Xml Sitemap Generator API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/xml-sitemap-generator/execute

Generate a valid XML sitemap from a list of URLs and return the XML, the number of URLs written, the invalid URLs that were skipped, and the byte size. Each URL can carry its own priority, changefreq, and lastmod; defaults apply otherwise. Above 50,000 valid URLs a sitemap index is returned instead.

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Request body

application/json

urls

array required

URLs as plain strings or as { url, priority?, changefreq?, lastmod? } objects. Only http(s) URLs are written; others are reported in invalid_urls.
default_priority

string optional

Priority for URLs without one: "0.0" to "1.0" in steps of 0.1, or "" for none. Default "0.5". Default "0.5".
default_changefreq

string optional

Change frequency for URLs without one. Default "weekly"; "" omits the tag. One of · always · hourly · daily · weekly · monthly · yearly · never. Default "weekly".
default_lastmod

string optional

Last-modified date (YYYY-MM-DD) for URLs without one. Default: omitted.
remove_duplicates

boolean optional

Drop repeated URLs (case-insensitive). Default true. Default true.
index_base_url

string optional

Base name for child sitemaps when an index is needed. Default "https://example.com/sitemap".

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com/",
    "https://example.com/about"
  ]
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/xml-sitemap-generator/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "urls": [
      "https://example.com/",
      "https://example.com/about"
    ]
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/xml-sitemap-generator/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"urls":["https://example.com/","https://example.com/about"]}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/xml-sitemap-generator/execute",
    json={"urls":["https://example.com/","https://example.com/about"]},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/xml-sitemap-generator/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"urls":["https://example.com/","https://example.com/about"]}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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Call xml_sitemap_generator from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

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MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: xml-sitemap-generator
MCP name: xml_sitemap_generator
Category: SEO
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Request body

Example arguments

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