API Credentials for Google Search Console

Guide to obtaining tokens, keys, and connections.

To connect Google Search Console to Botize, create an OAuth client in a Google Cloud project, enable the Google Search Console API, and copy the Client ID and Client Secret. You need a Google account and access to the Google Search Console properties you want to use.

Google OAuth Client ID and Client Secret

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    Open "https://console.cloud.google.com" and sign in with your Google account.

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    Click the project selector labeled "You're currently working in … Hit enter to switch projects, folders, or organizations".

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    Click "New project".

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    Enter a project name in "Project name" and click "Create".

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    Open the project-creation notification to switch to the new project.

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    Open "https://console.cloud.google.com/apis?project=YOUR_PROJECT_ID".

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    Click "Enable APIs and services".

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    In "Search for APIs & Services", enter "Search Console API" and press Enter.

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    Click "Google Search Console API: The Search Console API provides access to Search Console data".

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    Click "enable this API".

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    Open "https://console.cloud.google.com/auth/clients?project=YOUR_PROJECT_ID".

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    Click "Create client".

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    Set "Application type" to "Web application".

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    Enter "Botize" in "Name".

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    Under "Authorized redirect URIs", click "Add URI" and enter "https://botize.com/callback/gsearchconsole". Leave "Authorized JavaScript origins" empty.

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    Click "Create".

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    On the confirmation screen, copy the value labeled "Client ID" using its "Copy to clipboard" button. Do not share it publicly.

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    Copy the value labeled "Client Secret" using its "Copy to clipboard" button. Treat it as private and do not include the value in documentation.

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    In Botize, paste the Client ID into "Client ID (OAuth of your Google Cloud project)" and the Client Secret into "Client Secret".