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Externalizing URLs for a sitemap

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I have a servlet on my page template at sitemap.xml.jsp that I'm using to generate a sitemap dynamically. I'm running into an issue with the display of the urls. 

The output currently displays like: 

<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> <url> <loc>http://dispatcher.localhost:8080/content/online/</loc> <lastmod>2017-03-15</lastmod> <priority>1</priority> </url> <url> <loc> http://dispatcher.localhost:8080/content/online/academics </loc> <lastmod>2017-02-23</lastmod> <priority>0.667</priority> </url> <url> <loc> http://dispatcher.localhost:8080/content/online/apply-today </loc> <lastmod>2017-02-24</lastmod> <priority>0.667</priority> </url> <url> <loc> http://dispatcher.localhost:8080/content/online/cincinnati-online-experience </loc> <lastmod>2017-01-02</lastmod> <priority>0.667</priority> </url> ...

As you can see in the <loc> element, instead of the domain (in this case http://online.uc.edu) it's showing a dispatcher url along with the /content/online 

A correct URL would be http://online.uc.edu/cincinnati-online-experience

I'm using externalizer.absoluteLink(), but that doesn't seem to be working in this case. Heres the relevent parts of my jsp file:

public Element getPageNode(Page page, Document doc, Externalizer externalizer, ResourceResolver resourceResolver, SlingHttpServletRequest request,int ogDepth) { //Create a result element Element url = doc.createElement( "url" ); Element loc = doc.createElement( "loc" ); loc.appendChild( doc.createTextNode( externalizer.absoluteLink(request, request.getScheme(),  page.getPath()))); url.appendChild( loc ); return url; }

Do I need to change a setting in the externalizer config to make the absolute link work?

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Hi, Ben.

Yes, there is a specific setting for Externalizer: http://<host>:<port>/system/console/configMgr/com.day.cq.commons.impl.ExternalizerImpl

You can configure a "domain" and use its name as the second parameter of externalLink call.

For further info, please check: https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2/develop/platform/externalizer.html

Be aware that some Sling Mappings may also influence the links generated by the Externalizer.

Regards,

Daniel.

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Hi, Ben.

Yes, there is a specific setting for Externalizer: http://<host>:<port>/system/console/configMgr/com.day.cq.commons.impl.ExternalizerImpl

You can configure a "domain" and use its name as the second parameter of externalLink call.

For further info, please check: https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2/develop/platform/externalizer.html

Be aware that some Sling Mappings may also influence the links generated by the Externalizer.

Regards,

Daniel.

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Be aware that some Sling Mappings may also influence the links generated by the Externalizer.

How it will influence?

In externalizer in set the domain name as www.abc.com.

In etc.dev.publish, i have sling mappings with 2 domains: 1. www.xyz.com  and www.abc.com

When sitemap is generating, it is generating the urls with www.xyz.com/home. How can i avoid it?

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Try externalizer.externalLink(..). Make sure you have configuration for Externalizer domain

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Or you can simply use Sling Mappings (reverse mapping) and ResourceResolver.map to achieve the same result.

Regards,

Daniel.