submit_url_indexnow¶

Ping the IndexNow protocol to request instant (re)indexing of one or more URLs. This is a separate, simpler protocol from the classic Bing Webmaster API -- Bing (and other participating search engines) treat it as the current recommended way to signal new or changed content quickly.

Parameters¶

Name	Type	Required	Description
`host`	string	Yes	The domain the URLs belong to (e.g. `www.example.com`)
`url_list`	string[]	Yes	One or more URLs to submit (all must belong to `host`)
`key`	string	No	IndexNow key to use for this call. If omitted, uses the configured `BING_INDEXNOW_KEY`
`key_location`	string	No	Custom URL where your key file is hosted, if not at the default `https://<host>/<key>.txt`

Response¶

{
  "host": "www.example.com",
  "urlCount": 2,
  "submitted": true,
  "requestedAt": "2026-02-21T19:00:00Z"
}

On failure:

{
  "error": "IndexNow request failed with HTTP 403: key not valid for host www.example.com"
}

Example Prompts¶

"Ping IndexNow for my two updated blog posts."

Notes¶

Requires a separate credential from the Bing Webmaster API key -- see Configuration and Getting Started.
Your key must be hosted as a plain-text file at your site root (https://<host>/<key>.txt) containing just the key string, unless you provide key_location.
Unlike the classic submission tools, IndexNow isn't subject to Bing's per-site submission quota.
A successful ping doesn't guarantee indexing -- it just requests expedited crawling.