Add option for removing trailing slash from the root page

[firstpersoncode]

I'd like to be able to remove trailing slash from the root page.

Right now, when I pass https://example.com as URL, the sitemap will be generated with https://example.com/. This trailing slash can affect the SEO, so it would be nice to have a customization option that would allow us to remove trailing slash from root page.

[youssefm]

Or even better, if you pass in a root URL without a slash, the sitemap should not add a slash for us.

[GonzaloHirsch]

@firstpersoncode have you found a workaround for this? I have the same problem you are describing.

[GonzaloHirsch]

I found a workaround for this, at least until this is included. You can do the following:

1. Install buffer-replace in the project.
2. Replace the last line of the sitemap generation file, which is something along the lines of:

return streamToPromise(sitemap);

With the following:

// Imports
import replace from 'buffer-replace';
// ...
return streamToPromise(sitemap).then((buffer) =>
        replace(buffer, '<loc>https://example.com/</loc>', '<loc>https://example.com</loc>')
    );

3. Now anytime the sitemap is built, the line will be replaced from the buffer directly. It is not ideal, but it does work indeed.

I hope this helps anyone with the same requirement.

[WhidRubeld]

  const stream = new SitemapStream({
    hostname: BASE_URL,
  })

  return streamToPromise(Readable.from(links).pipe(stream)).then((data) => {
    return data.toString().replace(BASE_URL + '/', BASE_URL)
  })