Does NotebookLM have an API? The 2026 answer
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Yes and no, and the honest answer changed during 2026. Google does publish an API for Gemini Notebook Enterprise, in preview, behind a Cloud project and a licence. The consumer NotebookLM you log into with a personal Google account still has no developer key, and the standalone Podcast API that some posts point at is deprecated and not taking new customers.
Most answers you will find say flatly "there is no API". That was true and is now wrong, which is worse than either.