webmaster tools access via API with service account

Is access to webmaster tools supported via this API client using a Service Account?

I am receiving and Empty Set (ie - “{}”) when running the following code:

webmasters_service.sites().list().execute()

[dooleyb1]

Okay I’ve managed to get this to work, in case anyone else stumbles across this is what had to be done:

1. Create a Service Account in API Credentials panel
2. Download the credentials for the service account and store within project e.g client_secrets.json
3. Enable GSuite Domain Wide Delegation for the service account in IAM
4. Within the Google Search Console, add the email address for the service account as a user.

After these steps were completed I was then able to access the API using the following code to create the service:

service = get_service(
          api_name='webmasters',
          api_version='v3',
          scopes=['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters.readonly'],
          key_file_location='./client_secrets.json')

[Drakaris-top]

And a code of gsc_api from google, it’s need for requests:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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"""Example for using the Google Search Analytics API (part of Search Console API).

A basic python command-line example that uses the searchAnalytics.query method
of the Google Search Console API. This example demonstrates how to query Google
search results data for your property. Learn more at
https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/

To use:
1) Install the Google Python client library, as shown at https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/v3/libraries.
2) Sign up for a new project in the Google APIs console at https://code.google.com/apis/console.
3) Register the project to use OAuth2.0 for installed applications.
4) Copy your client ID, client secret, and redirect URL into the client_secrets.json file included in this package.
5) Run the app in the command-line as shown below.

Sample usage:

  $ python search_analytics_api_sample.py 'https://www.example.com/' '2015-05-01' '2015-05-30'

"""
from __future__ import print_function

import argparse
import sys
from googleapiclient import sample_tools

# Declare command-line flags.
argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
argparser.add_argument('property_uri', type=str,
                       help=('Site or app URI to query data for (including '
                             'trailing slash).'))
argparser.add_argument('start_date', type=str,
                       help=('Start date of the requested date range in '
                             'YYYY-MM-DD format.'))
argparser.add_argument('end_date', type=str,
                       help=('End date of the requested date range in '
                             'YYYY-MM-DD format.'))


def main(argv):
    service, flags = sample_tools.init(
        argv, 'webmasters', 'v3', __doc__, __file__, parents=[argparser],
        scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters.readonly')

    # First run a query to learn which dates we have data for. You should always
    # check which days in a date range have data before running your main query.
    # This query shows data for the entire range, grouped and sorted by day,
    # descending; any days without data will be missing from the results.
    request = {
        'startDate': flags.start_date,
        'endDate': flags.end_date,
        'dimensions': ['date']
    }
    response = execute_request(service, flags.property_uri, request)
    print_table(response, 'Available dates')

    # Get totals for the date range.
    request = {
        'startDate': flags.start_date,
        'endDate': flags.end_date
    }
    response = execute_request(service, flags.property_uri, request)
    print_table(response, 'Totals')

    # Get top 10 queries for the date range, sorted by click count, descending.
    request = {
        'startDate': flags.start_date,
        'endDate': flags.end_date,
        'dimensions': ['query'],
        'rowLimit': 10
    }
    response = execute_request(service, flags.property_uri, request)
    print_table(response, 'Top Queries')

    # Get top 11-20 mobile queries for the date range, sorted by click count, descending.
    request = {
        'startDate': flags.start_date,
        'endDate': flags.end_date,
        'dimensions': ['query'],
        'dimensionFilterGroups': [{
            'filters': [{
                'dimension': 'device',
                'expression': 'mobile'
            }]
        }],
        'rowLimit': 10,
        'startRow': 10
    }
    response = execute_request(service, flags.property_uri, request)
    print_table(response, 'Top 11-20 Mobile Queries')

    # Get top 10 pages for the date range, sorted by click count, descending.
    request = {
        'startDate': flags.start_date,
        'endDate': flags.end_date,
        'dimensions': ['page'],
        'rowLimit': 10
    }
    response = execute_request(service, flags.property_uri, request)
    print_table(response, 'Top Pages')

    # Get the top 10 queries in India, sorted by click count, descending.
    request = {
        'startDate': flags.start_date,
        'endDate': flags.end_date,
        'dimensions': ['query'],
        'dimensionFilterGroups': [{
            'filters': [{
                'dimension': 'country',
                'expression': 'ind'
            }]
        }],
        'rowLimit': 10
    }
    response = execute_request(service, flags.property_uri, request)
    print_table(response, 'Top queries in India')

    # Group by both country and device.
    request = {
        'startDate': flags.start_date,
        'endDate': flags.end_date,
        'dimensions': ['country', 'device'],
        'rowLimit': 10
    }
    response = execute_request(service, flags.property_uri, request)
    print_table(response, 'Group by country and device')

    # Group by total number of Search Appearance count.
    # Note: It is not possible to use searchAppearance with other
    # dimensions.
    request = {
        'startDate': flags.start_date,
        'endDate': flags.end_date,
        'dimensions': ['searchAppearance'],
        'rowLimit': 10
    }
    response = execute_request(service, flags.property_uri, request)
    print_table(response, 'Search Appearance Features')


def execute_request(service, property_uri, request):
    """Executes a searchAnalytics.query request.

    Args:
      service: The webmasters service to use when executing the query.
      property_uri: The site or app URI to request data for.
      request: The request to be executed.

    Returns:
      An array of response rows.
    """
    return service.searchanalytics().query(
        siteUrl=property_uri, body=request).execute()


def print_table(response, title):
    """Prints out a response table.

    Each row contains key(s), clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position.

    Args:
      response: The server response to be printed as a table.
      title: The title of the table.
    """
    print('\n --' + title + ':')

    if 'rows' not in response:
        print('Empty response')
        return

    rows = response['rows']
    row_format = '{:<20}' + '{:>20}' * 4
    print(row_format.format('Keys', 'Clicks', 'Impressions', 'CTR', 'Position'))
    for row in rows:
        keys = ''
        # Keys are returned only if one or more dimensions are requested.
        if 'keys' in row:
            keys = u','.join(row['keys']).encode('utf-8').decode()
        print(row_format.format(
            keys, row['clicks'], row['impressions'], row['ctr'], row['position']))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(sys.argv)