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# Request URL removal

> Temporarily remove a URL or prefix from Google results, or clear its snippet. Owner or Full user. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/google-search-console/request_url_removal

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Temporarily remove a URL or prefix from Google results, or clear its snippet. Owner or Full user.

Google Search Console API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/google-search-console.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/google-search-console/url-removal/request`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Files a request in Removals > Temporary removals: Temporarily remove URL hides the page from results for about six months, Clear snippet in search wipes the description until the page is indexed again. Scope is this URL only or all URLs with a prefix, which can hide a whole folder or site. Google says requests usually take up to a day and are not guaranteed to be accepted, and blocking does not stop crawling. For a permanent removal the page needs a 404 or 410, a password or noindex. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `property` | string | yes | Property as Search Console lists it: sc-domain:example.com for a Domain property, https://example.com/ for a URL-prefix property. |
| `url` | string | yes | Full URL inside the property, e.g. https://example.com/blog/new-post. |
| `type` | enum | yes | temporarily_remove_url or clear_snippet. |
| `scope` | enum | no | url_only or prefix. Default: url_only. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/google-search-console/url-removal/request \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"property":"sc-domain:example.com","url":"https://example.com/old-promo/spring-sale","type":"temporarily_remove_url","scope":"url_only"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("google-search-console", "request_url_removal", {"property":"sc-domain:example.com","url":"https://example.com/old-promo/spring-sale","type":"temporarily_remove_url","scope":"url_only"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('google-search-console', 'request_url_removal', {"property":"sc-domain:example.com","url":"https://example.com/old-promo/spring-sale","type":"temporarily_remove_url","scope":"url_only"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call google-search-console request_url_removal --data '{"property":"sc-domain:example.com","url":"https://example.com/old-promo/spring-sale","type":"temporarily_remove_url","scope":"url_only"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "request_id": "rm_9c21",
  "url": "https://example.com/old-promo/spring-sale",
  "type": "temporarily_remove_url",
  "scope": "url_only",
  "status": "pending",
  "lasts": "about 6 months"
}
```

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## For AI agents: sign your user up

Is your user asking you to sign them up for Cotlet? You can do it for them, no account or key needed.

1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

One call creates the account and sends the access request; we email the user when access is granted.