# Find broken and redirected URLs in a sitemap

**Use case:** 

Reads a website's sitemap and checks every URL in it, so you can see which pages are broken, which redirect, and which have SEO issues such as a canonical tag that points elsewhere or a page blocked by robots.txt. Enter your own site, choose how many URLs to check, then export the results to Excel, CSV or JSON. You pay per URL checked, plus a tiny start fee per run.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://crawlee.dev"
  ],
  "maxUrls": 100,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "sameDomainOnly": true,
  "useHeadRequests": true,
  "checkPageContent": true,
  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
  "includeInputUrls": true,
  "checkRedirectChains": true,
  "checkRobotsConflicts": true,
  "checkCanonicalMismatch": true,
  "staleLastmodDays": 365,
  "trackChanges": false,
  "changesStoreName": "sitemap-audit-state",
  "changesKey": "default",
  "maxSitemaps": 50,
  "maxRedirects": 10,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 20,
  "minDelayPerHostMs": 250,
  "report": "off"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "finalStatus": {
    "label": "Final status",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "initialStatus": {
    "label": "First status",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "redirectCount": {
    "label": "Redirects",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "finalUrl": {
    "label": "Final URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "responseTimeMs": {
    "label": "Response (ms)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "contentType": {
    "label": "Content type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "titleLength": {
    "label": "Title length",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "noindex": {
    "label": "Noindex",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "canonicalMatchesFinalUrl": {
    "label": "Canonical OK",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "isBroken": {
    "label": "Broken",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "issues": {
    "label": "Issues",
    "format": "array"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Sitemap and URL Status Auditor Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find broken and redirected URLs in a sitemap". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/YWHyNuwEgaTZtW9it) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find broken and redirected URLs in a sitemap" task

The Sitemap and URL Status Auditor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like website or sitemap urls, max urls, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find broken and redirected URLs in a sitemap" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as URL, final status, first status, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Find broken and redirected URLs in a sitemap" task via API](https://apify.com/vizellie/sitemap-url-auditor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Sitemap and URL Status Auditor](https://apify.com/vizellie/sitemap-url-auditor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/vizellie/sitemap-url-auditor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/vizellie/sitemap-url-auditor.md

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`).