I will show you how to automatically generate sitemap.xml with PythonAnywhere django.
How to auto generate sitemap.xml in django in PythonAnywhere.
Add the following in settings.py.
SITE_ID = 1
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.sitemaps',
]
Then add the following in urls.py.
*This is urls.py for the one with settings.py.
from django.contrib.sitemaps.views import sitemap
from .sitemaps import (ArticleSitemap,StaticSitemap)
sitemaps = {
'Article': ArticleSitemap,
'static': StaticSitemap,
}
urlpatterns = [
path('sitemap.xml', sitemap, {'sitemaps': sitemaps}, name='sitemap'),
]
Next, create a new sitemaps.py.
*Store in the same directory where settings.py is located.
from django.contrib.sitemaps import Sitemap
from django.urls import reverse
from blog.models import Article
class ArticleSitemap(Sitemap):
changefreq = "Always"
priority = 1
def items(self):
return Article.objects.all()
def location(self, obj):
return reverse('blog:detail', args=[obj.slug])
def lastmod(self, obj):
return obj.updated_at
class StaticSitemap(Sitemap):
changefreq = 'Always'
priority = 1
def items(self):
return ['blog:index']
def location(self, item):
return reverse(item)
Next, open the Django admin page.
Since "Sites" is created in the Django admin page, Just change "example.com" to your own URL and you're done.
[Sitemap.xml] How to make it recognized by google crawler.
I will also introduce how to get Google's crawler to recognize the sitemap.
Execute the following command in the console of PythonAnywhere.
python manage.py ping_google /sitemap.xml
It's OK if there are no errors.
However, even if you upload a sitemap and send a ping, It may not be indexed.
I will show you how to solve it someday.
Next time, I will show you how to use robots.txt to teach sitemap.xml to the crawler.
