#BigSitemap

This package was based on the big_sitemap ruby gem.

From BigSitemap:

BigSitemap is a Sitemapgenerator suitable for applications with greater than 50,000 URLs. It splits large Sitemaps into multiple files, gzips the files to minimize bandwidth usage...

##Usage

import bigsitemap

options = {
    'gzip': True,
    'ping': True,
    'base_url': 'http://cdn.mywebsite.com/sitemaps/',
    'site_url': 'http://www.mywebsite.com/',
    'base_path': '/var/www/cdn/sitemaps'
}

sections = ['/', '/boats', '/cars', '/gadgets', '/travel']
places   = ['/parents-house.html', '/grocery-store.html']

generator = bigsitemap.Generator(**options)
for section in sections:
    generator.add_url('sections', section, last_modified=datetime.now(), change_frequency='daily', priority=0.6)
for place in places:
    generator.add_url('places', place, last_modified=datetime.now(), change_frequency='daily', priority=0.6)

generator.finish() 
generator.files() #Returns ['sitemap.xml.gz', 'sections.xml.gz', 'places.xml.gz']

If your sitemaps grow beyond 50,000 URLs, the sitemap files will be partitioned into multiple files (places_1.xml.gz, places_2.xml.gz, ...).

##Initialization Options

• gzip: Use gzip? Default False.
• ping: Ping google and bing on finish? Default False.
• base_path: Where to store the sitemap files? required
• site_url: What is your website url? required
• base_url: If you store the xml files into another host, supply it here. Default site_url.

##Change Frequency, Priority and Last Modified

You can control changefreq, priority and lastmod values for each record individually by passing them as optional arguments when adding URLs:

generator.add_url('sections', section,
    last_modified=datetime.now(),
    change_frequency='daily',
    priority=0.6
)

##TODO - Writer class for dependency injection - Automated tests

##Credits Many thanks to Stateless Systems statelesssystems.com for releasing the big_sitemap ruby [gem] (https://rubygems.org/gems/big_sitemap).