Python Guide to Google Search Console API

Python Guide to Google Search Console

Short Automaton brings you a step-by-step beginners guide to using the Google Search Console API with Python 3. Our goal is to provide an easy-to-use guide for new Pythonistas to wrap their arms around organic search data at scale.

Step 1: Creating Google API Credentials

Before you even begin to start coding, you need to create credentials so your Python program can talk to Google Search Console without needing a browser. We walk you through how to create a project in the Google Cloud platform, add APIs to your project, create an OAuth Consent Screen, and finally create your OAuth credentials.

Guide to Creating Google API Credentials

Step 2: Connecting To Google Search Console API with Python

After creating your credentials, you can put them to use in Python. We walk you through one of the most efficient ways to authenticate your Python script so you can begin interacting with the Google Search Console API.

Guide to Connect to Google Search Console API with Python

Step 3: Executing Basic Google Search Console API Requests with Python

Once you’re connected to Google Search Console, you can begin making requests to the API. There are four main API reports that we cover: sites, sitemaps, search analytics, and the new URL inspection. You’ll learn how to send the request as well as how to read, understand, and process the results. Every report we go over can be accessed from read-only user access.

How to make Google Search Console API requests with Python

Step 4: Creating a Google Search Console Importable Python Script

Finally, we help you clean up your code by turning everything you learned into a simple, importable set of functions. We cover how to turn the requests into callable functions, how to use if __name__ == "__main__" to run our code but not when it’s imported, and two ways to set up your folder/file structure so you can reduce future scripts by over 50 lines of code.

How to turn Google Search Console API script into an importable set of functions

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