Admin SDK API
Admin SDK API
Google Workspace Admin SDK API programmatically manages Workspace organizations — users, groups, devices, domains, audit logs, organizational units.
Industry-standard enterprise directory management
Only available to Workspace customers (not personal Google accounts)
Create a service account in Workspace Admin Console with domain-wide authority delegated. POST /admin/directory/v1/users to create a user.
Uptime · 30-day window
About this API
Admin SDK is Google Workspace's enterprise-management API family, including Directory (users/groups/devices), Reports (audit logs/usage reports), Calendar Resource (meeting room management), and other sub-APIs. It's the entry point for all Workspace automation — typical uses: hire automation (HR system syncs Workday employee → auto-calls Directory API to create account, add to appropriate groups, configure email aliases), termination flow (employee leaves → immediately suspend account, transfer Drive files, revoke devices), and compliance audit (monthly Reports export for anomalous logins). Workspace is a core GCP enterprise product; nearly every Workspace customer uses Admin SDK for automation.
What you can build
- 1Sync employees from HR to Workspace (auto-provision on hire/leave)
- 2Bulk manage group members
- 3Audit employee logins and file access
- 4Device management (Chromebook config)
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Industry-standard enterprise directory management
- Rich audit + reporting capabilities
- Deep integration with Workspace products (Gmail, Drive, Meet)
Limitations
- Only available to Workspace customers (not personal Google accounts)
- Requires super admin or appropriate admin role to call
Example request
curl https://google.com/<endpoint>Getting started
Create a service account in Workspace Admin Console with domain-wide authority delegated. POST /admin/directory/v1/users to create a user.
FAQ
Service account or OAuth user token?+
Admin-level operations: service account with domain-wide delegation. Read-only personal data: OAuth user token.
Can it manage external users?+
Cannot create external users, but can invite them to groups (contact groups) for collaboration.
Technical details
- Auth type
- unknown
- Pricing
- unknown
- Protocols
- REST
- SDKs
- python, javascript, go, java, csharp
- Response time
- 46 ms
- Last health check
- 5/12/2026, 7:37:30 AM
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