Knowledge base v2.13.0 · Community edition · data through 2 October 2026
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The programming interface for reading Search Console data, such as performance and URL inspection, outside the web interface.
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To use the Search Console API you need a Google Account with Search Console permission on the property, a project in the Google API Console and OAuth2 credentials (all Search Console APIs except the Testing Tools API need OAuth2).
Google Search Console API documentation · Day 1 · Lightning session A: Automation and AI
Google states that all use of the Search Console API is free of charge but subject to usage limits.
Google Search Console API documentation · Day 1 · Lightning session A: Automation and AI
Slide and stage claims that name it, the ones Google’s documentation does not cover first.
Google said it knew of no plans to add crawl stats to the Search Console API, because that would be a completely new part of the API.
A Google panelist said adding a report that is a variation of the Performance report to the Search Console API would be easier than adding crawl stats, because the Performance report is already in the API.
A community speaker who is not a developer automated monthly SEO reports with Python in Visual Studio Code, using Claude and ChatGPT as coding partners and Google Cloud for access to the Search Console API.
Kira Breuer · Day 1 · Lightning session A: Automation and AI
An audience member asked whether and when crawl stats will be added to the Search Console API.
From the audience · Day 1 · Q&A
Google's Search Relations team talks with the Search Console team about the API more than before, partly because with so many vibe-coded systems around it is very easy to just say 'use the Search Console API to do something', and it is annoying when Search Console has no API for that.
Author's view: the Search Console API itself costs nothing, so the cost check advised on stage before automating reports is about the API's usage limits and the paid parts of the pipeline, such as storage and AI model calls.
Ibrahim Anjro · Day 1 · Lightning session A: Automation and AI
Things named in the same claim, with the number of claims they share.