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{
"id": "7fdJOvYNILCr24fH",
"name": "Read sitemap and filter URLs",
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{
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"name": "Set sitemap URL",
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"name": "sitemapUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "https://duckduckgo.com/sitemap.xml"
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"name": "Split Out",
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"parameters": {
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"fieldToSplitOut": "urlset.url"
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"name": "Get Sitemap",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.sitemapUrl }}",
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"normalizeTags": true
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"operation": "endsWith"
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.loc }}",
"rightValue": ".pdf"
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"parameters": {
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"width": 150,
"height": 240,
"content": "**Set your sitemap.xml\nurl here.**"
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"parameters": {
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"content": "**Create your filter here.**"
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"parameters": {
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"width": 540,
"height": 300,
"content": "## Fetch and process the sitemap.xml file\nThis part fetches and process the sitemap.xml file from XML data to JSON that we can work with."
},
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},
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"parameters": {
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"height": 420,
"content": "## Sitemap.xml reader\nThis workflow reads an sitemap.xml and filters out the entries you want.\n\nBy default only PDF documents are returned at the end of the workflow.\n\n**SETUP**\n- Edit the **Set sitemap URL** block and add the url to the sitemap you want to read.\n\n- Edit the **Filter URLs** to your needs."
},
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}
],
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"settings": {
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},
"versionId": "74793599-4c7d-4532-bbd5-a2ce4761fbc8",
"connections": {
"Split Out": {
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{
"node": "Filter URLs",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
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},
"Get Sitemap": {
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[
{
"node": "Convert Sitemap to JSON",
"type": "main",
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}
]
]
},
"Set sitemap URL": {
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{
"node": "Get Sitemap",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Convert Sitemap to JSON": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"\u2018Test workflow\u2019 trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set sitemap URL",
"type": "main",
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}
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]
}
}
}
About this workflow
Read sitemap and filter URLs. Uses manualTrigger, splitOut, httpRequest, xml. Event-driven trigger; 10 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →