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Google Cloud IAM

Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables fine-grained access control and visibility for managing cloud resources. It provides the ability to create and manage service accounts, roles, and permissions to enforce least-privilege security policies across Google Cloud resources.

Google Cloud IAM publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Permissions API, Roles API, Service Account Keys API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Access Management, Google Cloud, IAM, Identity, and Permissions.

The Google Cloud IAM catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

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

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61.3/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
Access ManagementGoogle CloudIAMIdentityPermissionsSecurity

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Composite quality — 61.3/100 · strong
Contract Quality 16.3 / 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 IAM Permissions API

The Permissions API from Google Cloud IAM — 1 operation(s) for permissions.

Google Cloud IAM Roles API

The Roles API from Google Cloud IAM — 2 operation(s) for roles.

Google Cloud IAM Service Account Keys API

The Service Account Keys API from Google Cloud IAM — 1 operation(s) for service account keys.

Google Cloud IAM Service Accounts API

The Service Accounts API from Google Cloud IAM — 2 operation(s) for service accounts.

Postman Collections 4

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

Google Cloud IAM Permissions API

POSTMAN

Google Cloud IAM Permissions Roles API

POSTMAN

Google Cloud IAM Permissions Service Account Keys API

POSTMAN

Google Cloud IAM Permissions Service Accounts API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

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

Google Cloud IAM API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Cloud Iam Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Cloud Iam Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Google Cloud Iam Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

context Context

3 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Cloud IAM API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

ServiceAccount

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

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

Google Cloud Iam Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Google Cloud Iam Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Cloud Iam Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Cloud Iam Scopes

2 scopes · authorizationCode

2 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Google Cloud Iam Agentic Access

11 operations · 6 acting

11 operations · 6 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 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 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-iam
name: Google Cloud IAM
description: Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables fine-grained access control and visibility for managing
  cloud resources. It provides the ability to create and manage service accounts, roles, and permissions to enforce least-privilege
  security policies across Google Cloud resources.
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-iam.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-iam/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Access Management
- Google Cloud
- IAM
- Identity
- Permissions
- Security
apis:
- aid: google-cloud-iam:google-cloud-iam-permissions-api
  name: Google Cloud IAM Permissions API
  description: The Permissions API from Google Cloud IAM — 1 operation(s) for permissions.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/iam
  baseURL: https://iam.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Permissions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-iam-permissions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service-account.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/context.jsonld
- aid: google-cloud-iam:google-cloud-iam-roles-api
  name: Google Cloud IAM Roles API
  description: The Roles API from Google Cloud IAM — 2 operation(s) for roles.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/iam
  baseURL: https://iam.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-iam-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service-account.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/context.jsonld
- aid: google-cloud-iam:google-cloud-iam-service-account-keys-api
  name: Google Cloud IAM Service Account Keys API
  description: The Service Account Keys API from Google Cloud IAM — 1 operation(s) for service account keys.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/iam
  baseURL: https://iam.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Service Account Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-iam-service-account-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service-account.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/context.jsonld
- aid: google-cloud-iam:google-cloud-iam-service-accounts-api
  name: Google Cloud IAM Service Accounts API
  description: The Service Accounts API from Google Cloud IAM — 2 operation(s) for service accounts.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/iam
  baseURL: https://iam.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Service Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-iam-service-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/service-account.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/context.jsonld
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-cloud-iam/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-cloud-iam-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-cloud-iam-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-cloud-iam-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-cloud-iam-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-cloud-iam-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/googleapis
- type: Portal
  url: https://cloud.google.com/iam
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/quickstarts
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs
- type: Authentication
  url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/authentication
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.google.com/iam/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/iam/docs/support
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/context.jsonld
- type: Integrations
  url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com