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Sitemap & URL Extractor

Quickly discover all public URLs from a domain's sitemap. We'll check robots.txt, parse XML sitemaps, and give you a clean export.

How to Generate a Sitemap from a URL

Generating a sitemap from a URL is one of the most fundamental tasks in technical SEO and website auditing. A sitemap is essentially a structured list of every publicly accessible page on a website, formatted so that search engines can discover and index content efficiently. The process typically begins by fetching the site's robots.txt file, which often contains a direct reference to one or more XML sitemap files. If no sitemap directive is found, crawlers fall back to the conventional path at /sitemap.xml.

Once the sitemap XML is retrieved, a parser reads through the structured tags — <urlset>, <url>, and <loc> — to extract every listed URL along with optional metadata like the last modification date, change frequency, and priority. Larger websites often use a sitemap index, which acts as a table of contents pointing to multiple smaller sitemaps, each covering a specific section of the site such as blog posts, product pages, or documentation.

Why XML Sitemaps Matter for SEO

Search engines like Google, Bing, and Yandex rely heavily on XML sitemaps to understand the full scope of a website. Without a sitemap, a search engine bot must discover pages solely through internal links — a process that can miss orphaned pages, newly published content, or deeply nested URLs that sit more than three clicks from the homepage.

Key Benefits of Maintaining an XML Sitemap

  • Faster indexing. New pages are discovered within hours instead of days or weeks.
  • Crawl budget efficiency. Search bots spend less time discovering pages and more time evaluating content quality.
  • Metadata signals. The lastmod tag tells search engines which pages have been recently updated, prompting a re-crawl.
  • Error detection. Comparing your sitemap against your live site reveals broken links, redirect chains, and missing pages.

For websites with thousands of pages — e-commerce stores, news outlets, or documentation portals — an up-to-date sitemap is not optional; it is critical infrastructure. Regular sitemap audits ensure that search engines always have an accurate picture of your site's content architecture.

How Our Free Crawler Works

Our Sitemap & URL Extractor runs entirely on edge infrastructure, which means every request is handled by a serverless function deployed close to your geographic location for minimal latency. When you enter a domain and click Extract URLs, the following happens behind the scenes:

  1. 1We fetch the target domain’s robots.txt file to look for declared Sitemap: directives.
  2. 2If no sitemap is declared, we fall back to the standard /sitemap.xml path.
  3. 3The retrieved XML is parsed using a robust, spec-compliant parser that handles both urlset and sitemapindex formats.
  4. 4All discovered URLs and their metadata are returned to your browser instantly — nothing is stored on our servers.

Privacy & Transparency

Your data never leaves the pipeline between your browser and the target website. We do not log, cache, or store the URLs you extract. The CSV export is generated entirely client-side using the Blob API, so the file is created in your browser's memory and downloaded directly to your device. This tool is free, requires no sign-up, and will always remain open for developers, SEO professionals, and content teams who need a quick, reliable sitemap audit.