Google Cloud Logging

Google Cloud Logging is a fully managed, real-time log management service that ingests, stores, searches, analyzes, routes and alerts on application and system log data at scale across Google Cloud, AWS and on-premises environments. The v2 API writes log entries and manages the configuration surface behind them — log buckets and views, Log Router sinks and exclusions, logs-based metrics, log scopes, linked BigQuery datasets and CMEK settings. Google publishes it as a Discovery document with 254 methods, as first-party gRPC service definitions, through seven official client libraries and the gcloud logging command group, and — since April 2026 — through a fully managed remote MCP server at logging.googleapis.com/mcp that exposes six read-only tools to agents.

Google Cloud Logging publishes 9 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Bucket API, Buckets API, Entries:copy API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Cloud, Logging, Monitoring, Observability, and Telemetry.

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

Google Cloud Logging’s developer surface includes API reference, authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, changelog, and 55 more developer resources.

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74.1/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 50/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 1 MCP Servers 3 Agent Skills

Cloud Logging Monitoring Observability Telemetry Log Management SRE DevOps OpenTelemetry Google Cloud

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

SaaS Platform Operations Management

BC-4220

BucketBucketsEntries:copyEntries:listEntries:tailEntries:write

POST /v2/entries:list POST /v2/entries:tail POST /v2/entries:write POST /v2/entries:copy

What people ask Google Cloud Logging 9

The questions people put to an LLM, and the jobs they hand an agent, that Google Cloud Logging's APIs answer — each one linked to the operation that does it. Generated by API Evangelist

Google Cloud Logging Bucket API Look up a Cloud Logging log bucket “What retention period and lifecycle state does one of my log buckets have?” Change a log bucket's retention or settings “Can I change how long an existing log bucket retains logs?” Delete a log bucket “Can I remove a log bucket I no longer need?”

Google Cloud Logging Google Cloud Logging API Look up a log sink's configuration “Where is a particular log sink routing my logs to?” Delete a log sink “Can I stop exporting logs by removing a sink?”

Google Cloud Logging Exclusions API List log exclusion filters “Which logs am I currently excluding from ingestion?” Create a log exclusion to stop ingesting logs “Can I stop noisy logs from being ingested to cut my logging costs?”

Google Cloud Logging Buckets API List log buckets in a project or location “Which log buckets exist in my Google Cloud project?” Create a new log bucket “Can I create a separate log bucket with its own retention period?”

Google Cloud Logging Sinks API List log sinks in a project “Which sinks are exporting logs out of my project?” Create a sink that routes logs to a destination “Can I export logs that match a filter to BigQuery, Cloud Storage or Pub/Sub?”

Google Cloud Logging Entries:list API Search and list stored log entries “Can I query my past logs with a filter like severity or resource type?”

Google Cloud Logging Entries:copy API Copy log entries from a bucket to another destination “Can I copy log entries that are already stored in a log bucket somewhere else?”

Google Cloud Logging Entries:write API Write log entries to Cloud Logging “Can I send my application's log messages straight to Google Cloud Logging?”

Google Cloud Logging Entries:tail API Stream log entries live as they arrive “Can I watch new log entries stream in live, like tail -f?”

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 74.1/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 10.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 12.6 / 15

Access Clarity 13.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 8.2 / 10

Contract Governance 3.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.4 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 50/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too
Protected Resource Metadata +5 pts — a served /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource carrying `resource` (documented), and naming its authorization_servers (verified)
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document +5 pts — a parsing /.well-known/ucp.json or acp.json declaring a version and at least one service, OR (0.27) a live x402 payment challenge from _data/x402-adoption.json — `self` when its endpoints are on the provider's own domain, `platform` when they are on a vendor's

1 more unmet check in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 55.3 — up to +11.2 composite points
Contract Governance scores 35.6 — up to +7.7 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 83.9 — up to +3.2 composite points

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Standards implemented 5

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

OpenID Connect

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

Mutual TLS

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 9

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

Google Cloud Logging Bucket API

The Bucket API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for bucket.

Google Cloud Logging Buckets API

The Buckets API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for buckets.

Google Cloud Logging Entries:copy API

The Entries:copy API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for entries:copy.

Google Cloud Logging Entries:list API

The Entries:list API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for entries:list.

Google Cloud Logging Entries:tail API

The Entries:tail API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for entries:tail.

Google Cloud Logging Entries:write API

The Entries:write API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for entries:write.

Google Cloud Logging Exclusions API

The Exclusions API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for exclusions.

Google Cloud Logging Google Cloud Logging API

The Google Cloud Logging API API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for google cloud logging api.

Google Cloud Logging Sinks API

The Sinks API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for sinks.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Cloud Logging MCP server

Remote MCP server at logging.googleapis.com over HTTP requiring OAuth; 6 tools listed.

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Rate limits

entries.write byte rate (primary regions): 4.8 GB bytes per minute
entries.write byte rate (all other regions): 300 MB bytes per minute
entries.list request rate: 60 requests per minute

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Billed by: million samples · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Cloud Logging Plans Pricing

18 plans

PLANS

Google Cloud Logging Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Cloud Logging Rate Limits

8 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Google Cloud Logging

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Google Cloud Logging Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Google Cloud Logging Context

3 classes · 23 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Cloud Logging API Rules

49 rules · 47 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 18

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Google Cloud Logging Api Api Overlay

4 actions · update · google-cloud-logging-google-cloud-logging-api-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Google Cloud Logging Bucket Api Overlay

5 actions · update · google-cloud-logging-bucket-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Google Cloud Logging Bucket Api Phrasing Overlay

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

Google Cloud Logging Authentication

oauth2/openIdConnect/mutualTLS · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Google Cloud Logging Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Cloud Logging Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Google Cloud Logging Trust Center

SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO 22301, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, CSA STAR, BSI C5, IRAP

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Cloud Logging Scopes

5 scopes · authorizationCode

5 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Google Cloud Logging Agentic Access

15 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 6

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Console

Console

Login

Signup

Signup

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

APIReference

APIReference

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

MCPServer

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 9

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Conventions

Idempotency

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

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Build 8

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

IntegrationEdges

IntegrationEdges

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

SDKs

SDKs

GitHubOrganization

ToolCrosswalk

Packages

SDKs

CLI

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Access & Security 9

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Security

SecurityTxt

Compliance

TrustCenter

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Operate 9

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

ChangeLog

RateLimits

StatusPage

StackOverflow

Issue Tracker

Deprecation

ChangeLog

RateLimits

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Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 7

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

CapabilityMap

Discovery

Protobuf

Protobuf

Protobuf

Protobuf

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: google-cloud-logging
name: Google Cloud Logging
image: ''
description: Google Cloud Logging is a fully managed, real-time log management service that ingests, stores, searches, analyzes,
  routes and alerts on application and system log data at scale across Google Cloud, AWS and on-premises environments. The
  v2 API writes log entries and manages the configuration surface behind them — log buckets and views, Log Router sinks and
  exclusions, logs-based metrics, log scopes, linked BigQuery datasets and CMEK settings. Google publishes it as a Discovery
  document with 254 methods, as first-party gRPC service definitions, through seven official client libraries and the gcloud
  logging command group, and — since April 2026 — through a fully managed remote MCP server at logging.googleapis.com/mcp
  that exposes six read-only tools to agents.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
type: Index
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-09-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apis-json/artisanal/main/apis/google/google-cloud-logging.yml
tags:
- Cloud
- Logging
- Monitoring
- Observability
- Telemetry
- Log Management
- SRE
- DevOps
- OpenTelemetry
- Google Cloud
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/google-cloud-logging-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/google-cloud-logging-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/google-cloud-logging-vocabulary.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/google-cloud-logging-hosts.yml
- type: IntegrationEdges
  url: integrations/google-cloud-logging-integration-edges.yml
- type: APIReference
  url: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/anthos
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-cloud-logging/overview
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/google-cloud-logging-capability-edges.yml
  name: Google Cloud Logging Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-cloud-logging-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-cloud-logging-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-cloud-logging-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-cloud-logging-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-cloud-logging-scopes.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://console.cloud.google.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/quickstart
- type: Authentication
  url: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
- type: Support
  url: https://cloud.google.com/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/operations
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/release-notes
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/quotas
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Console
  url: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs
- type: Website
  url: https://cloud.google.com
- type: Login
  url: https://console.cloud.google.com/
- type: Signup
  url: https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial
- type: SDKs
  url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/libraries
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/googleapis
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-cloud-logging
- type: Issue Tracker
  url: https://cloud.google.com/support/docs/issue-trackers
- type: Security
  url: https://g.co/vrp
- type: Integrations
  url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
- type: Discovery
  url: discovery/google-cloud-logging-discovery-v2.json
- type: Protobuf
  name: LoggingServiceV2
  url: grpc/google-cloud-logging-logging.proto
- type: Protobuf
  name: ConfigServiceV2
  url: grpc/google-cloud-logging-logging-config.proto
- type: Protobuf
  name: MetricsServiceV2
  url: grpc/google-cloud-logging-logging-metrics.proto
- type: Protobuf
  name: LogEntry
  url: grpc/google-cloud-logging-log-entry.proto
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/google-cloud-logging-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/google-cloud-logging-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/google-cloud-logging-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/google-cloud-logging-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/google-cloud-logging-cli.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/google-cloud-logging-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/google-cloud-logging-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/google-cloud-logging-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/google-cloud-logging-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/google-cloud-logging-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/google-cloud-logging-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/google-cloud-logging-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/terms/deprecation
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/google-cloud-logging-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/google-cloud-logging-trust-center.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/google-cloud-logging-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/google-cloud-logging-sandbox.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/google-cloud-logging-changelog.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/google-cloud-logging-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/google-cloud-logging-plans-pricing.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/google-cloud-logging-finops.yml
apis:
- aid: google-cloud-logging:google-cloud-logging-bucket-api
  name: Google Cloud Logging Bucket API
  description: The Bucket API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for bucket.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/logging
  baseURL: https://logging.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Bucket
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-logging-bucket-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/google-cloud-logging-bucket-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/quotas
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/libraries
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/release-notes
  - type: OpenAPI Discovery
    url: https://logging.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/apis
  - type: Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest
  - type: gRPC Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rpc
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/access-control
  - type: Guides
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging
  - type: Examples
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/samples
  - type: Troubleshooting
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/troubleshooting
  - type: Python SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/logging/latest
  - type: Java SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-logging/latest/overview
  - type: Node.js SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/logging/latest/overview
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/google-cloud-logging-log-bucket-schema.json
- aid: google-cloud-logging:google-cloud-logging-buckets-api
  name: Google Cloud Logging Buckets API
  description: The Buckets API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for buckets.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/logging
  baseURL: https://logging.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Buckets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-logging-buckets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/google-cloud-logging-buckets-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/quotas
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/libraries
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/release-notes
  - type: OpenAPI Discovery
    url: https://logging.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/apis
  - type: Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest
  - type: gRPC Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rpc
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/access-control
  - type: Guides
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging
  - type: Examples
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/samples
  - type: Troubleshooting
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/troubleshooting
  - type: Python SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/logging/latest
  - type: Java SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-logging/latest/overview
  - type: Node.js SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/logging/latest/overview
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/google-cloud-logging-log-bucket-schema.json
- aid: google-cloud-logging:google-cloud-logging-entries-copy-api
  name: Google Cloud Logging Entries:copy API
  description: The Entries:copy API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for entries:copy.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/logging
  baseURL: https://logging.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Entries:copy
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-logging-entries-copy-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/google-cloud-logging-entries-copy-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/quotas
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/libraries
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/release-notes
  - type: OpenAPI Discovery
    url: https://logging.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/apis
  - type: Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest
  - type: gRPC Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rpc
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/access-control
  - type: Guides
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging
  - type: Examples
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/samples
  - type: Troubleshooting
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/troubleshooting
  - type: Python SDK
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  - type: Java SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-logging/latest/overview
  - type: Node.js SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/logging/latest/overview
- aid: google-cloud-logging:google-cloud-logging-entries-list-api
  name: Google Cloud Logging Entries:list API
  description: The Entries:list API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for entries:list.
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  name: Google Cloud Logging Entries:tail API
  description: The Entries:tail API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for entries:tail.
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  - type: Reference
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  - type: gRPC Reference
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  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/access-control
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    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging
  - type: Examples
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/samples
  - type: Troubleshooting
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/troubleshooting
  - type: Python SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/logging/latest
  - type: Java SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-logging/latest/overview
  - type: Node.js SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/logging/latest/overview
- aid: google-cloud-logging:google-cloud-logging-entries-write-api
  name: Google Cloud Logging Entries:write API
  description: The Entries:write API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for entries:write.
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  baseURL: https://logging.googleapis.com
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    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging
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    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/samples
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    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/troubleshooting
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    url: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-logging/latest/overview
  - type: Node.js SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/logging/latest/overview
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/google-cloud-logging-log-entry-schema.json
- aid: google-cloud-logging:google-cloud-logging-exclusions-api
  name: Google Cloud Logging Exclusions API
  description: The Exclusions API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for exclusions.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/logging
  baseURL: https://logging.googleapis.com
  tags:
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  properties:
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  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/google-cloud-logging-exclusions-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
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    url: https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/quotas
  - type: SDKs
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  - type: Console
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  - type: StatusPage
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  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
  - type: ReleaseNotes
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  - type: OpenAPI Discovery
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  - type: APIReference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/apis
  - type: Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest
  - type: gRPC Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rpc
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/access-control
  - type: Guides
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging
  - type: Examples
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/samples
  - type: Troubleshooting
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/troubleshooting
  - type: Python SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/logging/latest
  - type: Java SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-logging/latest/overview
  - type: Node.js SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/logging/latest/overview
- aid: google-cloud-logging:google-cloud-logging-google-cloud-logging-api-api
  name: Google Cloud Logging Google Cloud Logging API
  description: The Google Cloud Logging API API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for google cloud logging api.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/logging
  baseURL: https://logging.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Google Cloud Logging API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-logging-google-cloud-logging-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/google-cloud-logging-api-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/quotas
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/libraries
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/release-notes
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    url: https://logging.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/apis
  - type: Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest
  - type: gRPC Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rpc
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/access-control
  - type: Guides
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging
  - type: Examples
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/samples
  - type: Troubleshooting
    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/troubleshooting
  - type: Python SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/logging/latest
  - type: Java SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-logging/latest/overview
  - type: Node.js SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/logging/latest/overview
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/google-cloud-logging-log-sink-schema.json
- aid: google-cloud-logging:google-cloud-logging-sinks-api
  name: Google Cloud Logging Sinks API
  description: The Sinks API from Google Cloud Logging — 1 operation(s) for sinks.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/logging
  baseURL: https://logging.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Sinks
  properties:
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: StatusPage
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    url: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/release-notes
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  - type: Examples
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  - type: Python SDK
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  - type: Java SDK
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  - type: Node.js SDK
    url: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/logging/latest/overview
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Google Cloud Logging API — frequently asked questions

Does Google Cloud Logging have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from Google Cloud Logging, including Google Cloud Logging Bucket API, Google Cloud Logging Buckets API and Google Cloud Logging Entries:copy API, and 6 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Google Cloud Logging API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for Google Cloud Logging, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Google Cloud Logging API?

Google Cloud Logging documents its authentication (oauth2/openIdConnect/mutualTLS · 3 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Google Cloud Logging Authentication.

How much does the Google Cloud Logging API cost?

Google Cloud Logging publishes its prices; its Logging storage (except vended network logs) plan is $0.50/GiB as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 18 pricing plans for Google Cloud Logging, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Google Cloud Logging have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Google Cloud Logging: Remote MCP server at logging.googleapis.com over HTTP requiring OAuth; 6 tools listed.

Is the Google Cloud Logging API ready for AI agents?

Google Cloud Logging has a Kin Score of 74.1 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 50.0 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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