Sitemap Validator API
POST
https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/sitemap-validator/execute Validate sitemap XML text against the sitemaps.org protocol: well-formed XML, <urlset> or <sitemapindex> and its namespace, absolute http(s) <loc> under 2,048 characters with & escaped, duplicates, mixed hosts, W3C-datetime <lastmod> not in the future, the seven <changefreq> values, <priority> 0.0-1.0, and the 50,000-URL limit. Every issue has a severity, rule id and line number. Accepts up to 10 MB of XML (the protocol allows 50 MB). Checks the pasted text only and fetches nothing, so it does not test that the URLs respond.
Request body
application/json-
xml
string required
The sitemap or sitemap index XML (uncompressed), up to 10 MB.
Example arguments
Verified{
"xml": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><urlset xmlns=\"http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9\"><url><loc>https://example.com/</loc></url></urlset>"
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