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| // IndexNow Sitemap Submitter (Node.js 18+) | |
| // Uses native fetch - no dependencies needed! | |
| const { parseStringPromise } = require("xml2js"); | |
| // Configuration | |
| const SITEMAP_URL = "YOUR_SITEMAP_URL"; | |
| const YOUR_API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"; // Replace with your actual key (get this key in https://www.bing.com/indexnow/getstarted) | |
| const HOST = "YOUR_HOST_URL"; | |
| const INDEXNOW_API = "https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow"; | |
| // Fetch sitemap | |
| async function fetchSitemap(url) { | |
| const response = await fetch(url); | |
| if (!response.ok) { | |
| throw new Error(`Failed to fetch sitemap: ${response.status}`); | |
| } | |
| return await response.text(); | |
| } | |
| // Extract URLs from sitemap XML | |
| async function extractUrls(xmlContent) { | |
| const result = await parseStringPromise(xmlContent); | |
| const urls = result.urlset.url.map((entry) => entry.loc[0]); | |
| return urls; | |
| } | |
| // Submit URLs to IndexNow | |
| async function submitToIndexNow(urls, apiKey, host) { | |
| const payload = { | |
| host: host, | |
| key: apiKey, | |
| urlList: urls, | |
| }; | |
| console.log("\nSubmitting payload:"); | |
| console.log(JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2)); | |
| console.log("\n"); | |
| const response = await fetch(INDEXNOW_API, { | |
| method: "POST", | |
| headers: { | |
| "Content-Type": "application/json", | |
| }, | |
| body: JSON.stringify(payload), | |
| }); | |
| return { | |
| status: response.status, | |
| statusText: response.statusText, | |
| body: await response.text(), | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| // Main execution | |
| async function main() { | |
| try { | |
| console.log("🔍 Fetching sitemap from:", SITEMAP_URL); | |
| const xmlContent = await fetchSitemap(SITEMAP_URL); | |
| console.log("📝 Parsing sitemap..."); | |
| const urls = await extractUrls(xmlContent); | |
| console.log(`\n✅ Found ${urls.length} URLs:`); | |
| urls.forEach((url, index) => console.log(` ${index + 1}. ${url}`)); | |
| if (YOUR_API_KEY === "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE") { | |
| console.log( | |
| "\n⚠️ Please replace YOUR_API_KEY_HERE with your actual IndexNow API key!" | |
| ); | |
| console.log("Generate one at: https://www.bing.com/indexnow/getstarted"); | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| console.log("\n🚀 Submitting to IndexNow..."); | |
| const result = await submitToIndexNow(urls, YOUR_API_KEY, HOST); | |
| console.log("\n📊 Response:"); | |
| console.log(` Status: ${result.status} ${result.statusText}`); | |
| if (result.status === 200) { | |
| console.log(" ✅ Success! URLs submitted to IndexNow."); | |
| console.log(" Search engines (Bing, Yandex, etc.) have been notified."); | |
| } else if (result.status === 202) { | |
| console.log(" ✅ Accepted! URLs will be processed."); | |
| } else if (result.status === 403) { | |
| console.log(" ❌ Forbidden: Invalid API key or key file not found."); | |
| console.log(" Make sure your key file is hosted at:"); | |
| console.log(` https://${HOST}/${YOUR_API_KEY}.txt`); | |
| } else if (result.status === 422) { | |
| console.log(" ❌ Invalid request format."); | |
| console.log(" Response:", result.body); | |
| } else if (result.status === 429) { | |
| console.log(" ⚠️ Too many requests. Please wait and try again later."); | |
| } else { | |
| console.log(" Response body:", result.body); | |
| } | |
| } catch (error) { | |
| console.error("\n❌ Error:", error.message); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // Run it | |
| main(); | |
| /* | |
| SETUP & USAGE: | |
| 1. Install xml2js: npm install xml2js | |
| 2. Get your API key from: https://www.bing.com/indexnow/getstarted | |
| 3. Download the key file and upload it to your site root: https://{YOUR_HOST_URL}/{key}.txt | |
| 4. Replace YOUR_API_KEY_HERE above with your actual key | |
| 5. Run: node indexnow.js | |
| Node.js 18+ required (for native fetch support) | |
| If using older Node, install node-fetch: npm install node-fetch | |
| */ |
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