Google Search Console

Query Google Search Console via curl + jq. The user's OAuth bearer token is in $GOOGLE_SEARCH_CONSOLE_TOKEN (scope webmasters.readonly); every call needs Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_SEARCH_CONSOLE_TOKEN. Base: https://searchconsole.googleapis.com.

Failures are {"error":{"code","message","status"}} — show verbatim. 401 = re-install. 403 = the token's account doesn't own/verify that site.

AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_SEARCH_CONSOLE_TOKEN"
# Verified sites (siteUrl is the property — URL-encode it in later calls)
curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "https://searchconsole.googleapis.com/webmasters/v3/sites" \
  | jq '.siteEntry[] | {siteUrl, permissionLevel}'

Search analytics

# Top queries by clicks for the last 28 days. siteUrl must be URL-encoded
# (https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F  or  sc-domain%3Aexample.com).
SITE="https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F"
curl -sS -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "startDate":"2026-05-24","endDate":"2026-06-21",
  "dimensions":["query"],"rowLimit":10
}' "https://searchconsole.googleapis.com/webmasters/v3/sites/$SITE/searchAnalytics/query" \
  | jq '.rows[] | {query: .keys[0], clicks, impressions, ctr, position}'

Swap dimensions for ["page"], ["country"], ["date"], or combine ["query","page"]. Add "dimensionFilterGroups" to filter by page/country.

Sitemaps & URL inspection

# Submitted sitemaps
curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "https://searchconsole.googleapis.com/webmasters/v3/sites/$SITE/sitemaps" \
  | jq '.sitemap[] | {path, lastDownloaded, errors, warnings}'

# Is a URL indexed?
curl -sS -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"inspectionUrl":"https://example.com/page","siteUrl":"https://example.com/"}' \
  "https://searchconsole.googleapis.com/v1/urlInspection/index:inspect" \
  | jq '.inspectionResult.indexStatusResult | {verdict, coverageState, lastCrawlTime}'

Gotchas

• Two property shapes: URL-prefix (https://example.com/) vs Domain (sc-domain:example.com). Use exactly the siteUrl from the sites list, URL-encoded.
• Data lags ~2–3 days; the most recent dates may be partial/empty — set endDate a couple days back for stable numbers.
• ctr is 0–1, position is average rank (lower = better).