# Sitemap URL Extractor (`wiry_kingdom/sitemap-url-extractor`) Actor Extract every URL from any website's sitemap.xml with lastmod, changefreq, priority. Recursively expands sitemap index files, reads robots.txt, handles gzipped sitemaps. SEO audits, content migration, site inventory, competitor research. - **URL**: https://apify.com/wiry\_kingdom/sitemap-url-extractor.md - **Developed by:** [Mohieldin Mohamed](https://apify.com/wiry_kingdom) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## 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 Extractor **Extract every URL from any website in seconds — with lastmod, changefreq, and priority metadata intact.** This actor walks a site's `robots.txt`, discovers every declared sitemap, recursively expands sitemap index files, and dumps every single URL it finds into a structured Apify dataset you can download as JSON, CSV, or Excel. ### What does Sitemap URL Extractor do? Give it one website URL. It returns every URL that site publishes in its `sitemap.xml` — including URLs buried inside multi-level sitemap index files, gzipped sitemaps, and sitemaps referenced from `robots.txt`. Perfect for **SEO audits**, **content migrations**, **site inventory**, and **competitor research**. No API keys. No browser. No proxy required for most sites. Try it: paste `https://apify.com` into the Start URLs field, press Start, and watch the dataset fill up with every indexable URL on the site. A typical mid-sized company site (5,000–50,000 URLs) finishes in under a minute. Apify platform advantages include scheduled runs (daily sitemap snapshots), API access, webhook integrations, proxy rotation when needed, and run history. ### Why use Sitemap URL Extractor? - **SEO audits** — see every URL Google is supposed to index and compare against your canonical list - **Content migration** — pull your entire old site's URL list before moving to a new CMS - **Competitor intelligence** — see every public page a competitor publishes, including product catalogs and blog archives - **Link checking** — feed the output into a link checker to find every broken link on a site - **Snapshots over time** — schedule daily runs and diff URL lists to detect content changes - **Dataset for LLM training** — get a clean list of URLs to feed into a content extractor ### How to use Sitemap URL Extractor 1. Click **Try for free** (or **Start** if you're already logged in) 2. In the **Start URLs** field, paste one or more website root URLs (e.g. `https://example.com`) 3. Optionally set **Max URLs per site** to cap output size 4. Click **Start** 5. Watch the dataset populate in real time in the Output tab 6. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or hit the API endpoint directly ### Input - **Start URLs** — one or more website root URLs to crawl (e.g. `https://apify.com`) - **Max URLs per site** — safety cap (default 10,000, use 0 for unlimited) - **Include metadata** — attach `lastmod`, `changefreq`, `priority` to each URL (default: yes) - **Follow sitemap index** — recursively expand nested `` files (default: yes) - **Proxy configuration** — optional Apify Proxy for sites that block raw server IPs ### Output The actor pushes one dataset item per extracted URL. You can download in JSON, CSV, HTML, or Excel. ```json { "url": "https://apify.com/apify/instagram-scraper", "lastmod": "2025-03-14", "changefreq": "daily", "priority": 0.8, "sourceWebsite": "https://apify.com", "sitemapUrl": "https://apify.com/sitemap.xml", "sitemapDepth": 0, "discoveredAt": "2026-04-15T18:30:00.000Z" } ```` ### Data table | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `url` | string | The extracted URL from the sitemap | | `lastmod` | string | Last modification date from the sitemap (if present) | | `changefreq` | string | How often the page is expected to change (`daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`, etc.) | | `priority` | number | SEO priority hint from 0.0 to 1.0 | | `sourceWebsite` | string | The root URL you started from | | `sitemapUrl` | string | The specific sitemap file where this URL was found | | `sitemapDepth` | number | Nesting depth in sitemap index (0 = root sitemap) | | `discoveredAt` | string | ISO timestamp of when the URL was extracted | ### Pricing This actor uses Apify's **pay-per-event** pricing model so you only pay for what you get: - **Actor start**: $0.01 per run (covers robots.txt + sitemap fetches) - **Per URL extracted**: $0.0005 per URL added to your dataset **Example costs:** - A small blog with 500 URLs → ~$0.26 - A mid-sized site with 5,000 URLs → ~$2.51 - A large catalog with 50,000 URLs → ~$25.01 Free Apify tier members get $5/month in platform credits, which covers ~10,000 URLs of extraction per month. ### Tips and advanced options - **Set `maxUrlsPerSite`** to a safe cap during testing (e.g. 100) to verify the actor works before running unlimited - **Disable `includeMetadata`** if you only need URLs — this produces a much smaller dataset and faster downloads - **Disable `followSitemapIndex`** to get only the top-level sitemap contents (useful for homepage/landing-page inventories) - **Enable Apify Proxy** for sites that return 403 or ratelimit direct requests (government sites, some news publishers) - **Schedule daily runs** via Apify's scheduler to track how a competitor's URL list changes over time — diff the datasets to see new product launches or archived content ### FAQ and support **Is this legal?** The actor only reads publicly declared sitemap files. Sitemaps exist to be read by crawlers — by convention (and by the intent of the site owner who published them) they are meant for public consumption. Always respect the target site's Terms of Service and `robots.txt` disallow rules. **What about gzipped sitemaps?** Fully supported. The actor auto-detects `.gz` URLs and `Content-Encoding: gzip` responses and decompresses transparently. **What about nested sitemap indexes?** Supported up to 5 levels deep. Most sites have at most 2 levels (index → sitemap → urls). **The actor returned 0 URLs, help!** The site probably doesn't publish a public sitemap. Try adding a custom sitemap URL explicitly in the Start URLs field (e.g. `https://example.com/sitemap_index.xml`). **Found a bug or missing feature?** Open an issue on the Issues tab of this actor. Custom solutions available for enterprise use cases. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Root URLs of websites to crawl. The actor will look up robots.txt and /sitemap.xml for each site and recursively expand every sitemap it finds. ## `maxUrlsPerSite` (type: `integer`): Safety cap on how many URLs to extract from a single website. Use 0 for unlimited. ## `includeMetadata` (type: `boolean`): Include sitemap metadata (lastmod, changefreq, priority) with each extracted URL. Set to false to get only URLs (smaller dataset). ## `followSitemapIndex` (type: `boolean`): When a sitemap is a , recursively fetch every child sitemap. Disable for a shallow crawl of only the root sitemap. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional proxy settings. Some sites block direct server IPs — enable Apify Proxy to bypass. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com" } ], "maxUrlsPerSite": 10000, "includeMetadata": true, "followSitemapIndex": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (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 = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("wiry_kingdom/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://apify.com" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("wiry_kingdom/sitemap-url-extractor").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 '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com" } ] }' | apify call wiry_kingdom/sitemap-url-extractor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wiry_kingdom/sitemap-url-extractor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Sitemap URL Extractor", "description": "Extract every URL from any website's sitemap.xml with lastmod, changefreq, priority. Recursively expands sitemap index files, reads robots.txt, handles gzipped sitemaps. SEO audits, content migration, site inventory, competitor research.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "7vitDxQXuffUZEbHv" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/wiry_kingdom~sitemap-url-extractor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-wiry_kingdom-sitemap-url-extractor", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/wiry_kingdom~sitemap-url-extractor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-wiry_kingdom-sitemap-url-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/wiry_kingdom~sitemap-url-extractor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-wiry_kingdom-sitemap-url-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Website URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Root URLs of websites to crawl. The actor will look up robots.txt and /sitemap.xml for each site and recursively expand every sitemap it finds.", "default": [ { "url": "https://apify.com" } ], "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxUrlsPerSite": { "title": "Max URLs per site", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 1000000, "type": "integer", "description": "Safety cap on how many URLs to extract from a single website. Use 0 for unlimited.", "default": 10000 }, "includeMetadata": { "title": "Include lastmod / changefreq / priority", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include sitemap metadata (lastmod, changefreq, priority) with each extracted URL. Set to false to get only URLs (smaller dataset).", "default": true }, "followSitemapIndex": { "title": "Recursively follow sitemap index files", "type": "boolean", "description": "When a sitemap is a , recursively fetch every child sitemap. Disable for a shallow crawl of only the root sitemap.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional proxy settings. Some sites block direct server IPs — enable Apify Proxy to bypass.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```