Google Search Console API
A Google-provided API for querying Search Console data that allows developers to programmatically retrieve search analytics data for websites, but which suffers from silent parameter-validation failures.
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The Google Search Console API does not throw an exception when passed invalid request parameters, but instead directly returns zero rows of data (silent failure)
Filtering using a two-letter country code (such as us) rather than the format expected by the API causes the Search Console API to silently return empty data
Querying hourly-level data from more than about ten days ago or a future date range causes the Search Console API to silently return empty data
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The Google Search Console API does not throw an exception when passed invalid request parameters, but instead directly returns zero rows of data (silent failure)
50%UnverifiedFiltering using a two-letter country code (such as us) rather than the format expected by the API causes the Search Console API to silently return empty data
50%UnverifiedQuerying hourly-level data from more than about ten days ago or a future date range causes the Search Console API to silently return empty data
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