index-now#

Instantly submit URLs for indexing across search engines using IndexNow protocol and Google Indexing API.

Capabilities#

• Submit URLs to IndexNow — Instantly notify Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam about new or updated pages
• Submit to Google Indexing API — Request fast crawling from Google (requires service account)
• Submit entire sitemaps — Parse sitemap XML and submit all URLs at once
• Generate API keys — Create IndexNow API keys and verification files
• Check indexing status — See when Google last received indexing notifications

IndexNow Setup#

IndexNow requires two things:

1. An API key (any UUID string)
2. A verification file at your domain root ( https://yourdomain.com/{key}.txt)

Generate a key:#

bash

# Generate a UUID
uuidgen
# Example: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890

# Create verification file
echo "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890" > public/a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890.txt

How to Submit URLs#

IndexNow (Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam)#

When asked to submit URLs for indexing:

1. User needs an IndexNow API key (help them generate one if they don't have one)
2. Submit to all engines simultaneously using the IndexNow API
3. Report results per engine

Google Indexing API#

Requires a Google Cloud service account with Indexing API enabled:

1. Create a service account in Google Cloud Console
2. Enable the Indexing API
3. Add the service account email as an owner in Google Search Console
4. Generate an access token

Supported Engines#

EngineProtocolDaily LimitBingIndexNowUnlimitedYandexIndexNowUnlimitedNaverIndexNowUnlimitedSeznamIndexNowUnlimitedGoogleIndexing API200 URLs/day (default)

Common Use Cases#

• After publishing new blog posts or pages
• After updating existing content
• After a site migration (submit all new URLs)
• After fixing SEO issues (request re-crawl)
• Submitting an entire sitemap for a new site

Response Codes#

CodeMeaning200OK — URLs submitted successfully202Accepted — URLs queued for processing400Bad request — check URL format403Forbidden — API key doesn't match host422Unprocessable — URLs don't belong to host429Rate limited — try again later