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Google Cloud Endpoints

Google Cloud Endpoints is an API management system that helps you secure, monitor, analyze, and set quotas on your APIs using the same infrastructure Google uses for its own APIs. Endpoints works with the Extensible Service Proxy (ESP) or ESPv2 to provide API management capabilities including authentication, monitoring, logging, and API key validation for APIs described using OpenAPI specifications. It supports APIs hosted on App Engine, GKE, Compute Engine, or any Docker-supported environment.

Google Cloud Endpoints publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Services API. Tagged areas include API Gateway, API Management, Authentication, Google Cloud, and Monitoring.

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

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

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58.9/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
API GatewayAPI ManagementAuthenticationGoogle CloudMonitoringRate Limiting

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 58.9/100 · 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 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 1

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

Google Cloud Endpoints Services API

The Services API from Google Cloud Endpoints — 4 operation(s) for services.

Postman Collections 1

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

Google Cloud Endpoints Google Cloud Service Management Services API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

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

Google Cloud Endpoints Google Cloud Service Management API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Cloud Endpoints Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Cloud Endpoints Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Google Cloud Endpoints Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Cloud Endpoints API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Google Cloud Endpoints Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Cloud Endpoints Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Google Cloud Endpoints Agentic Access

8 operations · 4 acting

8 operations · 4 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

JSONLD
JSONLD

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-endpoints
name: Google Cloud Endpoints
description: Google Cloud Endpoints is an API management system that helps you secure, monitor, analyze, and set quotas on
  your APIs using the same infrastructure Google uses for its own APIs. Endpoints works with the Extensible Service Proxy
  (ESP) or ESPv2 to provide API management capabilities including authentication, monitoring, logging, and API key validation
  for APIs described using OpenAPI specifications. It supports APIs hosted on App Engine, GKE, Compute Engine, or any Docker-supported
  environment.
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-endpoints.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-endpoints/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- API Gateway
- API Management
- Authentication
- Google Cloud
- Monitoring
- Rate Limiting
apis:
- aid: google-cloud-endpoints:google-cloud-endpoints-services-api
  name: Google Cloud Endpoints Services API
  description: The Services API from Google Cloud Endpoints — 4 operation(s) for services.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs
  baseURL: https://servicemanagement.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-endpoints-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/reference/service-management/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/grpc/authenticating-users
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/openapi/get-started-cloud-run
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-cloud-endpoints/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-cloud-endpoints-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-cloud-endpoints-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-cloud-endpoints-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/cloudendpoints
- type: Portal
  url: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/openapi/get-started-cloud-run
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs
- type: Authentication
  url: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/grpc/authenticating-users
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/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/endpoints/docs/support
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/json-ld.json
- type: Integrations
  url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com