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## Resource: Introduction

## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/seo/google-search-console/introduction.md

## Article Content:

# About the Google Search Console APIs

The Google Search Console APIs manage a Wix site's presence in [Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console/about): from connecting a Google account, through verifying the site and submitting its sitemap, to reading inspection results and search performance data.

The Google Search Console APIs include:

- [**GSC Connection**](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/seo/google-search-console/connection-v1/introduction.md): Connect a Wix site to Google Search Console by linking a Google account. Wix runs the authorization in the browser and stores the credentials server-side, so the connection is established without handling tokens.
- [**GSC Site Readiness**](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/seo/google-search-console/site-readiness-v1/introduction.md): Act on Google Search Console through the connected account. Verify the site, add it as a Search Console property, submit its sitemap, request indexing, inspect pages, and read search performance data.

The two APIs compose in order: connect first with the GSC Connection API, then run the setup and reporting methods of the GSC Site Readiness API. Methods that reach Google Search Console fail with a `MISSING_TOKEN` error until the site is connected.

## Before you begin

It's important to note the following points before starting to code:

- The site must be published, have a connected domain, and allow search-engine indexing. The connection flow and the setup methods that write to Google Search Console fail with `FAILED_PRECONDITION` until the site is ready.
- Calls that reach Google are subject to the property's Google API quotas, and Google-side failures surface as retryable errors: `GOOGLE_QUOTA_EXCEEDED` after the quota window resets, and `GOOGLE_UNAVAILABLE` with backoff.

## Terminology

- **Connection**: The link between a Wix site and a Google account, held as Google credentials that Wix stores server-side and never returns.
- **Search Console property**: The representation of the site in Google Search Console. The GSC Site Readiness API's Add Site creates it in the connected account.
- **Site readiness**: The site's standing in Google Search Console setup: `READY` when setup is complete, or `NOT_READY` with the first blocking step.
- **URL inspection**: Google's per-page report of index status and issues.