Google Search Console Sitemaps API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Google Search Console Sitemaps API
  description: The Google Search Console API provides programmatic access to Search Console data. Query search analytics to understand how your site appears in Google Search results, manage sitemaps for efficient crawling, inspect individual URLs to check indexing status and crawl details, and manage site-level verification and permissions.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Google Search Console API Support
    url: https://support.google.com/webmasters/
  termsOfService: https://developers.google.com/terms
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
servers:
- url: https://searchconsole.googleapis.com
  description: Google Search Console API Production Server
security:
- OAuth2:
  - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters
tags:
- name: Sitemaps
  description: Submit and manage sitemaps and sitemap indexes for your site. List submitted sitemaps, check their processing status, submit new sitemaps, and delete previously submitted sitemaps.
paths:
  /webmasters/v3/sites/{siteUrl}/sitemaps:
    get:
      operationId: listSitemaps
      summary: Google Search Console List Sitemaps
      description: Lists the sitemaps submitted for the specified site. Returns both manually submitted sitemaps and sitemaps discovered via robots.txt. Includes processing status, error counts, and content details for each sitemap.
      tags:
      - Sitemaps
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters.readonly
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteUrl'
      - name: sitemapIndex
        in: query
        required: false
        description: A URL of a sitemap index. If specified, only sitemaps that are listed in this sitemap index are returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uri
        example: https://www.example.com
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of sitemaps.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SitemapsListResponse'
              examples:
                Listsitemaps200Example:
                  summary: Default listSitemaps 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    sitemap:
                    - path: https://www.example.com
                      lastSubmitted: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
                      isPending: true
                      isSitemapsIndex: true
                      type: atomFeed
                      lastDownloaded: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
                      warnings: 10
                      errors: 10
                      contents: {}
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /webmasters/v3/sites/{siteUrl}/sitemaps/{feedpath}:
    get:
      operationId: getSitemap
      summary: Google Search Console Get Sitemap Details
      description: Retrieves information about a specific sitemap, including its type, last submission time, processing status, warnings, errors, and the number of URLs it contains.
      tags:
      - Sitemaps
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters.readonly
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteUrl'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Feedpath'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sitemap details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WmxSitemap'
              examples:
                Getsitemap200Example:
                  summary: Default getSitemap 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    path: https://www.example.com
                    lastSubmitted: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
                    isPending: true
                    isSitemapsIndex: true
                    type: atomFeed
                    lastDownloaded: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
                    warnings: 10
                    errors: 10
                    contents:
                    - type: web
                      submitted: 10
                      indexed: 10
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
    put:
      operationId: submitSitemap
      summary: Google Search Console Submit a Sitemap
      description: Submits a sitemap for a site. If the sitemap has already been submitted, it will be resubmitted and re-processed. The sitemap URL must be accessible to Googlebot. Submitting a sitemap index will submit all sitemaps listed in the index.
      tags:
      - Sitemaps
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteUrl'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Feedpath'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Sitemap submitted successfully.
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
    delete:
      operationId: deleteSitemap
      summary: Google Search Console Delete a Sitemap
      description: Deletes a previously submitted sitemap from Search Console. This does not prevent Google from crawling the URLs in the sitemap; it only removes the sitemap from the list of submitted sitemaps in Search Console.
      tags:
      - Sitemaps
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteUrl'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Feedpath'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Sitemap deleted successfully.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    WmxSitemapContent:
      type: object
      description: Content type information within a sitemap.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of content in this sitemap segment.
          enum:
          - web
          - image
          - video
          - news
          - mobile
          - androidApp
          - pattern
          - iosApp
          - dataFeedElement
          example: web
        submitted:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The number of URLs of this type submitted in the sitemap.
          example: 10
        indexed:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The number of URLs of this type that have been indexed by Google.
          example: 10
    SitemapsListResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response for listing sitemaps.
      properties:
        sitemap:
          type: array
          description: List of sitemaps for the site.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/WmxSitemap'
          example: []
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Standard Google API error response.
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              description: HTTP status code.
            message:
              type: string
              description: A human-readable error message.
            status:
              type: string
              description: The status code string (e.g., INVALID_ARGUMENT).
            errors:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  domain:
                    type: string
                  reason:
                    type: string
          example: example_value
    WmxSitemap:
      type: object
      description: Information about a sitemap submitted to Search Console. Includes processing status, error counts, and content details.
      properties:
        path:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URL of the sitemap.
          example: https://www.example.com
        lastSubmitted:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Date and time when the sitemap was last submitted to Search Console.
          example: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
        isPending:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the sitemap is still being processed.
          example: true
        isSitemapsIndex:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this is a sitemap index file.
          example: true
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of content in the sitemap.
          enum:
          - atomFeed
          - rssFeed
          - sitemap
          - urlList
          - patternSitemap
          - notSitemap
          example: atomFeed
        lastDownloaded:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Date and time when the sitemap was last downloaded by Google.
          example: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
        warnings:
          type: integer
          description: Number of warnings for the sitemap.
          example: 10
        errors:
          type: integer
          description: Number of errors for the sitemap.
          example: 10
        contents:
          type: array
          description: Content details for this sitemap, broken down by content type.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/WmxSitemapContent'
          example: []
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: Insufficient permissions for the requested operation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication required or invalid credentials.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was invalid or cannot be served.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  parameters:
    SiteUrl:
      name: siteUrl
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The site's URL, including protocol. For domain properties, use the format sc-domain:example.com. For URL-prefix properties, use the full URL (e.g., https://example.com/). The URL must be encoded.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: https://example.com/
    Feedpath:
      name: feedpath
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The URL of the sitemap. Must be the full URL, including the protocol (e.g., https://example.com/sitemap.xml). The URL must be encoded.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uri
      example: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authentication for accessing Google Search Console data. Requires the webmasters or webmasters.readonly scope depending on the operation.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
          scopes:
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters: View and manage Search Console data for your verified sites
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters.readonly: View Search Console data for your verified sites
externalDocs:
  description: Google Search Console API Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/v1/api_reference_index