AI-generated Key Takeaways
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Accessing report data in Google Analytics via the
analyticsdata.googleapis.comservice requires adherence to specific terms of service regarding the creation of accounts and projects to avoid termination. -
Google recommends using their provided client libraries to call this service, though using your own libraries is an option with provided service information.
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Discovery documents are available in v1beta and v1alpha versions to describe the REST APIs for building client libraries and tools.
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The service endpoint for all relative URIs is
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Various REST resources like
v1beta.properties,v1beta.properties.audienceExports, and severalv1alpharesources provide methods for accessing different types of Google Analytics report data and managing audience exports and lists.
Accesses report data in Google Analytics. Warning: Creating multiple Customer Applications, Accounts, or Projects to simulate or act as a single Customer Application, Account, or Project (respectively) or to circumvent Service-specific usage limits or quotas is a direct violation of Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service as well as Google APIs Terms of Service. These actions can result in immediate termination of your GCP project(s) without any warning.
- REST Resource: v1beta.properties
- REST Resource: v1beta.properties.audienceExports
- REST Resource: v1alpha.properties
- REST Resource: v1alpha.properties.audienceLists
- REST Resource: v1alpha.properties.recurringAudienceLists
- REST Resource: v1alpha.properties.reportTasks
Service: analyticsdata.googleapis.com
To call this service, we recommend that you use the Google-provided client libraries . If your application needs to use your own libraries to call this service, use the following information when you make the API requests.
Discovery document
A Discovery Document is a machine-readable specification for describing and consuming REST APIs. It is used to build client libraries, IDE plugins, and other tools that interact with Google APIs. One service may provide multiple discovery documents. This service provides the following discovery documents:
Service endpoint
A service endpoint is a base URL that specifies the network address of an API service. One service might have multiple service endpoints. This service has the following service endpoint and all URIs below are relative to this service endpoint:
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https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com
REST Resource: v1beta.properties
| Methods | |
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batch
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POST /v1beta/{property=properties/*}:batchRunPivotReports
Returns multiple pivot reports in a batch. |
batch
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POST /v1beta/{property=properties/*}:batchRunReports
Returns multiple reports in a batch. |
check
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POST /v1beta/{property=properties/*}:checkCompatibility
This compatibility method lists dimensions and metrics that can be added to a report request and maintain compatibility. |
get
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GET /v1beta/{name=properties/*/metadata}
Returns metadata for dimensions and metrics available in reporting methods. |
run
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POST /v1beta/{property=properties/*}:runPivotReport
Returns a customized pivot report of your Google Analytics event data. |
run
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POST /v1beta/{property=properties/*}:runRealtimeReport
Returns a customized report of realtime event data for your property. |
run
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POST /v1beta/{property=properties/*}:runReport
Returns a customized report of your Google Analytics event data. |
REST Resource: v1beta.properties.audienceExports
| Methods | |
|---|---|
create
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POST /v1beta/{parent=properties/*}/audienceExports
Creates an audience export for later retrieval. |
get
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GET /v1beta/{name=properties/*/audienceExports/*}
Gets configuration metadata about a specific audience export. |
list
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GET /v1beta/{parent=properties/*}/audienceExports
Lists all audience exports for a property. |
query
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POST /v1beta/{name=properties/*/audienceExports/*}:query
Retrieves an audience export of users. |
REST Resource: v1alpha.properties
| Methods | |
|---|---|
get
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GET /v1alpha/{name=properties/*/propertyQuotasSnapshot}
Get all property quotas organized by quota category for a given property. |
run
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POST /v1alpha/{property=properties/*}:runFunnelReport
Returns a customized funnel report of your Google Analytics event data. |
REST Resource: v1alpha.properties.audienceLists
| Methods | |
|---|---|
create
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POST /v1alpha/{parent=properties/*}/audienceLists
Creates an audience list for later retrieval. |
get
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GET /v1alpha/{name=properties/*/audienceLists/*}
Gets configuration metadata about a specific audience list. |
list
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GET /v1alpha/{parent=properties/*}/audienceLists
Lists all audience lists for a property. |
query
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POST /v1alpha/{name=properties/*/audienceLists/*}:query
Retrieves an audience list of users. |
REST Resource: v1alpha.properties.recurringAudienceLists
| Methods | |
|---|---|
create
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POST /v1alpha/{parent=properties/*}/recurringAudienceLists
Creates a recurring audience list. |
get
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GET /v1alpha/{name=properties/*/recurringAudienceLists/*}
Gets configuration metadata about a specific recurring audience list. |
list
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GET /v1alpha/{parent=properties/*}/recurringAudienceLists
Lists all recurring audience lists for a property. |
REST Resource: v1alpha.properties.reportTasks
| Methods | |
|---|---|
create
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POST /v1alpha/{parent=properties/*}/reportTasks
Initiates the creation of a report task. |
get
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GET /v1alpha/{name=properties/*/reportTasks/*}
Gets report metadata about a specific report task. |
list
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GET /v1alpha/{parent=properties/*}/reportTasks
Lists all report tasks for a property. |
query
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POST /v1alpha/{name=properties/*/reportTasks/*}:query
Retrieves a report task's content. |

