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Sitemap to CSV

Turn a sitemap URL or pasted XML into a CSV file of page URLs, with lastmod, changefreq, priority, and image URLs when they are present.

Sitemap input

The CSV columns are loc, lastmod, changefreq, priority, and image URLs.

In practice

What Sitemap to CSV lists

Sitemap to CSV is the iSkills page for a CSV download. The CSV has one header and one row per stored page. The columns are loc, lastmod, changefreq, priority, and image URLs. Image addresses on the same page are separated by spaces. Paste XML when you already have the file, or enter a public http or https sitemap URL when you want the server to fetch it within the published caps.

The caps are part of the result, not a hidden failure. Sitemap to CSV stores at most 5,000 page URLs, fetches at most 20 child sitemaps, and stops nested indexes at depth 2. A truncated flag and a note tell you when the list is incomplete.

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A paste you can run through Sitemap to CSV

Input

Paste a urlset that contains https://example.com/courses/seo once and the same address a second time. Sitemap to CSV keeps one stored page and records the duplicate. Fetching https://example.com/sitemap.xml instead of pasting uses the same parser after the download. (Sitemap to CSV, example 1.)

What you should see

If https://example.com/sitemap.xml is a sitemap index and https://example.com/sitemaps/pages.xml is the first child, a URL fetch can read that child until the depth and child caps. A paste of the index lists https://example.com/sitemaps/pages.xml and does not download it until you fetch the index URL. (Sitemap to CSV, example 2.)

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Words Sitemap to CSV is using

TermMeaning
urlsetThe sitemap root that lists page URLs. Sitemap to CSV reads it with the shared parser. (Sitemap to CSV, urlset.)
sitemap indexA sitemap that lists other sitemap files. Nested indexes are fetched only to depth 2. (Sitemap to CSV, sitemap index.)
locThe address element. Page locs and sitemap locs are kept in different lists. (Sitemap to CSV, loc.)
truncatedThe flag that says a byte, URL, child, depth, or time cap stopped the result early. (Sitemap to CSV, truncated.)
a CSV downloadThe specific report Sitemap to CSV is built to show from the shared parse. (Sitemap to CSV, a CSV download.)

In practice

How Sitemap to CSV reads the file

Sitemap to CSV produces a CSV download. The CSV has one header and one row per stored page. The columns are loc, lastmod, changefreq, priority, and image URLs. Image addresses on the same page are separated by spaces. You can paste XML into the box, or you can enter a public sitemap URL and let the server fetch it. A pasted urlset is parsed on the server without a second copy of the parser in the browser. The form stays near the top of the page, under the single title. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 1.)

Use https://example.com/sitemap.xml as the file you are checking and https://example.com/courses/seo as a page address you expect to see or not see, depending on the job. Open the file in a spreadsheet and confirm the header before you sort. A comma inside a field is quoted. The download name is sitemap-urls.csv. If the file is a sitemap index, child documents such as https://example.com/sitemaps/pages.xml are fetched only when you supplied the index URL, only while the depth is within 2, and only until 20 child sitemap requests have been made. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 2.)

Sitemap to CSV shares one fetcher with the other sitemap tools. The fetcher allows http and https only. It rejects file, gopher, and data URLs, then blocks localhost, loopback, link-local, private ranges, CGNAT space, and the cloud metadata address before it opens a socket. DNS answers are checked before the connection, and a redirect is checked again. A redirect loop is reported instead of being followed forever. Three hops is the maximum. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 3.)

Large files are cut at 5 MB, and the stored page list stops at 5,000 URLs. Gzip responses and addresses that end in .gz are decompressed before parsing. A DOCTYPE or an entity declaration is rejected so the parser cannot expand an external entity. An HTML document or a Cloudflare challenge body is reported as not a sitemap. The raw response body is not written to the log. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 4.)

When a URL must be fetched, the page sends the job to the server and shows a short progress line while it polls. Small pastes return immediately with the same result shape: source URL, index or urlset, child sitemaps, page rows, errors, duplicates, redirect hops, status, truncated flag, and counts. Repeat fetches of the same normalized URL can reuse a finished parse for 10 minutes. Jobs sit in a file folder so more than one server process can see them, and they expire after 30 minutes. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 5.)

Expecting a row for a child sitemap file. Rows are page URLs. The index is expanded only so those pages can be written. After you read that distinction, look at the severity of any finding. An error means the document or the fetch failed the check this page is responsible for. A warning, such as a duplicate loc or a truncated file, means the rest of the result is still usable. A note explains a cap, a paste that did not download child files, or a sample crawl. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 6.)

A concrete pass through Sitemap to CSV starts with https://example.com/sitemap.xml. If that address is an index whose first child is https://example.com/sitemaps/pages.xml, the file list and the page list answer different questions. The page address https://example.com/courses/seo belongs in the page list only when a urlset contains it. Keep the two lists apart when you copy them into a spreadsheet or a ticket. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 7.)

The result panel uses the same dark block as the other tools on this site. Copy is there when a text result is useful. A download button appears only for a file this page actually builds, such as CSV, XLSX, XML, or llms.txt. Sitemap to CSV does not add a second title to the page, and it does not restyle the tools around it. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 8.)

Take Sitemap to CSV as one step. The next page in this set is Sitemap to Excel, which answers a different question about the same sitemap. Sitemap URL Extractor is the other close check. Finish the reading on this page before you switch, so you do not mix a CSV download with a different report. (Sitemap to CSV, guide 9.)

Sitemap to CSV in order

Paste sitemap XML or enter the sitemap URL. For Sitemap to CSV, the address to try first is https://example.com/sitemap.xml. (Sitemap to CSV, step 1.)

Run the check. A short progress line stays on screen while a fetch is in a server job. (Sitemap to CSV, step 2.)

Read a CSV download. Confirm whether the result says the list was truncated. (Sitemap to CSV, step 3.)

Copy the text you need, or download the file when this page offers one. Publish any generated XML yourself. (Sitemap to CSV, step 4.)

What Sitemap to CSV returns

  • Sitemap to CSV shows a CSV download from one shared parse, so the XML rules match the other sitemap tools. (Sitemap to CSV, result 1.)
  • A paste and a fetched URL return the same kind of result, including errors, duplicates, and counts. (Sitemap to CSV, result 2.)
  • Private hosts, entity declarations, and oversized responses are refused before they can be used as a proxy. (Sitemap to CSV, result 3.)

Before you trust Sitemap to CSV

  • The input for Sitemap to CSV was XML or a public sitemap URL. (Sitemap to CSV, check 1.)
  • A truncated note was read before the list was treated as complete. (Sitemap to CSV, check 2.)
  • HTML or a challenge page was not accepted as a sitemap. (Sitemap to CSV, check 3.)
  • The copied result matches a CSV download, not a different sitemap report. (Sitemap to CSV, check 4.)
  • Generated files were published by you, not by this page. (Sitemap to CSV, check 5.)

From the form

Ways to misread Sitemap to CSV

Sitemap to CSV: Mixing this result with another sitemap tool

Expecting a row for a child sitemap file. Rows are page URLs. The index is expanded only so those pages can be written. (Sitemap to CSV, mistake 1.)

Sitemap to CSV: Ignoring a truncated list

Sitemap to CSV stops at the published caps. A truncated note means you do not have the full file. (Sitemap to CSV, mistake 2.)

Sitemap to CSV: Sending a private URL

Localhost, link-local, private ranges, and the metadata address are blocked before a socket is opened. (Sitemap to CSV, mistake 3.)

Sitemap to CSV: Treating HTML as XML

An HTML page or a challenge interstitial is reported as not a sitemap. Fix the URL or the firewall rule, then run the check again. (Sitemap to CSV, mistake 4.)

Note

Questions about the Sitemap to CSV list

What does Sitemap to CSV return?

Sitemap to CSV returns a CSV download. Open the file in a spreadsheet and confirm the header before you sort. A comma inside a field is quoted. The download name is sitemap-urls.csv. (Sitemap to CSV, What does Sitemap to CSV return?.)

Does Sitemap to CSV fetch a pasted file?

A paste is parsed without a download. A sitemap URL is fetched on the server. Child files inside a pasted index are listed and are not downloaded until you fetch the index URL. (Sitemap to CSV, Does Sitemap to CSV fetch a pasted file?.)

What will Sitemap to CSV refuse?

It refuses non-http schemes, private and metadata addresses, DOCTYPE and entity declarations, responses over 5 MB, and HTML that is not a sitemap. (Sitemap to CSV, What will Sitemap to CSV refuse?.)

How large a file can Sitemap to CSV store?

The stored page list stops at 5,000 URLs. Child sitemap fetches stop at 20, nested indexes stop at depth 2, and redirects stop at 3. The screen says when the result is truncated. (Sitemap to CSV, How large a file can Sitemap to CSV store?.)

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After the Sitemap to CSV list

Carry the file list from Sitemap to CSV into Sitemap to Excel before you treat it as a page list.

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