The Google Indexing API, Without the Google Cloud Homework
Last updated July 16, 2026 · Full reference: API documentation
Google's official Indexing API is the fastest legitimate way to get pages crawled, and setting it up yourself is a chore: a Google Cloud project, an enabled API, a service account, JSON key management, Search Console ownership wiring, OAuth token exchange, and a 200-requests-per-day quota to babysit. Zeneth Indexer wraps all of that behind one REST endpoint. You verify your site once with a meta tag, generate a key, and this works:
curl -X POST https://index.zenethpro.com/api/v1/submit \
-H "Authorization: Bearer zi_your_api_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"urls": ["https://yoursite.com/new-page"]}'
What you get per request
- Up to 25 URLs per call, each submitted through Google's official Indexing API within seconds.
- Free multi-engine fan-out. Sites with IndexNow connected also ping Bing, Yandex, Naver, and Seznam; those never consume credits.
- Automatic refunds. If Google returns an error for a URL, the credit comes back on its own. Rejected URLs (not on your verified sites) never consume a credit at all.
- Verified outcomes. Every submitted URL is checked against Google Search Console URL Inspection data afterward, so your dashboard shows what is actually indexed, not just what was sent. That is the difference between our API and a fire-and-forget script.
Built for publishing pipelines
The API exists for the moment your CMS hits Publish. Typical setups our customers run:
- CMS webhooks: WordPress/Ghost/Strapi post-publish hook fires one POST with the new URL.
- CI deploys: a build step collects changed pages from the deploy diff and submits them as a batch.
- Programmatic sites: generated pages are submitted as they're created, 25 per call.
- Zapier-style glue: anything that can send an HTTP request can index pages.
And if you'd rather not integrate at all: the same account watches your sitemap every 10 minutes and submits new pages automatically. The API is for when even 10 minutes is too long, or when your URLs aren't in a sitemap.
Do-it-yourself vs Zeneth Indexer API
| Step | Google's API directly | Zeneth Indexer |
|---|
| Google Cloud project + API enable | Required | Not needed |
| Service account + JSON keys | Required, you store keys | Not needed |
| Search Console ownership wiring | Manual, per property | One meta tag, guided |
| OAuth token exchange code | You write it | Bearer key, done |
| Indexed-status verification | Separate URL Inspection API integration | Included, automatic |
| Cost | Free API, your engineering time | $29 per 1,000 URLs, zero setup time |
Constraints we inherit from Google (every honest provider does): URLs must be on sites whose ownership is verified, submission triggers crawling but Google alone decides indexing, and volume is governed by per-project quotas. Anyone advertising unlimited instant guaranteed indexing of arbitrary URLs is not describing the official API.
Getting a key takes 30 seconds
- Create an account and verify your site with a one-line meta tag.
- Open Settings → API Access and click Generate.
- Send your first POST. The docs page has the full request/response reference, status codes, and error table.
Start submitting programmatically
One-time credits from $3. No subscription. Failed submissions auto-refund.
Get Your API Key →
Prefer clicks over code? The same account works through the Chrome extension and the Telegram bot.