diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7a7e24a..b7ab188 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1566,7 +1566,6 @@
       "version": "4.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/@pushrocks%2fsmartjson/-/smartjson-4.0.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-i4kBjZSbs1t8swcAPEdPkDJHci2higzvMIkNUKTgXWrcxUFMuOis/B5huUnnIqg/Td8R+mAdf/B/CMfgjABTlg==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@types/buffer-json": "^2.0.0",
         "@types/fast-json-stable-stringify": "^2.0.0",
@@ -2033,7 +2032,6 @@
       "version": "2.0.13",
       "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/@pushrocks%2fwebrequest/-/webrequest-2.0.13.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-FNRthRBrBmc3Eu+NRkVrPudbmWMphph/Y15feHo7tUj7Y4MhP0uSy2/95vM3b5LcXQldOEH3GA9SB7VYJ1+VPw==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@pushrocks/smartdelay": "^2.0.10",
         "@pushrocks/smartenv": "^4.0.15",
@@ -2156,8 +2154,7 @@
     "@types/buffer-json": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/@types%2fbuffer-json/-/buffer-json-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-nFKOrY93Tvv5Tobws+YbkGlPOJsn1nVpZah3BlSyQ4EniFm97KLvSr54tZ5xQp8mlf/XxbYwskNCYQB9EdrPlQ==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-nFKOrY93Tvv5Tobws+YbkGlPOJsn1nVpZah3BlSyQ4EniFm97KLvSr54tZ5xQp8mlf/XxbYwskNCYQB9EdrPlQ=="
     },
     "@types/chai": {
       "version": "4.2.14",
@@ -3218,8 +3215,7 @@
     "buffer-json": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/buffer-json/-/buffer-json-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+jjPFVqyfF1esi9fvfUs3NqM0pH1ziZ36VP4hmA/y/Ssfo/5w5xHKfTw9BwQjoJ1w/oVtpLomqwUHKdefGyuHw==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-+jjPFVqyfF1esi9fvfUs3NqM0pH1ziZ36VP4hmA/y/Ssfo/5w5xHKfTw9BwQjoJ1w/oVtpLomqwUHKdefGyuHw=="
     },
     "buffer-xor": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
@@ -7526,8 +7522,7 @@
     "node-fetch": {
       "version": "2.6.1",
       "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw=="
     },
     "node-forge": {
       "version": "0.7.6",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc237a1..fcbfd37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "@pushrocks/smartfeed": "^1.0.5",
     "@pushrocks/smartxml": "^1.0.6",
     "@pushrocks/smartyaml": "^2.0.5",
+    "@pushrocks/webrequest": "^2.0.13",
     "@tsclass/tsclass": "^3.0.25"
   },
   "browserslist": [
diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 5a6b7d1..a1312d7 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ tap.test('should create a sitemap from feed', async () => {
   console.log(sitemapString);
 });
 
+tap.test('should parse a sitemap', async () => {
+  const result = await testSmartsitemap.parseSitemapUrl('https://www.theverge.com/sitemaps');
+  console.log(result.sitemapindex.sitemap);
+})
+
 tap.start();
diff --git a/ts/smartsitemap.classes.smartsitemap.ts b/ts/smartsitemap.classes.smartsitemap.ts
index a3567aa..843b126 100644
--- a/ts/smartsitemap.classes.smartsitemap.ts
+++ b/ts/smartsitemap.classes.smartsitemap.ts
@@ -59,4 +59,23 @@ export class SmartSitemap {
     }
     return sitemapWebsite.exportSitemapXml();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * parses a sitemap url
+   */
+  public async parseSitemapUrl(urlArg: string) {
+    const sitemapXml = await (await (new plugins.webrequest.WebRequest()).request(urlArg, {
+      method: 'GET'
+    })).text();
+
+    const parsedSitemap = await this.parseSitemap(sitemapXml);
+    return parsedSitemap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * parses a sitemap
+   */
+  public async parseSitemap(sitemapXmlArg: string) {
+    return (new plugins.smartxml.SmartXml()).parseXmlToObject(sitemapXmlArg);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartsitemap.plugins.ts b/ts/smartsitemap.plugins.ts
index 8f7dd42..82472e6 100644
--- a/ts/smartsitemap.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/smartsitemap.plugins.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import * as smartcache from '@pushrocks/smartcache';
 import * as smartfeed from '@pushrocks/smartfeed';
 import * as smartxml from '@pushrocks/smartxml';
 import * as smartyaml from '@pushrocks/smartyaml';
+import * as webrequest from '@pushrocks/webrequest';
 
 export {
   smartcache,
   smartfeed,
   smartxml,
-  smartyaml
+  smartyaml,
+  webrequest
 };
 
 // tsclass