP-probe a sample of
`maxLiveCheck`	integer	Optional	Maximum number of URLs to probe per sitemap when checkLive is true.

💡 Usage example

Run via Apify API (cURL)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sootesting~sitemap-xml-validator/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://example.com/sitemap.xml"
  ]
}'

Run via Apify CLI

apify run --actor-name sootesting~sitemap-xml-validator --input '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://example.com/sitemap.xml"
  ]
}'

📤 Output schema

The Actor produces the following structured data:

Field	Type	Description
`url`	string	url
`root`	string	root
`fetched`	boolean	fetched
`status`	integer	status
`fileSizeBytes`	integer	fileSizeBytes
`tooLarge`	boolean	tooLarge
`xmlWellFormed`	boolean	xmlWellFormed
`parseError`	string	parseError
`isIndex`	boolean	isIndex
`urlCount`	integer	urlCount
`sitemapCount`	integer	sitemapCount
`namespaces`	array	namespaces
`invalidLocCount`	integer	invalidLocCount
`sampleInvalidLocs`	array	sampleInvalidLocs
`hasLastmodPct`	number	hasLastmodPct
`hasPriority`	boolean	hasPriority
`hasImageExt`	boolean	hasImageExt
`hasNewsExt`	boolean	hasNewsExt
`hasVideoExt`	boolean	hasVideoExt
`liveChecked`	integer	liveChecked
`liveBad`	integer	liveBad
`warnings`	array	warnings

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event. See the Actor's pricing tab for current rates. You are only charged for successful events — platform usage is passed through transparently.

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