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# Sitemap Validator: Check an XML sitemap: its structure…

HTML: [Sitemap Validator: Check an XML sitemap: its structure…](https://openvibe.tools/tool/sitemap)

# Sitemap Validator

Fetches a sitemap (gzipped too) and checks it against the sitemaps.org protocol: the root element and namespace, the URL count, that every loc is an absolute URL on the same site and that lastmod dates are in W3C format. A sitemap index is followed to its first child sitemaps.

- **Limits** No file upload · Up to 400 runs a day
- **Where it runs** Runs on our server; no file is uploaded.
- **Cost** Free, with the limits above. No account needed.

 [Open Sitemap Validator](https://sitemap.openvibe.tools/) 

## Where to find it

Every address below opens the same tool. The first address is the one to bookmark and share.

- [sitemap.openvibe.tools](https://sitemap.openvibe.tools/)Primary

## People also call this

**What it's for:** Check an XML sitemap: its structure, URL count, loc and lastmod values, and sitemap index files, so search engines can read it. Instant.

- sitemap validator
- sitemap.xml checker
- xml sitemap test
- sitemap errors
- seo sitemap check

## Use it from code

- `POST https://openvibe.tools/api/v1/tools/sitemap/run`
- No account needed: anonymous calls run on the lowest quota tier; a token with `tools.tool.run` raises it.
- It answers with the result.

~~~~
curl -X POST https://openvibe.tools/api/v1/tools/sitemap/run \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"input":{"target":"example.com"}}'
~~~~

Inputs: [JSON Schema](/api/v1/tools/sitemap/schema) · [OpenAPI](/api/v1/openapi.json) · from JavaScript: `tools.run("sitemap", …)` in [openvibe-sdk](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.SDK) · [How the API works](/developers)

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