# XML Sitemap URL Extractor (`andok/sitemap-extractor`) Actor

Recursively crawl and extract every single URL from a website’s sitemap.xml. Automate your SEO audits and scraping queues.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/andok/sitemap-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [Andok](https://apify.com/andok) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 8 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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 (Bulk)

Recursively downloads and parses XML Sitemaps (and Sitemap Indexes) to extract all individual page URLs.

### What it does

For each input sitemap URL (e.g. `https://example.com/sitemap.xml`), it downloads the XML and extracts:

- Every `<loc>` tag.
- If the `<loc>` tag points to a child `.xml` sitemap index, it recursively fetches it (up to `maxDepth`).
- Associated `<lastmod>`, `<changefreq>`, and `<priority>`.

### Input

- `urls` (required): list of Sitemap URLs (e.g. `https://example.com/sitemap_index.xml`)
- `maxUrls` (default `1000`): max URLs to output per top-level sitemap.
- `maxDepth` (default `2`): how deep to follow sitemap index files.
- `timeoutSeconds` (default `15`): per-file fetch timeout.

### Output

Outputs one dataset item **per extracted URL**.

### Monetization + safety

This actor is designed for Pay-Per-Event (dataset item = 1 URL) and respects the per-run max charge limit.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of Sitemap or Sitemap Index URLs (e.g. https://example.com/sitemap.xml)

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

Max individual URLs to output.

## `maxDepth` (type: `integer`):

How deep to recursively follow sitemap index links.

## `timeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Per-URL XML fetch timeout.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://apify.com/sitemap.xml"
  ],
  "maxUrls": 1000,
  "maxDepth": 2,
  "timeoutSeconds": 15
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`):

No description

## `run` (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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://apify.com/sitemap.xml"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("andok/sitemap-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 = { "urls": ["https://apify.com/sitemap.xml"] }

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=andok/sitemap-extractor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/N3xAG8HjLYT41z6XV/builds/FZbUaQRxuN3ffddSh/openapi.json