# Google API Improvement Proposals (AIPs)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/google-aip/  
**Provider:** API Style Guides — https://apis.io/providers/style-guides/  
**Base URL:** https://google.aip.dev/  
**Documentation:** https://google.aip.dev/

Google API Improvement Proposals (AIPs) is one of 11 APIs that [API Style Guides](https://apis.io/providers/style-guides/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include REST, gRPC, Resource-Oriented, and Google. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes a GitHub repository.

Google's design review system, modeled on Python PEPs and Rust RFCs. AIPs are numbered, individually reviewable design documents covering resource-oriented design, standard methods, errors, pagination, naming conventions, and long-running operations. Maintained at aip.dev with content under CC BY 4.0 and code samples under Apache-2.0.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **StyleGuide** — https://google.aip.dev/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/aip-dev/google.aip.dev
- **ContentLicense** — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **CodeLicense** — https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- **Scope**

## Other API Style Guides APIs (10)

- [Microsoft REST API Guidelines](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/microsoft/)
- [Zalando RESTful API and Event Guidelines](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/zalando/)
- [PayPal API Design Guidelines](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/paypal/)
- [adidas API Guidelines](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/adidas/)
- [Cisco REST API Design Guide](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/cisco/)
- [Atlassian REST API Design Guidelines](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/atlassian/)
- [Heroku Platform API Design Conventions](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/heroku/)
- [GitLab API Style Guide](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/gitlab/)
- [Kubernetes API Conventions](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/kubernetes/)
- [IETF HTTPAPI Working Group Drafts and RFCs](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/ietf-httpapi/)

## Tags

REST, gRPC, Resource-Oriented, Google

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