How to Get Correct Indexing Status from Bing Webmaster API

Question

Hi,

We are trying to use the Bing Webmaster API to check the indexing status of our website pages. If a page is not indexed, we plan to submit it using the API. However, when we check the status, the results do not seem accurate. For example, if a page has a No-index tag, the Bing API does not return the message "Issue: No-index tag".

We check API status in the screenshot

Answer 1

Hi, thanks for sharing that detail.

What’s happening here is that the Bing Webmaster API’s UrlInfo response only shows crawl-related data like HTTP status, last crawl date, and document size, it doesn’t actually report indexing issues such as a noindex tag.

That’s why you’re not seeing a message like “Issue: No-index tag.”

To confirm if a page is indexed, you’ll need to use the GetUrlSubmissionStatus endpoint, which returns whether the URL is indexed, pending, or not submitted.

A good first step is to check that endpoint for the same URL.

If it shows “Not Indexed,” then inspect the page source for <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> or any robots.txt restrictions.

If everything looks fine, you can resubmit the URL using the SubmitUrlbatch API.

Quick question, are you looking to automate this check-and-submit process for multiple URLs, or just verify a few pages manually?

Regards,

Aron

Answer 2

Any Update on this?