Google Indexing API - 403 'Forbidden Response'

Question

I am making a call to the google indexing API for job postings:

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Answer 1

"Make sure that you have added the service account as an Owner in Google Search Console"

Yep. Use the following code snippet to examine the body response for a more detailed error msg.

    var body = result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

if the error msg looks like the following, then this is the same problem.

"message": "Permission denied. Failed to verify the URL ownership."

Worth noting: The new version of the search console is lacking. At the bottom of the left-hand menu is a "go to the old version" link. Click this and then select "verification details" from the gear menu (upper right). Next, click on the link that says "verification details" (seriously!). Here, you will finally see a list of verified owners at the bottom of the page. You can add a new owner here, using the email address of your service account (addr can also be found in your json key file).