How to Use Returned Status Codes#
All submission methods return the status code of the response, e.g. 200
for success, 202
for accepted, 400
for bad request, etc.
This can be useful if you want to know if the URLs or sitemaps were submitted successfully to the IndexNow API.
Example of Status Code as Condition#
Before submitting all URLs, you can test if the first URL was submitted successfully and herafter continue with the rest of the URLs. A variation of previous examples:
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Overview of Status Codes#
According to the IndexNow API documentation, the following status codes are returned:
Typical Status Codes
Code | Response | Β Description |
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200 | OK | Β URL submitted successfully. |
202 | Accepted | URL received. IndexNow key validation pending. |
400 | Bad request | The request was invalid. |
403 | Forbidden | In case of key not valid (e.g. key not found, file found but key not in the file). |
422 | Unprocessable entity | In case of URLs which donβt belong to the host or the key is not matching the schema in the protocol. |
429 | Too many requests | Too many requests (potential spam). |
If you get 500
or similar as status code, it's likely that the server is experiencing an error. Then try again later.