Vertex AI Search Computemetadata API

The Computemetadata API from Vertex AI Search — 1 operation(s) for computemetadata.

Operations 1

GET /computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/{defaultid} GET /computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/identity #

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vertex-ai-search-computemetadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Vertex AI Search Computemetadata API
  version: '2026-10-13'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-13: 17 operation(s) read from 13 public documentation page(s) (each operation names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; Vertex AI Search has published no machine-readable contract that the pipeline could find. Engine: local.'
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 17
    documentation: 0
    pages-with-code: 13
    pages-read: 13
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-10-13'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: local
  x-sources:
  - https://developers.google.com
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install-sdk
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/downloads-interactive
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authenticate
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/use-gcloud-mcp
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/rest
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/api-keys-use
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/api-keys
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/get-id-token
  - https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/token-types
  - https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/risc
servers:
- url: https://packages.cloud.google.com
security:
- bearer: []
tags:
- name: Computemetadata
paths:
  /computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/{defaultid}:
    get:
      operationId: get_computeMetadata_v1_instance_service_accounts_default_defaultid
      tags:
      - Computemetadata
      summary: GET /computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/identity
      x-source: https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/get-id-token
      parameters:
      - name: defaultid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (shape read from the example response on the page)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetComputemetadataV1InstanceServiceAccountsDefaultDefaultidR'
      x-evidence:
        kind: code-example
        language: curl
        snippet: "curl -H \"Metadata-Flavor: Google\"  'http://metadata/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/identity?audience= AUDIENCE '\n PowerShell Replace AUDIENCE with the URI for the target service,\nfor example http://www.example.com . "
        collapsed_from: 2 example path(s) differing only at defaultId
components:
  schemas:
    GetComputemetadataV1InstanceServiceAccountsDefaultDefaultidR:
      type: object
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
        expires_in:
          type: integer
        token_type:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer