Google Workspace Admin | Operate As Docs

Google Workspace admin: users, groups, licenses, alerts, Chrome devices and policies, and reseller subscriptions

Website: workspace.google.com
Connects by: Signing in with Google
Category: Developer tools
Part of: Google
Tools: 328

Service	Key	Base URL
Google Workspace Admin	`google-workspace-admin`	`https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1`

Connecting

Your client presses Connect on their link and approves on Google's own screen. Operate As never sees their password.

Check they're connected

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

[
  {
    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "name": "Miller Dental",
    "services": [
      "google-workspace-admin"
    ]
  }
]

[  {    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "name": "Miller Dental",    "services": [      "google-workspace-admin"    ]  }]

Permissions

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
See, add and change the users in your organization	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user`
See, add and change your organization's groups and who's in them	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group`
Add messages to your groups' archives	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/apps.groups.migration`
See and change your groups' settings	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/apps.groups.settings`
See and manage your Google Workspace security alerts	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/apps.alerts`
See and manage your Google Workspace licenses	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/apps.licensing`
See your Chat spaces	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonly`
See your Meet spaces	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/meetings.space.readonly`
See and manage your Workspace customers and subscriptions	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/apps.order`
See licenses for your Marketplace apps	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/appsmarketplace.license`
See reports about your managed Chrome browsers and devices	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chrome.management.reports.readonly`
See telemetry from your managed ChromeOS devices	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chrome.management.telemetry.readonly`
See details of apps on your managed Chrome browsers	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chrome.management.appdetails.readonly`
See and change Chrome policies for your organization	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chrome.management.policy`
See and manage your organization's groups	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-identity.groups`
See your organization's devices	`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-identity.devices.readonly`

Tools

Install Google Workspace Admin's typed package for your language:

pip install operate-as-google-workspace-admin

pip install operate-as-google-workspace-admin

Run google-workspace-admin.alertcenter_alerts_batch_delete

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/google-workspace-admin.alertcenter_alerts_batch_delete \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "input": {}
  }'

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/google-workspace-admin.alertcenter_alerts_batch_delete \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "input": {}  }'

Every input, with its JSON Schema: GET /v1/actions/google-workspace-admin.alertcenter_alerts_batch_delete

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

Pass-through

Paths continue from https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1. Your Operate As key goes in Authorization; the client's access is added for you.

See Pass-through requests for the full request and response format.

Call any endpoint

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../google-workspace-admin/..." \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../google-workspace-admin/..." \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

When access ends

Operate As renews the sign-in before it runs out and checks it daily. If Google refuses to renew it, the service shows Expired, you're alerted, and your client reconnects from the same link.

See Keeping access alive and Removing access.

Calls answer

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "detail": "Miller Dental's Google access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."
}

HTTP/1.1 409 ConflictContent-Type: application/json{  "detail": "Miller Dental's Google access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."}

Your webhook receives

{
  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",
  "type": "connection.expired",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",
  "data": {
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "clientName": "Miller Dental",
    "provider": "google",
    "services": [
      "google-workspace-admin"
    ],
    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"
  }
}

{  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",  "type": "connection.expired",  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",  "data": {    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "clientName": "Miller Dental",    "provider": "google",    "services": [      "google-workspace-admin"    ],    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"  }}