Get Indexed

A Deno-based tool for submitting URLs to Google's Indexing API and checking their indexing status.

Features

• Parse XML sitemaps (including sitemap index files) to extract URLs
• Submit URLs to Google's Indexing API for indexing/updating
• Check indexing status of submitted URLs
• Support for both single sitemaps and sitemap index files

Prerequisites

• Deno installed
• Google Search Console API access
• Service account credentials with Indexing API permissions

Setup

1. Create a service account in Google Cloud Console
2. The Indexing API is enabled by default – no need to attach any policies to the service account
3. Download the service account credentials JSON file
4. Place the credentials file as service-account.json in the project root
5. Head over to the Google Search Console and add the email of the service account as a user (with "Owner" access)

Usage

1. Update the sitemapUrls array in main.ts with your sitemap URL(s):

// main.ts

const sitemapUrls = [
  'https://example.org/sitemap.xml',
]

// Sitemap index files are supported as well:

const sitemapUrls = [
  'https://example.org/sitemap-index.xml',
]

2. Run the script:

deno run start

To-do

• Add support for more Search Engines