Search Index get_url_notification_metadata throws ClientError: notFound

[lars-hoeck]

I am trying to use the search indexing api. I got it all setup and can see in the google api metrics page that i was authenticated and send the correct requests. The Problem is even if i update an url and get an 200 i get an error when i try to retrive the informations via get_url_notification_metadata. I dont now if i am doing something wrong, because i havent used this api yet or if there is a bug.

Environment details

• OS: MacOS 15.4.1 (24E263)
• Ruby version: ruby 3.3.0 (2023-12-25 revision 5124f9ac75) [arm64-darwin23]
• Gem name and version: google-api-client (0.53.0)
• Partial gem lock:

google-api-client (0.53.0)
  google-apis-core (~> 0.1)
  google-apis-generator (~> 0.1)
google-apis-core (0.17.0)
  addressable (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.1)
  googleauth (~> 1.9)
  httpclient (>= 2.8.3, < 3.a)
  mini_mime (~> 1.0)
  mutex_m
  representable (~> 3.0)
  retriable (>= 2.0, < 4.a)
google-apis-discovery_v1 (0.20.0)
  google-apis-core (>= 0.15.0, < 2.a)
google-apis-generator (0.17.0)
  activesupport (>= 5.0)
  gems (~> 1.2)
  google-apis-core (>= 0.15.0, < 2.a)
  google-apis-discovery_v1 (~> 0.18)
  thor (>= 0.20, < 2.a)
google-cloud-env (2.3.0)
  base64 (~> 0.2)
  faraday (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
google-logging-utils (0.2.0)
googleauth (1.14.0)
  faraday (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
  google-cloud-env (~> 2.2)
  google-logging-utils (~> 0.1)
  jwt (>= 1.4, < 3.0)
  multi_json (~> 1.11)
  os (>= 0.9, < 2.0)
  signet (>= 0.16, < 2.a)

Steps to reproduce

1. Use the code below
2. Change url to where you have access
3. run

Code example

require 'google/apis/indexing_v3'
require 'googleauth'

scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/indexing'
index_service = Google::Apis::IndexingV3::IndexingService.new
index_service.authorization = Google::Auth::ServiceAccountCredentials.make_creds(json_key_io: File.open('app/controllers/content-api-key.json'),
                                                                                 scope: scope)
index_service.authorization.fetch_access_token!
url = "https://audiobookdb.net/audiobooks/x2Af9YPJ"
update_request_parameter = Google::Apis::IndexingV3::UrlNotification.new(url: url, type: "URL_UPDATED")
index_service.publish_url_notification(update_request_parameter)

begin
  index_service.get_url_notification_metadata(url: url)
rescue
end

Log

Sending HTTP post https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications:publish?
200
#<HTTP::Message:0x0000000133e781d0 @http_body=#<HTTP::Message::Body:0x0000000133e78180 @body="{\n" + "  \"urlNotificationMetadata\": {\n" + "    \"url\": \"https://audiobookdb.net/audiobooks/x2Af9YPJ\"\n" + "  }\n" + "}\n", @chunk_size=nil, @positions=nil, @size=0>, @http_header=#<HTTP::Message::Headers:0x000000013255b378 @body_charset=nil, @body_date=nil, @body_encoding=#<Encoding:UTF-8>, @body_size=0, @body_type=nil, @chunked=false, @dumped=false, @header_item=[["Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8"], ["Vary", "Origin"], ["Vary", "X-Origin"], ["Vary", "Referer"], ["Content-Encoding", "gzip"], ["Date", "Wed, 21 May 2025 07:45:04 GMT"], ["Server", "ESF"], ["X-XSS-Protection", "0"], ["X-Frame-Options", "SAMEORIGIN"], ["X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff"], ["Alt-Svc", "h3=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-29=\":443\"; ma=2592000"], ["Transfer-Encoding", "chunked"]], @http_version="1.1", @is_request=false, @reason_phrase="OK", @request_absolute_uri=nil, @request_method="POST", @request_query=nil, @request_uri=#<Addressable::URI:0x6eeb0 URI:https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications:publish?>, @status_code=200>, @peer_cert=#<OpenSSL::X509::Certificate subject=#<OpenSSL::X509::Name CN=upload.video.google.com>, issuer=#<OpenSSL::X509::Name CN=WR2,O=Google Trust Services,C=US>, serial=#<OpenSSL::BN 269188937281416482999652193496082308393>, not_before=2025-04-21 08:41:49 UTC, not_after=2025-07-14 08:41:48 UTC>, @previous=nil>
Success - #<Google::Apis::IndexingV3::PublishUrlNotificationResponse:0x0000000132217478
 @url_notification_metadata=
  #<Google::Apis::IndexingV3::UrlNotificationMetadata:0x0000000132217040
   @url="https://audiobookdb.net/audiobooks/x2Af9YPJ">>

Sending HTTP get https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications/metadata?url=https%3A%2F%2Faudiobookdb.net%2Faudiobooks%2Fx2Af9YPJ
404
#<HTTP::Message:0x0000000133cbcee0 @http_body=#<HTTP::Message::Body:0x0000000133cbce90 @body="{\n" + "  \"error\": {\n" + "    \"code\": 404,\n" + "    \"message\": \"Requested entity was not found.\",\n" + "    \"errors\": [\n" + "      {\n" + "        \"message\": \"Requested entity was not found.\",\n" + "        \"domain\": \"global\",\n" + "        \"reason\": \"notFound\"\n" + "      }\n" + "    ],\n" + "    \"status\": \"NOT_FOUND\"\n" + "  }\n" + "}\n", @chunk_size=nil, @positions=nil, @size=0>, @http_header=#<HTTP::Message::Headers:0x00000001324ff0a0 @body_charset=nil, @body_date=nil, @body_encoding=#<Encoding:UTF-8>, @body_size=0, @body_type=nil, @chunked=false, @dumped=false, @header_item=[["Vary", "Origin"], ["Vary", "X-Origin"], ["Vary", "Referer"], ["Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8"], ["Content-Encoding", "gzip"], ["Date", "Wed, 21 May 2025 07:45:04 GMT"], ["Server", "ESF"], ["X-XSS-Protection", "0"], ["X-Frame-Options", "SAMEORIGIN"], ["X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff"], ["Alt-Svc", "h3=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-29=\":443\"; ma=2592000"], ["Transfer-Encoding", "chunked"]], @http_version="1.1", @is_request=false, @reason_phrase="Not Found", @request_absolute_uri=nil, @request_method="GET", @request_query=nil, @request_uri=#<Addressable::URI:0x6eec4 URI:https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications/metadata?url=https%3A%2F%2Faudiobookdb.net%2Faudiobooks%2Fx2Af9YPJ>, @status_code=404>, @peer_cert=#<OpenSSL::X509::Certificate subject=#<OpenSSL::X509::Name CN=upload.video.google.com>, issuer=#<OpenSSL::X509::Name CN=WR2,O=Google Trust Services,C=US>, serial=#<OpenSSL::BN 269188937281416482999652193496082308393>, not_before=2025-04-21 08:41:49 UTC, not_after=2025-07-14 08:41:48 UTC>, @previous=nil>
Caught error notFound: Requested entity was not found.
Error - #<Google::Apis::ClientError: notFound: Requested entity was not found. status_code: 404 header: #<HTTP::Message::Headers:0x00000001324bc638 @http_version="1.1", @body_size=0, @chunked=false, @request_method="GET", @request_uri=#<Addressable::URI:0x6eec4 URI:https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications/metadata?url=https%3A%2F%2Faudiobookdb.net%2Faudiobooks%2Fx2Af9YPJ>, @request_query=nil, @request_absolute_uri=nil, @status_code=404, @reason_phrase="Not Found", @body_type=nil, @body_charset=nil, @body_date=nil, @body_encoding=#<Encoding:UTF-8>, @is_request=false, @header_item=[["Vary", "Origin"], ["Vary", "X-Origin"], ["Vary", "Referer"], ["Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8"], ["Content-Encoding", "gzip"], ["Date", "Wed, 21 May 2025 07:45:04 GMT"], ["Server", "ESF"], ["X-XSS-Protection", "0"], ["X-Frame-Options", "SAMEORIGIN"], ["X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff"], ["Alt-Svc", "h3=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-29=\":443\"; ma=2592000"], ["Transfer-Encoding", "chunked"]], @dumped=false> body: "{\n  \"error\": {\n    \"code\": 404,\n    \"message\": \"Requested entity was not found.\",\n    \"errors\": [\n      {\n        \"message\": \"Requested entity was not found.\",\n        \"domain\": \"global\",\n        \"reason\": \"notFound\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"status\": \"NOT_FOUND\"\n  }\n}\n">

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