# Sitemap URL & SEO Metadata Extractor (`happitap/sitemap-seo-extractor`) Actor

Crawl any XML sitemap and instantly extract comprehensive SEO metadata (Title, Description, H1s, OG Tags, Canonical) for every page

- **URL**: https://apify.com/happitap/sitemap-seo-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [HappiTap](https://apify.com/happitap) (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

from $5.00 / 1,000 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 URL & SEO Metadata Extractor

**Crawl any XML sitemap and instantly extract comprehensive SEO metadata (Title, Description, H1s, OG Tags, Canonical) for every page.**

Perform instant technical SEO audits and competitor analysis by extracting critical on-page SEO factors across an entire website simply by providing its sitemap! This actor uses a blazing-fast HTML crawler, making it incredibly lightweight and affordable.

### What can this Actor do?

- ✅ **Automatic Sitemap Parsing** - Just drop in the `sitemap.xml` URL. It parses index sitemaps and nested URLs automatically.
- ✅ **Lightning Fast** - Uses Cheerio under the hood for millisecond-speed HTTP extraction.
- ✅ **Comprehensive SEO Fields** - Extracts `<title>`, `<meta description>`, `<meta keywords>`, `<h1>` tags, OpenGraph (`og:`) tags, and Canonical links.
- ✅ **Export formats** - Download your full site audit as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

### Why scrape SEO Metadata?

- 🎯 **SEO Audits** - Quickly identify missing titles, empty meta descriptions, or duplicate H1 tags across your entire site.
- 📊 **Competitor Intelligence** - Download a competitor's sitemap and see exactly how they structure their titles and keywords.
- 📍 **Migration Validation** - Ensure all your canonical tags and OG images ported over correctly during a site redesign.

### How to use it

1. Enter the direct URL to the **Sitemap URL** (e.g., `https://example.com/sitemap.xml`).
2. Set the **Max URLs to process** to limit your crawl size (default is 1000).
3. Click Start!

### How much does it cost?

This actor uses a **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing model. You only pay for the pages successfully extracted!

- **$0.50 per 1,000 URLs extracted.**

### Output Example

```json
{
  "url": "https://apify.com/store",
  "title": "Apify Store - Web Scraping and Automation Tools",
  "description": "Discover ready-to-use web scraping and automation tools in Apify Store. Extract data from any website.",
  "keywords": "web scraping, automation, data extraction",
  "canonical": "https://apify.com/store",
  "h1s": [
    "Apify Store"
  ],
  "ogTags": {
    "og:title": "Apify Store - Web Scraping and Automation Tools",
    "og:description": "Discover ready-to-use web scraping and automation tools in Apify Store. Extract data from any website.",
    "og:type": "website",
    "og:url": "https://apify.com/store"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2023-10-25T15:00:00.000Z"
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `sitemapUrl` (type: `string`):

The direct URL to the sitemap.xml file.

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

Maximum number of URLs to crawl from the sitemap.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sitemapUrl": "https://apify.com/sitemap.xml",
  "maxUrls": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Extracted data items stored in the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "sitemapUrl": "https://apify.com/sitemap.xml",
    "maxUrls": 1000
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("happitap/sitemap-seo-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 = {
    "sitemapUrl": "https://apify.com/sitemap.xml",
    "maxUrls": 1000,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("happitap/sitemap-seo-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 '{
  "sitemapUrl": "https://apify.com/sitemap.xml",
  "maxUrls": 1000
}' |
apify call happitap/sitemap-seo-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/keawyle34UBs7oPVj/builds/iMKFJL1QVxrsUzfLJ/openapi.json