# Overview

About the Search Console API Title

The Search Console API provides programmatic access to much of the functionality of
[Google Search Console](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9128668).
Use the API to view, add, or remove properties and sitemaps, run advanced
queries for Google Search results data for the properties that you manage in
Search Console, and test individual pages.

This API is exposed as an HTTP REST service that you can call
directly, or using one of our [client libraries](https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/v1/libraries)(recommended).

You must have appropriate access (owner, full, read) to any Google Search Console
account that you wish to access using the API.