Has anyone managed to implement IndexNow on Shopify without root access for the key?

As per the title really, the Bing side points to a Shopify post for the solution, but it doesn’t mention how to get around the need for a key to verify the request.

I’d like to implement IndexNow and can get everything working except for authenticating, because I cannot get root access to save the key that is required.

Without paying for an app, has anyone figured this out?

Thanks.

  1. Add a file under Content > Files

  2. Get the url for that file
    https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0613/5804/7413/files/keyfilename7c4f50b98cd2d7410d08fa.txt?v=1744724680

  3. Change it to your domain
    https://www.yourdomainname.com/cdn/shop/files/keyfilename7c4f50b98cd2d7410d08fa.txt

  4. Add a redirect
    Redirect From: /keyfilename7c4f50b98cd2d7410d08fa.txt
    Redirect To: https://www.yourdomainname.com/cdn/shop/files/keyfilename7c4f50b98cd2d7410d08fa.txt

just upload the file and 301 redirect the root of the file to the file you uploaded. (see tutorial at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIUeapPV_H0)