XML Sitemap Validator
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XML Sitemap Validator
Under maintenanceValidate XML sitemaps and sitemap indexes for SEO health — well-formedness, missing/invalid <loc> URLs, index integrity, lastmod coverage, and oversized files. One clean report per URL. Pay-per-event: $0.01 per batch of up to 200 sitemaps.
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Validate XML sitemaps and sitemap indexes for SEO health — well-formedness, missing/invalid
🚀 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.
🔗 Related
Part of the Sootesting SEO & Data Toolkit — a suite of focused actors for technical SEO, security auditing, and data extraction.