Title: why does google access the json api directly? Last modified: February 26, 2022 --- # why does google access the json api directly? * Resolved [audioscavenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/audioscavenger/) * (@audioscavenger) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-google-access-the-json-api-directly/) * just discovered this today in nginx log: `66.249.64.49 - - [25/Feb/2022:17:07: 25 -0700] "GET /wp-json/wp-statistics/v2/hit?_=1643328000&_wpnonce=61c87eb4df& wp_statistics_hit_rest=yes&browser=Googlebot&platform=Unknown&version=Unknown& referred=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.it-cooking.com&ip=66.249.64.53&exclusion_match=yes& exclusion_reason=CrawlerDetect&ua=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28Linux%3B+Android+6.0.1%3B+ Nexus+5X+Build%2FMMB29P%29+AppleWebKit%2F537.36+%28KHTML%2C+like+Gecko%29+Chrome% 2F98.0.4758.102+Mobile+Safari%2F537.36+%28compatible%3B+Googlebot%2F2.1%3B+%2Bhttp% 3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fbot.html%29&track_all=0×tamp=1643328000¤t_page_type =post_tag¤t_page_id=72&search_query&page_uri=/tag/batch/&user_id=0 HTTP/ 2.0"` * When i access this url, i get at 403 for missing token. The ip in reference is that of a known google bot. * So, did you give a token for direct access to google to our statistics? yes or no? - This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by [audioscavenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/audioscavenger/). * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwhy-does-google-access-the-json-api-directly%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Author [VeronaLabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/veronalabs/) * (@veronalabs) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-google-access-the-json-api-directly/#post-15406910) * Hi, * You can’t access the URL in the browser, the request works only if it sends through the website. * Anyway, can you please let me know what’s the response to the request? you can see the response in **Developer Tools > Network > hits request > Response** Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘why does google access the json api directly?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-statistics/assets/icon.svg?rev=3081064) * [WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-statistics/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-statistics/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-statistics/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-statistics/reviews/) ## Tags * [api](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/api/) * [bot](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/bot/) * [spy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/spy/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [VeronaLabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/veronalabs/) * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-google-access-the-json-api-directly/#post-15406910) * Status: resolved