Google Indexing API
The Indexing API allows any site owner to directly notify Google when pages are added or removed, enabling faster crawling and indexing of content such as job postings and livestream videos.
Google Indexing API is one of 6 APIs that Google Search Console publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Crawling, Indexing, SEO, and URL Submission. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, pricing, and an API reference.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v3.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://indexing.googleapis.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Google Indexing API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope.
By default, every request must be authenticated.
OAuth2— Google OAuth 2.0. Authorization server metadata: https://accounts.google.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are UrlNotificationMetadata (3 properties), UrlNotification (3 properties), PublishUrlNotificationResponse (1 property), GoogleApiError (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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