generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/libraries
provider: Google Indexing
providerId: google-indexing
note: >-
  The Indexing API has NO test mode and NO sandbox environment. There are no test keys, no magic test
  URLs, and no fixture values — every call goes to production Google Search and consumes real daily
  quota. What Google does publish is an interactive, authenticated console (the APIs Explorer) and a
  token-minting playground. Both are recorded below because they are the only "try it" surfaces that
  exist. No test value is invented here because Google publishes none.
test_mode:
  available: false
  key_prefixes: null
  modes: []
  note: >-
    There is no test-vs-live distinction. Submitting a URL_UPDATED notification is a production request
    against Google Search and counts against the 200/day publish quota. The only way to exercise the API
    without side effects is getMetadata, which is read-only — and it can only query URLs previously seen
    in a successful notification from the same project.
consoles:
  - name: Google APIs Explorer (Indexing API v3)
    type: interactive-console
    url: https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/indexing/v3/
    status: 200
    probed: '2026-08-13'
    auth: Google sign-in, OAuth consent for https://www.googleapis.com/auth/indexing
    executes_real_requests: true
    note: >-
      Browser console that builds and sends real, authorized requests to the two Indexing API
      operations. Linked from Google's own Install Client Libraries page. Requests are live.
  - name: OAuth 2.0 Playground
    type: token-minting-console
    url: https://developers.google.com/oauthplayground/
    status: 200
    probed: '2026-08-13'
    auth: Google sign-in
    executes_real_requests: true
    note: >-
      Exchanges an authorization code for an access token against any Google scope, including
      https://www.googleapis.com/auth/indexing. Useful for getting a bearer token by hand before calling
      the API; it is not a sandbox for the API itself.
test_data:
  test_urls: []
  test_accounts: []
  fixtures: []
  triggers: []
  time_simulation: false
  note: >-
    None published. The documentation's worked example uses a real public URL
    (https://careers.google.com/jobs/google/technical-writer) purely as an illustration of body shape;
    it is not a reserved test value and is not recorded here as one.
prerequisites_before_any_call:
  steps:
    - Create a Google Cloud project and enable the Indexing API.
    - Create a service account and download its JSON private key.
    - Verify the site in Search Console.
    - Add the service account email as a delegated site owner on that property.
  source: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/prereqs
  note: >-
    This four-step gate is the practical barrier to trying the API. There is no way to make a successful
    call without completing all four — an unauthenticated call returns 401, and an authenticated call
    against an unverified property returns 403 "Failed to verify the URL ownership."