Looker Studio Authentication API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Looker Studio Assets Authentication API
  description: The Looker Studio API enables developers to programmatically manage reports, data sources, and permissions. It provides methods for searching assets and managing asset permissions including getting, updating, adding, and removing members. The API is 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
  termsOfService: https://developers.google.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://datastudio.googleapis.com/v1
  description: Looker Studio API production server
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Operations for managing third-party authentication including OAuth2, API keys, and username/password credentials.
paths:
  /connector/getAuthType:
    post:
      operationId: getAuthType
      summary: Looker Studio Get authentication type
      description: Returns the authentication type required by the connector. Looker Studio calls this function to determine how to authenticate the user with the third-party data source. The connector must return one of the supported authentication types.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      requestBody:
        required: false
        description: Empty request body. No parameters are needed.
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The authentication type configuration.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthTypeResponse'
  /connector/isAuthValid:
    post:
      operationId: isAuthValid
      summary: Looker Studio Validate authentication credentials
      description: Validates the current third-party authentication credentials. Looker Studio calls this function to check whether the user's stored credentials are still valid before making data requests.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      requestBody:
        required: false
        description: Empty request body. Credentials are accessed from the script's properties.
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Whether the credentials are valid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  valid:
                    type: boolean
                    description: True if the stored credentials are valid.
  /connector/setCredentials:
    post:
      operationId: setCredentials
      summary: Looker Studio Store authentication credentials
      description: Stores the user's authentication credentials for the third-party data source. Looker Studio calls this function after the user provides their credentials through the authentication UI.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      requestBody:
        required: true
        description: The credentials to store for the third-party service.
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetCredentialsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Result of the credential storage operation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetCredentialsResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    AuthTypeResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from getAuthType containing the authentication configuration.
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthType'
        helpUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Optional URL to help documentation for authentication setup.
    SetCredentialsRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request to store credentials for the third-party service.
      properties:
        userPass:
          type: object
          description: Username and password credentials.
          properties:
            username:
              type: string
            password:
              type: string
        userToken:
          type: object
          description: Username and token credentials.
          properties:
            username:
              type: string
            token:
              type: string
        key:
          type: string
          description: API key credential.
        pathUserPass:
          type: object
          description: Path, username, and password credentials.
          properties:
            path:
              type: string
            username:
              type: string
            password:
              type: string
        pathKey:
          type: object
          description: Path and API key credentials.
          properties:
            path:
              type: string
            key:
              type: string
    AuthType:
      type: string
      description: The type of authentication used by the connector.
      enum:
      - NONE
      - OAUTH2
      - KEY
      - USER_PASS
      - USER_TOKEN
      - PATH_USER_PASS
      - PATH_KEY
    SetCredentialsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from setCredentials.
      properties:
        errorCode:
          type: string
          description: Error code if credentials are invalid. Returns NONE on success.
          enum:
          - NONE
          - INVALID_CREDENTIALS
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authentication with domain-wide delegation. Requires Google Workspace or Cloud Identity organization.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
          scopes:
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/datastudio: Full access to manage Looker Studio assets and permissions.
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/datastudio.readonly: Read-only access to Looker Studio assets.
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile: Access to user profile information.
externalDocs:
  description: Looker Studio API Reference
  url: https://developers.google.com/looker-studio/integrate/api/reference