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This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2210 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the HTTP Request → XML recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "7i2RqqCYaKHUt4n3",
"name": "Google Site Index - sitemap.xml example",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "4da50fbf-7707-42ea-badc-6748c4ee30db",
"name": "When clicking \"Test workflow\"",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
-927,
472
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "9e5bd6c8-a056-462b-b746-60d86bfbe398",
"name": "Split Out",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
480,
360
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "urlset.url"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "0d4acf98-31c5-4a0d-bb29-c1d045c0705c",
"name": "Check status",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
1540,
400
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications/metadata?url={{ encodeURIComponent($json.loc) }}",
"options": {
"response": {
"response": {
"fullResponse": true
}
}
},
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"nodeCredentialType": "googleOAuth2Api"
},
"credentials": {
"googleOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"retryOnFail": false,
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "eee0eba6-3aa3-4841-9d48-8407db1212e2",
"name": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"position": [
1340,
360
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "47745d33-8358-45a8-a67d-60f9f0574bae",
"name": "Wait",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"position": [
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400
],
"parameters": {
"unit": "seconds",
"amount": "={{ Math.min(1.5,0.3+3*Math.random()).toFixed(2) }}"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "9f1bf72e-8ecd-4239-b96f-b77be4c86b18",
"name": "URL Updated",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1840,
400
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications:publish",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "url",
"value": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.loc }}"
},
{
"name": "type",
"value": "URL_UPDATED"
}
]
},
"nodeCredentialType": "googleOAuth2Api"
},
"credentials": {
"googleOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "629eaf34-ef3c-4e9c-9537-69a03310dd9c",
"name": "Schedule Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
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272
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"triggerAtHour": 2,
"triggerAtMinute": 5
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "2f95065c-fdc9-4773-87b0-37007ae4f9a5",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
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"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 851.3475816949383,
"height": 340.39627039627067,
"content": "## Collect list of URLs\n\nThis part extracts all pages from all sitemaps and sorts by the last modified date `lastmod` (from newest to oldest)"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "33798da1-4fd3-43dc-9ff4-753bae798535",
"name": "is new?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
1700,
280
],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"looseTypeValidation": true
},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "loose"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "c8566fc4-57cf-4272-841e-014bb354a37d",
"operator": {
"type": "dateTime",
"operation": "after"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.lastmod }}",
"rightValue": "={{ $json.body.latestUpdate.notifyTime }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "b5d538ec-d7bc-40ac-9b9e-e5ead9378387",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 504.2424242424241,
"height": 431.1089918072487,
"content": "## Check URL metadata and update, if:\n* Google returns error (404 error means that this URL was not previously added)\n* Date of article update is after the date of last request to re-index"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2cc0b088-b09f-4dc2-8027-9e0ff442576b",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 515.8058994999984,
"height": 335.72259887005646,
"content": "## Get sitemap.xml\nVarious CMS systems often have multiple sitemaps for different content (posts, tags, pages etc). Need to fetch all sitemaps first and then extract all pages from all sitemaps.\n### Remember to update the real sitemap URL!"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "d8dc3b65-0d47-49a7-9042-33dbc5a2e245",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"parameters": {
"color": 6,
"width": 1458.468937875752,
"height": 453.3292476478371,
"content": "## Feel free to adapt this part depending on your website CMS\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "a763f582-500c-4cc8-b780-672ebc3d0845",
"name": "Get content-specific sitemaps",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
-260,
360
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "sitemapindex.sitemap"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "e7aa9728-eb9b-454d-a710-561d76841d7a",
"name": "Convert sitemap to JSON",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.xml",
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "496366d7-0d4e-401c-a375-8ca8882e8a32",
"name": "Force urlset.url to array",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
320,
360
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "8d16114b-1d1a-4522-a550-6c799a44538a",
"name": "=urlset.url",
"type": "array",
"value": "={{ $json.urlset.url[0] ? $json.urlset.url : [$json.urlset.url] }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.3
},
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"id": "3a8e00a6-2fa4-4903-943d-890e0078181e",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
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"width": 459.2224448897797,
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"content": "## Update the `lastmod` and `loc` fields\nThese are pre-defined fields according to [the XML schema for the Sitemap protocol](https://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html).\n\nIf your CMS system has different field names, please rename them here:\n* the last modified field `lastmod`\n* URL of the page in `loc` field"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"id": "9d841026-ede6-4396-a67b-e1787ffe9a17",
"name": "Assign mandatiry sitemap fields",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
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360
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "bb0e1337-6fda-4a22-9963-d0b1271fc2a6",
"name": "lastmod",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.lastmod }}"
},
{
"id": "e7517c23-f989-4d75-9078-d82c75e51c65",
"name": "loc",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.loc }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.3
},
{
"id": "99787654-f554-4650-afc0-c4fa65392c2b",
"name": "convert page data to JSON",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.xml",
"position": [
120,
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"explicitArray": false
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f5cc1725-955c-4eb2-a66f-93153ebf35d1",
"name": "Get sitemap.xml",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
-620,
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],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://wordpress.org/sitemap.xml",
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "789076f0-4aa1-469b-afac-af717c0b03c3",
"name": "Get content of each sitemap",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
-60,
360
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.loc }}",
"options": {
"batching": {
"batch": {
"batchSize": 1,
"batchInterval": 150
}
}
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "b0bdc6d6-1306-4c0c-bec2-7e59d587db69",
"name": "Sort",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.sort",
"position": [
640,
360
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"sortFieldsUi": {
"sortField": [
{
"order": "descending",
"fieldName": "lastmod"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner",
"errorWorkflow": "6",
"executionOrder": "v1",
"saveManualExecutions": true,
"saveDataSuccessExecution": "all"
},
"versionId": "5c21ebb6-67df-4bde-9aea-6cc9a7621fc0",
"connections": {
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{
"node": "Assign mandatiry sitemap fields",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
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"Wait": {
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[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"is new?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "URL Updated",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Wait",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Out": {
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[
{
"node": "Sort",
"type": "main",
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}
]
]
},
"URL Updated": {
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[
{
"node": "Wait",
"type": "main",
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}
]
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},
"Check status": {
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"type": "main",
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],
[
{
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"type": "main",
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}
]
]
},
"Get sitemap.xml": {
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[
{
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]
]
},
"Loop Over Items": {
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[],
[
{
"node": "Check status",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Schedule Trigger": {
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[
{
"node": "Get sitemap.xml",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Convert sitemap to JSON": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get content-specific sitemaps",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Force urlset.url to array": {
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[
{
"node": "Split Out",
"type": "main",
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}
]
]
},
"convert page data to JSON": {
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[
{
"node": "Force urlset.url to array",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get content of each sitemap": {
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[
{
"node": "convert page data to JSON",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get content-specific sitemaps": {
"main": [
[
{
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"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking \"Test workflow\"": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get sitemap.xml",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Assign mandatiry sitemap fields": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
Google page indexing too slow? Tired of manually clicking through each page in the Google Search Console? 😴 Say goodbye to that tedious process and hello to automation with this n8n workflow! 🎉
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