Google Indexing

The Google Indexing API lets a site owner tell Google directly when a page has been added, updated, or removed, instead of waiting for a crawl. It is a two-operation API — publish a URL notification, and read back the latest notification metadata for a URL. Google restricts its use to pages carrying JobPosting structured data, or BroadcastEvent embedded in a VideoObject. It is free of charge, capped by default at 200 publish requests per day per Google Cloud project, and gated on Search Console ownership verification rather than on price.

Google Indexing publishes 2 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network: URL Notifications API and urlNotifications:publish API. Tagged areas include Crawling, Google, Indexing, Search, and SEO.

The Google Indexing catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Google Indexing’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, support, API reference, pricing, and 32 more developer resources.

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Composite quality — 62.7/100 · strong

Contract Quality 11.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 15

Access Clarity 8.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 7.4 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 60.5 — up to +9.9 composite points
Contract Governance scores 18.2 — up to +9.8 composite points
Access Clarity scores 59.2 — up to +8.2 composite points

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google Indexing URL Notifications API

The urlNotifications API from Google Indexing — 1 operation(s) for urlnotifications.

Google Indexing urlNotifications:publish API

The urlNotifications:publish API from Google Indexing — 1 operation(s) for urlnotifications:publish.

Postman Collections 2

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Google Indexing urlNotifications API

POSTMAN

Google Indexing urlNotifications urlNotifications:publish API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 3

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Google Indexing urlNotifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google Indexing urlNotifications urlNotifications:publish API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google Indexing API

OPEN COLLECTION

Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Tell Google a page has been removed

AGENT SKILL

Submit a URL to Google for crawling

AGENT SKILL

Google Indexing API pricing

Prices published by Google Indexing. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Default quota free	Free

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Rate limits

DefaultPublishRequestsPerDayPerProject: 200 publish requests
DefaultMetadataRequestsPerMinutePerProject: 180 read requests
DefaultRequestsPerMinutePerProject: 380 requests

Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Indexing Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Indexing Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Google Indexing

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google Indexing Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

context Context

13 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Indexing — jsonschema rules

4 rules · 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Google Indexing API Rules

15 rules · 10 errors 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 2

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Google Indexing Urlnotifications Api Overlay

9 actions · documentation · google-indexing-urlnotifications-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Google Indexing Urlnotifications Publish Api Overlay

9 actions · documentation · google-indexing-urlnotifications-publish-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Google Indexing URL Notification

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Indexing Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Google Indexing Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Indexing Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Indexing Scopes

1 scope · jwt-bearer/authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Indexing Agentic Access

2 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

GettingStarted

SignUp

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conventions

DataModel

SpectralRules

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Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

SecurityTxt

Security

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Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

Support

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: google-indexing
name: Google Indexing
description: The Google Indexing API lets a site owner tell Google directly when a page has been added, updated, or removed,
  instead of waiting for a crawl. It is a two-operation API — publish a URL notification, and read back the latest notification
  metadata for a URL. Google restricts its use to pages carrying JobPosting structured data, or BroadcastEvent embedded in
  a VideoObject. It is free of charge, capped by default at 200 publish requests per day per Google Cloud project, and gated
  on Search Console ownership verification rather than on price.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup, eligibility-gated
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-08-13'
  method: searched
  note: Corrected from `freemium` on 2026-08-13. Google's quota and pricing page states "All use of the Indexing API is available
    without payment." There are no paid tiers. The real gate is content eligibility plus Search Console delegated site ownership,
    not a paywall.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-indexing.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-indexing/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-08-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
tags:
- Crawling
- Google
- Indexing
- Search
- SEO
- URLs
apis:
- aid: google-indexing:google-indexing-urlnotifications-api
  name: Google Indexing URL Notifications API
  description: The urlNotifications API from Google Indexing — 1 operation(s) for urlnotifications.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart
  baseURL: https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - urlNotifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-indexing-urlnotifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DiscoveryDocument
    url: openapi/_original/google-indexing-discovery-v3.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/google-indexing-urlnotifications-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/using-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/reference/indexing/rest/v3/urlNotifications
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/prereqs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/UrlNotification.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/google-indexing-spectral-rules.yml
- aid: google-indexing:google-indexing-urlnotifications-publish-api
  name: Google Indexing urlNotifications:publish API
  description: The urlNotifications:publish API from Google Indexing — 1 operation(s) for urlnotifications:publish.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart
  baseURL: https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3
  tags:
  - urlNotifications:publish
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-indexing-urlnotifications-publish-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DiscoveryDocument
    url: openapi/_original/google-indexing-discovery-v3.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/google-indexing-urlnotifications-publish-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/using-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/reference/indexing/rest/v3/urlNotifications
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/prereqs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/UrlNotification.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/google-indexing-spectral-rules.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.google.com/
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-indexing/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-indexing-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-indexing-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-indexing-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-indexing-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-indexing-scopes.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/prereqs
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developers.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.search.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.google.com/webmasters/community
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/context.jsonld
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/reference/indexing/rest/v3/urlNotifications
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quota-pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/indexing.googleapis.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://developers.google.com/search/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/googleapis
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/google-indexing-sandbox.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/google-indexing-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/google-indexing-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/google-indexing-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/google-indexing-security.txt
- type: Security
  url: security/google-indexing-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/google-indexing-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/google-indexing-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/google-indexing-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/google-indexing-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/google-indexing-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/google-indexing-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/google-indexing-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/google-indexing-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/google-indexing-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/google-indexing-finops.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/google-indexing-spectral-rules.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-13'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 20
  pass: local-v1
x-parent: google
x-relationship: product

Google Indexing API — frequently asked questions

Does Google Indexing have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 2 APIs from Google Indexing, including Google Indexing URL Notifications API and Google Indexing urlNotifications:publish API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Google Indexing API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 2 OpenAPI specifications for Google Indexing, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Google Indexing API?

Google Indexing documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Google Indexing Authentication.

How much does the Google Indexing API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Google Indexing, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Google Indexing API ready for AI agents?

Google Indexing has a Kin Score of 62.7 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 28.6 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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