Google Analytics Data API v1 developer quickstart

In this quickstart, you create and send list requests to the Google Analytics Data API v1, then view the responses to set up and verify your API access.

You can complete this quickstart using a an SDK, or the REST API in your local environment or a Google Cloud VM instance.

Here's a summary of the steps:

  • Set up a Google Cloud project and enable the Google Analytics Data API v1.
  • On your local machine or Cloud VM instance:
    • Install, initialize, and authenticate with the Google Cloud.
    • Install the SDK for your language (optional).
  • Configure authentication.
  • Configure Google Analytics access.
  • Set up an SDK.
  • Make an API call.

Set up a Google Cloud project

Click the following Enable the Google Analytics Data API v1 button to select or create a new Google Cloud project and automatically enable the Google Analytics Data API v1.

Enable the Google Analytics Data API v1

Set up Google Cloud

On your local machine or a Cloud VM instance, set up and authenticate with Google Cloud.

  1. Install and initialize the Google Cloud.

  2. To ensure your gcloud components are up to date, run the following command.

    gcloud components update

To avoid providing your project ID to Google Cloud, you can use the gcloud config set command to set a default project and region.

Configure authentication

This quickstart uses Application Default Credentials to automatically find credentials based on the application environment, so you don't have to change the client code to authenticate.

The Google Analytics Data API v1 supports user accounts and service accounts:

  • User accounts represent a developer, administrator, or any other person who interacts with Google APIs and services.
  • Service accounts do not represent a specific human user. They provide a way to manage authentication and authorization when a human is not directly involved, such as when an application needs to access Google Cloud resources.

To learn more about authentication and setting up account credentials for your application, see Authentication methods at Google.

User Account

Generate a local Application Default Credentials (ADC) file by running the following command. This command launches a web flow where you provide your user credentials.

  gcloud auth application-default login --scopes="https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly"

Remember to specify the scopes required by the Google Analytics Data API v1 in the command. For more information, see Set up Application Default Credentials

Service Account

Here are the steps to authenticate with a service account using a Cloud VM instance:

  1. Create a service account.
  2. Attach the service account to your Cloud VM instance by running the following gcloud CLI command:
  gcloud compute instances stop YOUR-VM-INSTANCE-ID

  gcloud compute instances set-service-account YOUR-VM-INSTANCE-ID \
    --service-account YOUR-SERVICE-ACCOUNT-EMAIL-ALIAS  \
    --scopes="https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly"

Remember to specify the scopes required by the Google Analytics Data API v1 in the command. For more information, see Set up Application Default Credentials

Configure access to Google Analytics

Grant Google Analytics access to the email associated with your user or service account.

Set up the SDK for your programming language

On your local machine, install the SDK for your programming language.

Java

Java client library installation guide

PHP

PHP client library installation guide

Python

Python client library installation guide

Node.js

Node.js client library installation guide

.NET

.NET client library installation guide

Ruby

Ruby client library installation guide

Go

go get google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/analytics/data/v1beta

REST

Configure your environment variables by entering the following. Replace PROJECT_ID with the ID of your Google Cloud project and PROPERTY_ID with the ID of your Google Analytics property. 

  export PROJECT_ID=PROJECT_ID
  export PROPERTY_ID=PROPERTY_ID

Make an API call

Run the following code to make your first call:

Java

google-analytics-data/src/main/java/com/google/analytics/data/samples/QuickstartSample.java
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import com.google.analytics.data.v1beta.BetaAnalyticsDataClient;
import com.google.analytics.data.v1beta.DateRange;
import com.google.analytics.data.v1beta.Dimension;
import com.google.analytics.data.v1beta.Metric;
import com.google.analytics.data.v1beta.Row;
import com.google.analytics.data.v1beta.RunReportRequest;
import com.google.analytics.data.v1beta.RunReportResponse;

/**
 * Google Analytics Data API sample quickstart application.
 *
 * <p>This application demonstrates the usage of the Analytics Data API using service account
 * credentials.
 *
 * <p>Before you start the application, please review the comments starting with "TODO(developer)"
 * and update the code to use correct values.
 *
 * <p>To run this sample using Maven:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * cd google-analytics-data
 * mvn compile exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.google.analytics.data.samples.QuickstartSample"
 * }</pre>
 */
public class QuickstartSample {

  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    /**
     * TODO(developer): Replace this variable with your Google Analytics 4 property ID before
     * running the sample.
     */
    String propertyId = "YOUR-GA4-PROPERTY-ID";
    sampleRunReport(propertyId);
  }

  // This is an example snippet that calls the Google Analytics Data API and runs a simple report
  // on the provided GA4 property id.
  static void sampleRunReport(String propertyId) throws Exception {
    // Using a default constructor instructs the client to use the credentials
    // specified in GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.
    try (BetaAnalyticsDataClient analyticsData = BetaAnalyticsDataClient.create()) {

      RunReportRequest request =
          RunReportRequest.newBuilder()
              .setProperty("properties/" + propertyId)
              .addDimensions(Dimension.newBuilder().setName("city"))
              .addMetrics(Metric.newBuilder().setName("activeUsers"))
              .addDateRanges(DateRange.newBuilder().setStartDate("2020-03-31").setEndDate("today"))
              .build();

      // Make the request.
      RunReportResponse response = analyticsData.runReport(request);

      System.out.println("Report result:");
      // Iterate through every row of the API response.
      for (Row row : response.getRowsList()) {
        System.out.printf(
            "%s, %s%n", row.getDimensionValues(0).getValue(), row.getMetricValues(0).getValue());
      }
    }
  }
}
QuickstartSample.java

PHP

google-analytics-data/quickstart.php
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require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Google\Analytics\Data\V1beta\Client\BetaAnalyticsDataClient;
use Google\Analytics\Data\V1beta\DateRange;
use Google\Analytics\Data\V1beta\Dimension;
use Google\Analytics\Data\V1beta\Metric;
use Google\Analytics\Data\V1beta\RunReportRequest;

/**
 * TODO(developer): Replace this variable with your Google Analytics 4
 *   property ID before running the sample.
 */
$property_id = 'YOUR-GA4-PROPERTY-ID';

// Using a default constructor instructs the client to use the credentials
// specified in GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.
$client = new BetaAnalyticsDataClient();

// Make an API call.
$request = (new RunReportRequest())
    ->setProperty('properties/' . $property_id)
    ->setDateRanges([
        new DateRange([
            'start_date' => '2020-03-31',
            'end_date' => 'today',
        ]),
    ])
    ->setDimensions([new Dimension([
            'name' => 'city',
        ]),
    ])
    ->setMetrics([new Metric([
            'name' => 'activeUsers',
        ])
    ]);
$response = $client->runReport($request);

// Print results of an API call.
print 'Report result: ' . PHP_EOL;

foreach ($response->getRows() as $row) {
    print $row->getDimensionValues()[0]->getValue()
        . ' ' . $row->getMetricValues()[0]->getValue() . PHP_EOL;
}
quickstart.php

Python

google-analytics-data/quickstart.py
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from google.analytics.data_v1beta import BetaAnalyticsDataClient
from google.analytics.data_v1beta.types import (
    DateRange,
    Dimension,
    Metric,
    RunReportRequest,
)


def sample_run_report(property_id="YOUR-GA4-PROPERTY-ID"):
    """Runs a simple report on a Google Analytics 4 property."""
    # TODO(developer): Uncomment this variable and replace with your
    #  Google Analytics 4 property ID before running the sample.
    # property_id = "YOUR-GA4-PROPERTY-ID"

    # Using a default constructor instructs the client to use the credentials
    # specified in GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.
    client = BetaAnalyticsDataClient()

    request = RunReportRequest(
        property=f"properties/{property_id}",
        dimensions=[Dimension(name="city")],
        metrics=[Metric(name="activeUsers")],
        date_ranges=[DateRange(start_date="2020-03-31", end_date="today")],
    )
    response = client.run_report(request)

    print("Report result:")
    for row in response.rows:
        print(row.dimension_values[0].value, row.metric_values[0].value)


quickstart.py

Node.js

google-analytics-data/quickstart.js
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  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment this variable and replace with your
   *   Google Analytics 4 property ID before running the sample.
   */
  // propertyId = 'YOUR-GA4-PROPERTY-ID';

  // Imports the Google Analytics Data API client library.
  const {BetaAnalyticsDataClient} = require('@google-analytics/data');

  // Using a default constructor instructs the client to use the credentials
  // specified in GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.
  const analyticsDataClient = new BetaAnalyticsDataClient();

  // Runs a simple report.
  async function runReport() {
    const [response] = await analyticsDataClient.runReport({
      property: `properties/${propertyId}`,
      dateRanges: [
        {
          startDate: '2020-03-31',
          endDate: 'today',
        },
      ],
      dimensions: [
        {
          name: 'city',
        },
      ],
      metrics: [
        {
          name: 'activeUsers',
        },
      ],
    });

    console.log('Report result:');
    response.rows.forEach((row) => {
      console.log(row.dimensionValues[0], row.metricValues[0]);
    });
  }

  runReport();
quickstart.js

.NET

analytics-data/QuickStart/QuickStart.cs
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using Google.Analytics.Data.V1Beta;
using System;

namespace AnalyticsSamples
{
    class QuickStart
    {
        static void SampleRunReport(string propertyId="YOUR-GA4-PROPERTY-ID")
        {
            /**
             * TODO(developer): Uncomment this variable and replace with your
             *  Google Analytics 4 property ID before running the sample.
             */
            // propertyId = "YOUR-GA4-PROPERTY-ID";

            // Using a default constructor instructs the client to use the credentials
            // specified in GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.
            BetaAnalyticsDataClient client = BetaAnalyticsDataClient.Create();

            // Initialize request argument(s)
            RunReportRequest request = new RunReportRequest
            {
                Property = "properties/" + propertyId,
                Dimensions = { new Dimension{ Name="city"}, },
                Metrics = { new Metric{ Name="activeUsers"}, },
                DateRanges = { new DateRange{ StartDate="2020-03-31", EndDate="today"}, },
            };

            // Make the request
            RunReportResponse response = client.RunReport(request);

            Console.WriteLine("Report result:");
            foreach(Row row in response.Rows)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}", row.DimensionValues[0].Value, row.MetricValues[0].Value);
            }
        }
        static int Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args.Length > 0) {
                SampleRunReport(args[0]);
            } else {
                SampleRunReport();
            }
            return 0;
        }
    }
}
QuickStart.cs

REST

To send this request, run the curl command from the command line or include the REST call in your application. 

curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth application-default print-access-token)" \
  -H "x-goog-user-project: ${PROJECT_ID}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '
  {
    "dateRanges": [
      {
        "startDate": "2025-01-01",
        "endDate": "2025-02-01"
      }
    ],
    "dimensions": [
      {
        "name": "country"
      }
    ],
    "metrics": [
      {
        "name": "activeUsers"
      }
    ]
  }'  https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com/v1beta/properties/${PROPERTY_ID}:runReport

The response will contain a report with active users broken down by country, for example:

{
  "dimensionHeaders": [
    {
      "name": "country"
    }
  ],
  "metricHeaders": [
    {
      "name": "activeUsers",
      "type": "TYPE_INTEGER"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "dimensionValues": [
        {
          "value": "United States"
        }
      ],
      "metricValues": [
        {
          "value": "3242"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "dimensionValues": [
        {
          "value": "(not set)"
        }
      ],
      "metricValues": [
        {
          "value": "3015"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "dimensionValues": [
        {
          "value": "India"
        }
      ],
      "metricValues": [
        {
          "value": "805"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "rowCount": 3,
  "metadata": {
    "currencyCode": "USD",
    "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
  },
  "kind": "analyticsData#runReport"
}