Google APIs

Comprehensive reference for all Google APIs. Use decision trees below to find the right API, then load detailed per-API references.

Authentication

Verify auth before making API calls:

gcloud auth print-access-token  # Shows token if authenticated

Not authenticated? → references/auth.md

• User data (Gmail, Drive): OAuth2 with consent flow
• Server-to-server: Service Account with JSON key
• Public data (Maps, YouTube public): API Key
• Running on GCP: ADC (automatic)
• Workspace admin: Service Account + Domain-Wide Delegation

API Client Setup

Choose your client → references/googleapis-client.md

Which client?
├─ Node.js/TypeScript → googleapis npm (covers all 300+ APIs)
├─ Cloud Platform CLI → gcloud
├─ Quick testing → curl
├─ Python → google-api-python-client
└─ Go → google.golang.org/api

Quick Decision Trees

"I need to work with documents/email/calendar"

Workspace APIs:
├─ Read/send email → references/gmail/
├─ Read/write spreadsheets → references/sheets/
├─ Create/edit documents → references/docs/
├─ Manage files/folders → references/drive/
├─ Read/create events → references/calendar/
├─ Create/edit presentations → references/slides/
├─ Manage Workspace users/groups → references/admin/
├─ Manage tasks/to-dos → references/tasks/
└─ Search people/contacts → references/people/

"I need cloud infrastructure"

Cloud Platform APIs:
├─ Object storage (S3-like) → references/storage/
├─ SQL analytics warehouse → references/bigquery/
├─ Document database → references/firestore/
├─ Serverless functions → references/cloudfunctions/
├─ Event messaging → references/pubsub/
├─ Container hosting → references/run/
├─ Virtual machines → references/compute/
├─ Kubernetes → references/container/
├─ Relational database → references/sqladmin/
├─ Secrets management → references/secretmanager/
├─ Logging → references/logging/
├─ Monitoring → references/monitoring/
└─ DNS management → references/dns/

"I need Firebase"

Firebase APIs:
├─ User authentication → references/identitytoolkit/
├─ Realtime database → references/firebasedatabase/
├─ Push notifications → references/fcm/
├─ Static hosting → references/firebasehosting/
├─ App hosting → references/firebaseapphosting/
├─ App check → references/firebaseappcheck/
└─ App distribution → references/firebaseappdistribution/

"I need AI/ML"

AI & ML APIs:
├─ Generative AI (Gemini) → references/aiplatform/
├─ Image analysis → references/vision/
├─ Text analysis → references/language/
├─ Speech-to-text → references/speech/
├─ Text-to-speech → references/texttospeech/
├─ Translation → references/translate/
├─ Document processing → references/documentai/
└─ Dialogflow chatbots → references/dialogflow/

"I need maps/location"

Maps & Places APIs:
├─ Place search/details/autocomplete → references/places/
├─ Address validation → references/addressvalidation/
├─ Street View → references/streetviewpublish/
└─ Air quality / pollen / solar → references/airquality/, references/pollen/, references/solar/

"I need video/media"

YouTube & Media APIs:
├─ Search/manage videos → references/youtube/
├─ Channel analytics → references/youtubeanalytics/
├─ Reporting → references/youtubereporting/
└─ Live streaming → references/youtube/ (liveBroadcasts)

"I need advertising/business"

Ads & Commerce APIs:
├─ AdSense → references/adsense/
├─ AdMob → references/admob/
├─ Merchant Center → references/content/
├─ Search Ads 360 → references/doubleclicksearch/
├─ Display & Video 360 → references/displayvideo/
└─ Business Profile → references/mybusinessbusinessinformation/

"I need an API not listed above"

→ references/api-index.md — Full searchable index of all 300+ APIs with categories.

Product Index

Workspace

Cloud Platform

Firebase

AI & ML

Maps & Places

YouTube

Identity & Security

Other

→ Full index: references/api-index.md

Regeneration

To update API references from latest Discovery data:

python3 scripts/gen_all_robust.py --parallel 15

See references/GENERATION.md for full docs on regeneration, single-API updates, and Firecrawl enhancement.