# Sitemap Intelligence API (`bipbip-apis/sitemap-intelligence-api`) Actor

Analyze sitemap.xml files for URL counts, latest pages, content types, recency, sitemap index issues, and crawl-planning hints.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bipbip-apis/sitemap-intelligence-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel Christensen](https://apify.com/bipbip-apis) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 processed results

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 Intelligence API

Analyze sitemap.xml files for URL counts, latest pages, content types, recency, sitemap index issues, and crawl-planning hints.

### Why use this Actor?

This API is built for fast, low-cost business intelligence on public web data. It uses raw HTTP by default, avoids browser/proxy costs, and returns productized fields like `score`, `grade`, `summary`, `signals`, `issues`, and `recommendations`.

### Best for

- SEO agencies building prospect lists
- B2B lead generation teams
- Content and ecommerce researchers
- AI/RAG and automation workflows needing clean structured data

### Input

Provide up to 10 public URLs/domains or the listed niche inputs. Runs are intentionally bounded for predictable cost.

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.apify.com/sitemap.xml"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Output

Each result includes the processed URL, HTTP status, score, grade, concise summary, niche-specific extracted fields, and practical recommendations.

### Pricing

Pay per successful result. Designed to be lightweight and inexpensive to run.

### Responsible use

Process only public pages you are allowed to analyze. This Actor does not bypass logins, CAPTCHAs, paywalls, or access controls.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Public URLs/domains to process. Free-tier guardrail: maximum 10 items per run.

## `subreddits` (type: `array`):

Optional public subreddit names for Reddit trend briefs. Maximum 5.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Optional keywords to match, filter, or score. Maximum 10.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum records to process or return. Free-tier guardrail cap: 10.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests where supported. Free-tier guardrail cap: 2.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

HTTP request timeout in seconds. Free-tier guardrail cap: 20.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.apify.com/sitemap.xml"
    }
  ],
  "subreddits": [
    "SideProject"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "automation",
    "api"
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "timeoutSecs": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Default dataset items for this API run.

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://docs.apify.com/sitemap.xml"
        }
    ],
    "subreddits": [
        "SideProject"
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "automation",
        "api"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bipbip-apis/sitemap-intelligence-api").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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://docs.apify.com/sitemap.xml" }],
    "subreddits": ["SideProject"],
    "keywords": [
        "automation",
        "api",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bipbip-apis/sitemap-intelligence-api").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://docs.apify.com/sitemap.xml"
    }
  ],
  "subreddits": [
    "SideProject"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "automation",
    "api"
  ]
}' |
apify call bipbip-apis/sitemap-intelligence-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/iabkKHpTDCkpu5bat/builds/oCZwAN314fEf5LHO2/openapi.json