The Philadelphia Inquirer Sitemaps API
XML sitemaps and sitemap indexes.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Philadelphia Inquirer Sitemaps API
version: '1.0'
summary: XML sitemaps and Google News sitemap for Inquirer.com.
description: XML sitemap endpoints published by Arc XP for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A sitemap index lists hundreds of daily child sitemaps spanning roughly two years of inquirer.com URLs. A dedicated Google News sitemap exposes the most recent articles using the `http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9` namespace. Additional sitemaps cover authors and restaurant pages. No authentication is required.
contact:
name: The Philadelphia Inquirer
url: https://www.inquirer.com
servers:
- url: https://www.inquirer.com
description: Production
tags:
- name: Sitemaps
description: XML sitemaps and sitemap indexes.
paths:
/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index-2/:
get:
operationId: getSitemapIndex
summary: Get Sitemap Index
description: Returns a sitemap index listing daily child sitemaps for roughly two years of inquirer.com content.
tags:
- Sitemaps
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/outputType'
responses:
'200':
description: Sitemap index XML document.
content:
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SitemapIndex'
/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap/latest/:
get:
operationId: getLatestSitemap
summary: Get Latest URL Sitemap
description: Returns the most recent URL sitemap of articles.
tags:
- Sitemaps
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/outputType'
responses:
'200':
description: URL sitemap XML document.
content:
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UrlSet'
/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap/{date}/:
get:
operationId: getDailySitemap
summary: Get Daily URL Sitemap
description: Returns the URL sitemap for the specified calendar day.
tags:
- Sitemaps
parameters:
- name: date
in: path
required: true
description: Calendar day in YYYY-MM-DD format.
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
example: 2026-05-22
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/outputType'
responses:
'200':
description: URL sitemap XML document.
content:
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UrlSet'
'404':
description: No sitemap for the requested date.
/arc/outboundfeeds/news-sitemap/:
get:
operationId: getNewsSitemap
summary: Get Google News Sitemap
description: Returns the Google News sitemap of the most recent Inquirer.com articles, using the sitemap-news namespace.
tags:
- Sitemaps
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/outputType'
responses:
'200':
description: Google News sitemap XML document.
content:
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsUrlSet'
/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-author-page/:
get:
operationId: getAuthorSitemap
summary: Get Author Sitemap
description: Returns a sitemap of Inquirer.com author pages.
tags:
- Sitemaps
responses:
'200':
description: Author URL sitemap XML document.
content:
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UrlSet'
/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-restaurant-page/:
get:
operationId: getRestaurantSitemap
summary: Get Restaurant Sitemap
description: Returns a sitemap of Inquirer.com restaurant review and guide pages.
tags:
- Sitemaps
responses:
'200':
description: Restaurant URL sitemap XML document.
content:
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UrlSet'
components:
schemas:
SitemapUrl:
type: object
properties:
loc:
type: string
format: uri
lastmod:
type: string
format: date-time
changefreq:
type: string
enum:
- always
- hourly
- daily
- weekly
- monthly
- yearly
- never
priority:
type: number
minimum: 0
maximum: 1
image:
type: object
properties:
loc:
type: string
format: uri
caption:
type: string
NewsUrlSet:
type: object
description: A Google News sitemap URL set.
properties:
urls:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
loc:
type: string
format: uri
news:
type: object
properties:
publication:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
example: The Philadelphia Inquirer
language:
type: string
example: en
publication_date:
type: string
format: date-time
title:
type: string
UrlSet:
type: object
description: A sitemap URL set.
properties:
urls:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SitemapUrl'
SitemapIndex:
type: object
description: A sitemap index pointing at child sitemaps.
properties:
sitemaps:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
loc:
type: string
format: uri
lastmod:
type: string
format: date
parameters:
outputType:
name: outputType
in: query
required: false
description: Output serialization. Must be `xml` for sitemaps.
schema:
type: string
enum:
- xml
default: xml