Google Cloud Armor

Google Cloud Armor provides DDoS protection and web application firewall (WAF) capabilities for Google Cloud applications, enabling you to create security policies that protect your services from attacks and unwanted traffic.

Google Cloud Armor publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: SecurityPolicies API and SecurityPolicyRules API. Tagged areas include DDoS Protection, Firewall, Google Cloud, Security, and WAF.

The Google Cloud Armor catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Google Cloud Armor’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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60.8/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 APIs

DDoS ProtectionFirewallGoogle CloudSecurityWAF

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 60.8/100 · strong

Contract Quality 15.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Cloud Armor Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Cloud Armor Scopes

2 scopes · authorizationCode

2 scopes

SCOPES

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: google-cloud-armor
name: Google Cloud Armor
description: Google Cloud Armor provides DDoS protection and web application firewall (WAF) capabilities for Google Cloud
  applications, enabling you to create security policies that protect your services from attacks and unwanted traffic.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-cloud-armor.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-armor/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- DDoS Protection
- Firewall
- Google Cloud
- Security
- WAF
apis:
- aid: google-cloud-armor:google-cloud-armor-securitypolicies-api
  name: Google Cloud Armor SecurityPolicies API
  description: Manage security policies for Cloud Armor
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs
  baseURL: https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1
  tags:
  - SecurityPolicies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-armor-securitypolicies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs/configure-security-policies
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
- aid: google-cloud-armor:google-cloud-armor-securitypolicyrules-api
  name: Google Cloud Armor SecurityPolicyRules API
  description: Manage individual rules within security policies
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs
  baseURL: https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1
  tags:
  - SecurityPolicyRules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-armor-securitypolicyrules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs/configure-security-policies
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-cloud-armor/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-cloud-armor-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-cloud-armor-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-cloud-armor-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-cloud-armor-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-cloud-armor-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform
- type: Portal
  url: https://cloud.google.com/armor
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs/configure-security-policies
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs
- type: Authentication
  url: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.google.com/armor/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs/support
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
- url: https://docs.cloud.google.com/feeds/cloud-armor-release-notes.xml
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Google Cloud Armor

Kin Score

APIs 2

Google Cloud Armor SecurityPolicies API

Google Cloud Armor SecurityPolicyRules API

Postman Collections 2

Google Cloud Armor SecurityPolicies API

Google Cloud Armor SecurityPolicies SecurityPolicyRules API

Open Collections 1

Google Cloud Armor API

Pricing Plans 1

Google Cloud Armor Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Google Cloud Armor Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Google Cloud Armor Finops

Spectral Rules 1

Google Cloud Armor API Rules

Security Posture 3

Google Cloud Armor Authentication

Google Cloud Armor Domain Security

Google Cloud Armor Vulnerability Disclosure