Directory API: Developer's Guides

These guides describe how to perform various common tasks using the Directory API.

API Prerequisites

Explains how to get an account, set up the API service, and create a project in the Google APIs Console.

Authorize Requests

Gives the basics of using OAuth 2.0 to authorize requests.

Manage Chrome Devices and Manage Mobile Devices

Describes how administrators use the Directory API to retrieve, add, update, and delete your account's various devices.

Manage Groups and Manage Group Members

Describes how administrators use the Directory API to create, update, retrieve, and delete your account's groups, group aliases, and group members.

Manage Organizational Units

Describes how to create, update, retrieve, and delete organizational units within your account.

Manage Users and Manage User Aliases

Describes how to work with user accounts, administrators, user photos, and user aliases.

Performance Tips

Introduces techniques that improve your application's performance, including using gzip and working with partial resources.

For information about specific methods, see the API Reference.