1.8.0 – IndexNow integration

Author: madeburo

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "githubster",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "description": "Track your GitHub followers, unfollowers, and following relationships",
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {

src/app/[key]/route.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
+
+export async function GET(
+  _request: NextRequest,
+  { params }: { params: Promise<{ key: string }> }
+) {
+  const { key } = await params;
+  const indexNowKey = process.env.INDEXNOW_KEY;
+
+  // Only respond if the requested file matches {INDEXNOW_KEY}.txt pattern
+  if (!indexNowKey || key !== `${indexNowKey}.txt`) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Not found" }, { status: 404 });
+  }
+
+  return new Response(indexNowKey, {
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
+    },
+  });
+}

src/app/api/indexnow/route.ts

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+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+
+const INDEXNOW_KEY = process.env.INDEXNOW_KEY;
+const SITE_URL = "https://www.githubster.com";
+
+const URLS_TO_INDEX = [
+  SITE_URL,
+];
+
+export async function GET() {
+  if (!INDEXNOW_KEY) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { success: false, message: "INDEXNOW_KEY is not configured" },
+      { status: 500 }
+    );
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch("https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        host: "www.githubster.com",
+        key: INDEXNOW_KEY,
+        keyLocation: `${SITE_URL}/${INDEXNOW_KEY}.txt`,
+        urlList: URLS_TO_INDEX,
+      }),
+    });
+
+    if (response.ok || response.status === 202) {
+      return NextResponse.json({
+        success: true,
+        status: response.status,
+        message: "URLs submitted to IndexNow successfully",
+        urls: URLS_TO_INDEX,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const text = await response.text();
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      {
+        success: false,
+        status: response.status,
+        message: `IndexNow API error: ${text}`,
+      },
+      { status: response.status }
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      {
+        success: false,
+        message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Unknown error",
+      },
+      { status: 500 }
+    );
+  }
+}