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Google API

Name: Google API
Author: Google

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APIs-Google is the user agent used by Google APIs to deliver push notification messages. Application developers can request these notifications to avoid the need for continually polling Google's servers to find out if the resources they are interested in have changed. To make sure nobody abuses this service, Google requires developers to prove that they own the domain before allowing them to register a URL with a domain as the location where they want to receive messages. Operated by Google.

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Assessment

Webhooks

What is Google API?

Google API is a web crawler operated by Google. APIs-Google is the user agent used by Google APIs to deliver push notification messages. Application developers can request these notifications to avoid the need for continually polling Google's servers to find out if the resources they are interested in have changed. To make sure nobody abuses this service, Google requires developers to prove that they own the domain before allowing them to register a URL with a domain as the location where they want to receive messages.

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Identification

Bot name

Google API

Operator

Google

Why it crawls your site

Google API crawls websites to deliver webhook payloads and verify endpoints. It is operated by Google as part of their webhook delivery infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

IP ranges

Requests from Google API originate from these published ranges. For strict verification, match the source IP against this list in addition to checking the user-agent and reverse-DNS.

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Block or allow Google API

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for APIs-Google in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.

# Block Google API from crawling your entire site
User-agent: APIs-Google
Disallow: /

# Allow Google API full access
User-agent: APIs-Google
Allow: /