How do you create a sitemap index in Django?
1 answer
by
maci ,
2 years ago
@genevieve_boehm
To create a sitemap index in Django, you can follow these steps:
- Define a separate sitemap class for each individual sitemap using the django.contrib.sitemaps.Sitemap base class.
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from django.contrib.sitemaps import Sitemap
class BlogSitemap(Sitemap):
# define methods for sitemap generation here
class NewsSitemap(Sitemap):
# define methods for sitemap generation here
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- Create a SitemapIndexView view that renders an XML file containing links to each individual sitemap.
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from django.contrib.sitemaps.views import index as sitemap_index_view
class SitemapIndexView(sitemap_index_view):
sitemaps = {
'blog': BlogSitemap,
'news': NewsSitemap,
# add additional sitemaps here
}
# override get to add a cache header
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
response = super().get(request, *args, **kwargs)
response['Cache-Control'] = 'max-age=86400'
return response
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- Define a new URL pattern that points to the SitemapIndexView.
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from django.urls import path
from .views import SitemapIndexView
urlpatterns = [
path('sitemap.xml', SitemapIndexView.as_view(), name='sitemap')
]
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- Make sure that you have specified the SITE_ID setting in your Django project's settings.py file. This is required for sitemap generation.
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SITE_ID = 1 |
- Finally, run the sitemap generation command to generate all sitemaps and the sitemap index.
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python manage.py makemigrations python manage.py migrate python manage.py ping_google python manage.py generate_sitemaps --verbosity 2 |
Once complete, the sitemap index should be available at /sitemap.xml, with links to each individual sitemap.
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