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POST
/
api
/
cron
/
submit-indexnow
curl -X POST https://searchcompany-main.up.railway.app/api/cron/submit-indexnow \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "source_url": "https://nike.com",
    "urls": [
      "https://nike.com/expert-review/",
      "https://nike.com/comparison/"
    ]
  }'

{
  "status": "success",
  "submitted": 2,
  "http_status": 200
}
Internal endpoint for the Cron service to notify search engines about new URLs.
IndexNow submissions are automatically shared across all participating search engines: Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam.cz, Yep, and Amazon.

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Why IndexNow?

Without IndexNow, search engines may take days to weeks to discover new content. With IndexNow, search engines are notified immediately when content is added, updated, or deleted.

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Request Body

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source_url
string
required
The customer’s real domain (e.g. “https://nike.com”). IndexNow submissions must match this host.
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urls
array
required
Array of full URLs to submit (up to 10,000 per request)

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Response

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status
string
“success” or “error”
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submitted
integer
Number of URLs submitted
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http_status
integer
HTTP status code from IndexNow API
curl -X POST https://searchcompany-main.up.railway.app/api/cron/submit-indexnow \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "source_url": "https://nike.com",
    "urls": [
      "https://nike.com/expert-review/",
      "https://nike.com/comparison/"
    ]
  }'

{
  "status": "success",
  "submitted": 2,
  "http_status": 200
}

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IndexNow Response Codes

CodeMeaning
200OK - URLs submitted successfully
202Accepted - URLs received, key validation pending
400Bad request - Invalid format
403Forbidden - Key not valid (check key file exists)
422Unprocessable - URLs don’t belong to host
429Too Many Requests - Rate limited

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Key Verification

IndexNow requires a key file at the site root to verify ownership. This is automatically added during site creation: 
https://example.searchcompany.dev/{INDEXNOW_KEY}.txt
The key file contains the key itself (from INDEXNOW_KEY env var).

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Workflow

This is Phase 3 of the AI articles workflow: 
Phase 1: Generate content (parallel)
├── create-ai-article (×N) → Returns files

Phase 2: Deploy to Vercel (single deployment)
└── deploy-to-vercel → Deploys all files

Phase 3: Submit to IndexNow (this endpoint)
└── submit-indexnow → Notifies search engines

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