Public SEO - Google & Bing Index Automation
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workflow.json
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"url": "={{ $json.loc }}",
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"name": "convert page data to JSON",
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{
"name": "lastmod",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.lastmod }}"
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"value": "={{ $json.loc }}"
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"name": "Filter: lastmod within DAYS_BACK",
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"jsCode": "const daysBack = $items('Config')[0].json.DAYS_BACK || 7;\nconst cutoff = new Date(Date.now() - daysBack*24*60*60*1000);\nconst items = $items().filter(i => {\n const lm = i.json.lastmod ? new Date(i.json.lastmod) : null;\n return lm && lm >= cutoff;}).map(i => ({ json: { loc: i.json.loc, lastmod: i.json.lastmod } }));\nreturn items;"
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"name": "Check status (Google)",
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"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
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"parameters": {
"url": "=https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications/metadata?url={{ encodeURIComponent($json.loc) }}",
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"response": {
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"fullResponse": true
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"conditions": {
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"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
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"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "3ab7c657-442a-42cd-8ae8-e540da5d9eb8",
"operator": {
"type": "dateTime",
"operation": "after"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('Loop Over Items (Google)').item.json.lastmod }}",
"rightValue": "={{ $json.body.latestUpdate.notifyTime }}"
}
]
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{
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"name": "URL Updated (Google)",
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
"url": "=https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications:publish",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={ \"url\": \"{{ $('Loop Over Items (Google)').item.json.loc }}\", \"type\": \"URL_UPDATED\" }",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"nodeCredentialType": "googleApi"
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{
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"name": "Wait (Google jitter)",
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"webhookId": "edc2dccb-7bcb-4f01-a5c5-fb0ce0d46176",
"parameters": {
"unit": "seconds",
"amount": "={{ (0.25 + Math.random()*0.75).toFixed(2) }}"
},
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{
"id": "904715c5-ddb7-40cc-b256-1b7c80b5a736",
"name": "Split In Batches (IndexNow ≤500)",
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"parameters": {
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"batchSize": "={{ Math.min(($items('Config')[0].json.BATCH_SIZE || 500), 500) }}"
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"name": "Build IndexNow payload",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
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"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const batch = $items();\nif (!batch.length) return [];\n\n// 1) Pull & sanitize raw URLs\nlet urls = batch\n .map(i => (i && i.json && i.json.loc) ? String(i.json.loc).trim() : null)\n .filter(u => !!u); // remove null/empty\n\n// 2) Keep only absolute http/https\nurls = urls.filter(u => /^https?:\\/\\//i.test(u));\n\n// 3) Ensure they match your site host (precompute host once)\nconst siteUrl = $items('Config')[0].json.SITE_URL || '';\nconst m = siteUrl.match(/^https?:\\/\\/([^/]+)/i);\nconst host = m ? m[1] : '';\n\n// If you prefer to pass HOST explicitly in Config, replace host above with:\n// const host = $items('Config')[0].json.HOST;\n\nurls = urls.filter(u => {\n const h = (u.match(/^https?:\\/\\/([^/]+)/i) || [])[1] || '';\n return h.toLowerCase() === host.toLowerCase();\n});\n\n// 4) De-dupe\nurls = Array.from(new Set(urls));\n\n// 5) Guard: IndexNow expects at least 1 valid URL\nif (!urls.length || !host) return [];\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n host,\n key: $items('Config')[0].json.INDEXNOW_KEY,\n keyLocation: $items('Config')[0].json.INDEXNOW_KEY_URL,\n urlList: urls\n }\n}];\n"
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"typeVersion": 2
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{
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"name": "IndexNow Submit",
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow",
"method": "POST",
"options": {
"response": {
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"jsonBody": "={{ $json }}",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json"
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"webhookId": "76b904af-d359-47cb-9692-eba41ab10efe",
"parameters": {
"unit": "seconds",
"amount": "={{ (0.25 + Math.random()*0.75).toFixed(2) }}"
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"parameters": {
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"height": 688,
"content": "## Config File\n**You MUST** update these variables:\n* SITE_URL\n* SITEMAP_URL\n* INDEXNOW_KEY: you can create it in the Bing Webmaster tools here https://www.bing.com/indexnow/getstarted \n* INDEXNOW_KEY_URL: it's usually your domain and the INDEXNOW_KEY: wwww.example.com/<INDEXNOW_KEY>\n\nVariables you can update depending on your specs:\n* DAYS_BACK: 7 by default. For Google it's checking the status of the page before submitting but for Indexnow it will ask to index all the pages that been last updated in the last 7 days \n* BATCH_SIZE: 500 it's the default recommended by IndexNow\n* USE_GOOGLE, USE_INDEXNOW: by default it's true which means the process will run for both Google and IndexNow\n"
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"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 2160,
"height": 496,
"content": "## Parsing the sitemap and generating a list of the urls order by last modification date.\n* No need to edit anything here"
},
"typeVersion": 1
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"content": "## Google Autosubmitting\n* You need to update the \"Check status (Google)\" and \"URL updated (Google)\" node with your credentials\n* To create your credentials I recommend the following:\n** Create a service account here https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts\n** Permissions: Owner\n** Once created you go in the \"Keys\" tab, and create key. That will download a JSON file with your private key and the service account email you created\n* In the two nodes:\n** Authentication: Select \"Predefined credential type\"\n** Credential Type: Select \"Google Service Account API\"\n** Google Service Account API: Create new credential\n* To create the new credential:\n** Region: chose the one corresponding to your project\n** Service account email / Private Key: you can find it in the JSON key you downloaded from the Google Console\n** Toogle \"Set up for use in HTTP Request node\" and input https://www.googleapis.com/auth/indexing\n\n**Important** - once you have created a \"Service account email\" you need to add a user with this email and permission \"Owner\" in your Google Search Console: https://search.google.com/search-console/users"
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"color": 5,
"width": 1360,
"height": 512,
"content": "## IndexNow Autosubmitting\n* No need to change anything here"
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"jsCode": "// Gate: Google\nconst cfg = $items('Config')[0]?.json ?? {};\nconst on = (cfg.USE_GOOGLE === true) || String(cfg.USE_GOOGLE).toLowerCase() === 'true';\nreturn on ? $items() : [];"
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"jsCode": "const cfg = $items('Config')[0]?.json ?? {};\nconst on = (cfg.USE_INDEXNOW === true) || String(cfg.USE_INDEXNOW).toLowerCase() === 'true';\nreturn on ? $items() : [];"
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