Sitemap URL Extractor API

Get all URLs of a website from its sitemaps (found via robots.txt), following sitemap indexes and .gz files, with lastmod, priority and changefreq. Filter by text.

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Endpoints

GET `/v1/sitemap`

Extract sitemap URLs

Parameter	In	Description	Example
`url` *	query	Website or sitemap URL	`https://apify.com`
`limit`	query	Max URLs (1-5000)	`1000`
`contains`	query	Only URLs containing this text

Example

GET /v1/sitemap?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapify.com&limit=1000&contains=

{
  "site": "https://apify.com",
  "sitemaps": [
    "https://apify.com/sitemap.xml",
    "https://apify.com/sitemap/pages.xml"
  ],
  "count": 1000,
  "truncated": true,
  "urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/about",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/actors",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/ai-agents",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/ai-agents/ai-agent-marketplace",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/alternatives",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/alternatives/bardeen-alternatives",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/alternatives/brightdata-alternative",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/alternatives/brightdata-alternative-for-facebook-data",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/alternatives/browseai-alternatives",
      "lastmod": null,
      "changefreq": null,
      "priority": null
    },
    {
  …

Get all URLs of a website from its sitemaps (found via robots.txt), following sitemap indexes and .gz files, with lastmod, priority and changefreq. Filter by text.

Use cases

SEO crawls, content inventories, site migrations, change monitoring, feeding crawlers and AI pipelines.

Why this API

Fast: runs on a global edge network, typical response well under 1 second.
Reliable: simple JSON, clear error messages.
Fair pricing: Free plan 500 requests/month, Pro 25,000 for $4.99, Ultra 150,000 for $14.99.

Pricing

Free plan with 500 calls per month, then Pro (25,000 calls for $4.99/month) and Ultra (150,000 calls for $14.99/month). See all plans.