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Google Cloud Container Registry

Google Cloud Container Registry is a private Docker image storage service on Google Cloud Platform. It provides secure, private Docker image storage with integration into Google Cloud CI/CD pipelines, vulnerability scanning, and access control. Note that Container Registry has been superseded by Artifact Registry as the recommended container registry for Google Cloud.

Google Cloud Container Registry publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Blobs API, Catalog API, Manifests API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include CI/CD, Containers, Docker, Google Cloud, and Images.

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

Google Cloud Container Registry’s developer surface includes developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, authentication, pricing, support, and 9 more developer resources.

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59.4/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
4 APIs
CI/CDContainersDockerGoogle CloudImagesRegistriesStorage

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Composite quality — 59.4/100 · strong
Contract Quality 14.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 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 4

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

Google Cloud Container Registry Blobs API

The Blobs API from Google Cloud Container Registry — 1 operation(s) for blobs.

Google Cloud Container Registry Catalog API

The Catalog API from Google Cloud Container Registry — 1 operation(s) for catalog.

Google Cloud Container Registry Manifests API

The Manifests API from Google Cloud Container Registry — 1 operation(s) for manifests.

Google Cloud Container Registry Tags API

The Tags API from Google Cloud Container Registry — 1 operation(s) for tags.

Postman Collections 4

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Google Cloud Container Registry Blobs API

POSTMAN

Google Cloud Container Registry Blobs Catalog API

POSTMAN

Google Cloud Container Registry Blobs Manifests API

POSTMAN

Google Cloud Container Registry Blobs Tags API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Google Cloud Container Registry API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Cloud Container Registry Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Cloud Container Registry Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Google Cloud Container Registry Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Cloud Container Registry API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Cloud Container Registry Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Cloud Container Registry Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Cloud Container Registry Agentic Access

6 operations · 2 acting

6 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
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

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: google-cloud-container-registry
name: Google Cloud Container Registry
description: Google Cloud Container Registry is a private Docker image storage service on Google Cloud Platform. It provides
  secure, private Docker image storage with integration into Google Cloud CI/CD pipelines, vulnerability scanning, and access
  control. Note that Container Registry has been superseded by Artifact Registry as the recommended container registry for
  Google Cloud.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-cloud-container-registry.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-container-registry/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- CI/CD
- Containers
- Docker
- Google Cloud
- Images
- Registries
- Storage
apis:
- aid: google-cloud-container-registry:google-cloud-container-registry-blobs-api
  name: Google Cloud Container Registry Blobs API
  description: The Blobs API from Google Cloud Container Registry — 1 operation(s) for blobs.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs
  baseURL: https://containerregistry.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Blobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-container-registry-blobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/access-control
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
- aid: google-cloud-container-registry:google-cloud-container-registry-catalog-api
  name: Google Cloud Container Registry  Catalog API
  description: The  Catalog API from Google Cloud Container Registry — 1 operation(s) for  catalog.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs
  baseURL: https://containerregistry.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - ' Catalog'
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-container-registry-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/access-control
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
- aid: google-cloud-container-registry:google-cloud-container-registry-manifests-api
  name: Google Cloud Container Registry Manifests API
  description: The Manifests API from Google Cloud Container Registry — 1 operation(s) for manifests.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs
  baseURL: https://containerregistry.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Manifests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-container-registry-manifests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/access-control
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
- aid: google-cloud-container-registry:google-cloud-container-registry-tags-api
  name: Google Cloud Container Registry Tags API
  description: The Tags API from Google Cloud Container Registry — 1 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs
  baseURL: https://containerregistry.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-container-registry-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/access-control
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/quickstart
  - 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-container-registry/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-cloud-container-registry-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-cloud-container-registry-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-cloud-container-registry-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform
- type: Portal
  url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/quickstart
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs
- type: Authentication
  url: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/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/container-registry/docs/support
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com