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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Submit URL for Indexing with the Google Search Console API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Submit URL for Indexing action
1. Connect your Google Search Console account
2. Configure URL for indexing
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Submit URL for Indexing on Google Search Console

Description:Sends a URL update notification to the Google Indexing API

Version:0.0.1

Key:google_search_console-submit-url-for-indexing

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Code#

/**
 * Submits a URL to the Google Indexing API to notify that content was updated.
 * Uses `URL_UPDATED` type. Full docs in README.md
 */

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform";
import gsConsole from "../../google_search_console.app.mjs";
import { trimIfString } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {

  name: "Submit URL for Indexing",
  description: "Sends a URL update notification to the Google Indexing API",
  key: "google_search_console-submit-url-for-indexing",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    gsConsole,
    siteUrl: {
      type: "string",
      label: "URL for indexing",
      description: "URL to be submitted for indexing",
    },
  },

  //=================== RUN ==============================
  //======================================================

  async run({ $ }) {

    this.siteUrl = trimIfString(this.siteUrl);

    // Accumulator for non-blocking warnings
    let warnings = [];

    /*
      Validate the submitted site URL.
      - May throw if invalid
      - May return warnings for issues like suspicious characters
    */
    const urlCheck = this.gsConsole.checkIfUrlValid(this.siteUrl);

    if (urlCheck.warnings) warnings.push(...urlCheck.warnings);

    // Prepare the API response object
    let response;

    try {
      // Submit the URL to the Google Indexing API
      response = await axios($, {
        method: "POST",
        url: "https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications:publish",
        headers: {
          "Authorization": `Bearer ${this.gsConsole.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
        },
        data: {
          url: this.siteUrl,
          type: "URL_UPDATED", // Notifies Google that the content at this URL has been updated
        },
      });
    } catch (error) {
      /*
        Determine whether the error originated from:
        - Internal validation logic
        - The external API call

        Helps distinguish between coding issues vs API issues.
      */
      const thrower = gsConsole.methods.checkWhoThrewError(error);

      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch data ( ${thrower.whoThrew} error ) : ${error.message}. ` + warnings.join("\n- "));

    };
    // Output a summary message and any accumulated warnings
    $.export("$summary", ` URL submitted to Google: ${this.siteUrl}`  + warnings.join("\n- "));
    // Return the raw API response
    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Search Console	`gsConsole`	`app`	This component uses the Google Search Console app.
URL for indexing	`siteUrl`	`string`	URL to be submitted for indexing

Authentication#

Google Search Console uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Search Console account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Search Console and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Search Console API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmastershttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/siteverificationhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/indexing