Create Website Sitemap Using Laravel
A website sitemap is a file that lists all the pages of your website, providing information about their structure and content. There are two main types:
XML Sitemap: For search engines to help them crawl and index your site better.
HTML Sitemap: For users to help them navigate your site easily.
Step 1: Define a Route
Route::get('sitemap.xml', 'SitemapController@index');Step 2: Make a Controller
Make a controller SitemapController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Service\Front\SitemapService;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response;
class SitemapController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
$urls = Cache::remember(currentTheme() . 'site_map_cache', now()->addDays(7), static function () {
return (new SitemapService())->generateSiteMapTemp();
});
$content = view(currentTheme() . 'sitemap', compact('urls'))->render();
return Response::make($content, 200)->header('Content-Type', 'application/xml');
}
}Step 3:Â Define a Service
This service will be called from controller along with cache feature. We have initially setup cache for 7 days
namespace App\Service\Front;
use App\Helper\Status;
use App\Models\Post\Post;
class SitemapService
{
public function generateSiteMapTemp(): array
{
$siteMapUrls = [
['url' => route('home'), 'changefreq' => 'daily'],
['url' => url('/category'), 'changefreq' => 'daily'],
['url' => route('page', 'privacy-policy'), 'changefreq' => 'monthly'],
['url' => route('page', 'terms-and-conditions'), 'changefreq' => 'monthly'],
];
//post url
$posts = Post::select('slug')->where('status', Status::STATUS_PUBLISHED)->get();
foreach ($posts as $post) {
$siteMapUrls[] = [
'url' => route('view-post', ['slug' => $post->slug]),
'changefreq' => 'daily'
];
}
return $siteMapUrls;
}
}Step 4:Â Making Blade File for sitemap.xmlÂ
//sitemap.blade.php
Add below content in your sitemap.blade.php file
@foreach ($urls as $url) @endforeach {{ $url['url'] }} {{ \Carbon\Carbon::now()->toAtomString() }} {{ $url['changefreq'] }}
Step 5:Â Access sitemap.xml in Browser
http://127.0.0.1:8000/sitemap.xml
