Google Data Studio Permissions API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Google Data Studio Permissions API
  description: The Looker Studio API (formerly Google Data Studio API) enables programmatic management of Looker Studio assets, including searching for assets and managing permissions within Google Workspace or Cloud Identity organizations. The API is only available to users that belong to an organization with Google Workspace or Cloud Identity.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Google
    url: https://developers.google.com/looker-studio/integrate/api
  license:
    name: Google APIs Terms of Service
    url: https://developers.google.com/terms
  x-date: '2026-03-04'
servers:
- url: https://datastudio.googleapis.com/v1
  description: Looker Studio API v1 production server
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Permissions
  description: Operations for managing access controls on Looker Studio assets
paths:
  /assets/{assetName}/permissions:
    get:
      operationId: getPermissions
      summary: Google Data Studio Get asset permissions
      description: Retrieves the access controls (permissions) for a specified Looker Studio asset. Returns a Permissions object containing a map of roles to their assigned members, along with an etag for concurrency control.
      tags:
      - Permissions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AssetName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response containing the asset's permissions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Permissions'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or invalid credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient permissions to view asset access controls.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: The specified asset was not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    patch:
      operationId: patchPermissions
      summary: Google Data Studio Update asset permissions
      description: Modifies the access controls for a specified Looker Studio asset. Replaces the permissions with the provided values. The OWNER role cannot be updated through this endpoint. Use the etag field for optimistic concurrency control to detect and fail on concurrent modifications.
      tags:
      - Permissions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AssetName'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        description: The updated permissions object.
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Permissions'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response containing the updated permissions for the asset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Permissions'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request. May occur if attempting to modify the OWNER role.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or invalid credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient permissions to modify asset access controls.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: The specified asset was not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: Conflict due to concurrent modification detected via etag mismatch.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /assets/{assetName}/permissions:addMembers:
    post:
      operationId: addMembers
      summary: Google Data Studio Add members to an asset
      description: 'Adds members to a specified role on a Looker Studio asset. Members cannot be added to the OWNER role. Members are identified by a type prefix such as user:, group:, domain:, or serviceAccount: followed by the identifier.'
      tags:
      - Permissions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AssetName'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        description: The role and list of members to add to the asset.
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddMembersRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response containing the updated permissions for the asset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Permissions'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request. May occur if attempting to add members to the OWNER role.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or invalid credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient permissions to add members to the asset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: The specified asset was not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /assets/{assetName}/permissions:revokeAllPermissions:
    post:
      operationId: revokeAllPermissions
      summary: Google Data Studio Revoke all permissions for members
      description: Removes specified members from all roles on a Looker Studio asset. Owners cannot be removed, and the authorized user cannot remove themselves. Revoking permissions for an invalid member or a member that does not belong to the asset will not cause the request to fail. Well-formed requests always return a 200 OK response.
      tags:
      - Permissions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AssetName'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        description: The list of members whose permissions should be revoked.
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RevokeAllPermissionsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response containing the updated permissions. Always returned for well-formed requests even if a member is invalid or does not belong to the asset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Permissions'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or invalid credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient permissions to revoke member access.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: The specified asset was not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Error response from the API.
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              description: The HTTP status code.
            message:
              type: string
              description: A human-readable error message.
            status:
              type: string
              description: The error status code.
    Member:
      type: string
      description: 'A member identifier with a type prefix. Supported prefixes are user: (Google account), group: (Google Group), domain: (organization domain), serviceAccount: (Cloud service account), and the special value allUsers (anyone with the link).'
      examples:
      - user:gus@gmail.com
      - group:api@googlegroups.com
      - domain:example.com
      - serviceAccount:sa@project.iam.gserviceaccount.com
      - allUsers
    RoleMembers:
      type: object
      description: A list of members assigned to a particular role.
      properties:
        members:
          type: array
          description: List of member identifiers. Members are prefixed with their type such as user:email@example.com, group:group@googlegroups.com, domain:example.com, serviceAccount:sa@project.iam.gserviceaccount.com, or the special value allUsers.
          items:
            type: string
    RevokeAllPermissionsRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request to revoke all permissions for specified members on an asset.
      required:
      - members
      properties:
        members:
          type: array
          description: A list of members to remove from the asset. Owners cannot be removed. The authorized user cannot remove themselves.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Member'
    AddMembersRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request to add members to a specific role on an asset.
      required:
      - role
      - members
      properties:
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Role'
        members:
          type: array
          description: The members to add to the specified role.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Member'
    Role:
      type: string
      description: A role that can be assigned to members on a Looker Studio asset.
      enum:
      - VIEWER
      - EDITOR
      - OWNER
      - LINK_VIEWER
      - LINK_EDITOR
    Permissions:
      type: object
      description: Access control configuration for a Looker Studio asset containing a mapping of roles to their assigned members.
      properties:
        permissions:
          type: object
          description: A map of role names to their member lists.
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RoleMembers'
        etag:
          type: string
          description: Etag for optimistic concurrency control. Used to detect and fail on concurrent modifications.
  parameters:
    AssetName:
      name: assetName
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name (ID) of the Looker Studio asset.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authentication. Requires domain-wide delegation configured by a Google Workspace administrator.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
          scopes:
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/datastudio: Full read and write access to Looker Studio assets and permissions.
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/datastudio.readonly: Read-only access to Looker Studio assets and permissions.
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile: Access to user profile information.
externalDocs:
  description: Looker Studio API Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/looker-studio/integrate/api