Domain verification
Verify your domain
We only capture domains whose owner has verified them, and no scheduled capture runs before that. There are three methods, in this order of preference.
1. Google Search Console (main path)
- Create your project.
- Click Verify with Google Search Console. This calls
GET /v1/auth/gsc/start?project=<id>and redirects you to Google. - Approve the read-only Search Console scope.
We accept a Domain property (sc-domain:example.com), which verifies the whole domain, or a URL-prefix property, which verifies that host. Your Google account needs Owner or Full user permission on the property.
2. Company email
Sign up with an email address at your own domain, for example name@yourcompany.com for www.yourcompany.com. After you click the confirmation link, that domain is verified.
Free-mail addresses never verify anything (gmail, outlook, gmx, web.de and similar). You can still sign up with one, but you then verify through Search Console or DNS.
3. DNS TXT record (fallback)
Add this record once at your DNS provider, using the token shown in your project setup:
_snapshot-verify.<domain> TXT snapshot-verification=<token>Removing the record stops captures, see how to stop us.
After verification
Let us through your bot protection (allowlisting), run the access check, then add your URLs. The full path is in the quickstart.