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Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage is a managed service for storing unstructured data such as images, videos, backups, and other binary or text objects. It provides a single API for accessing both simple storage and highly available, globally redundant storage, with automatic data encryption, built-in redundancy, and fine-grained access controls.

Google Cloud Storage publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Buckets API and Objects API. Tagged areas include Buckets, Cloud, Google Cloud, Objects, and Storage.

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

Google Cloud Storage’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, pricing, support, and 10 more developer resources.

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61.6/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
BucketsCloudGoogle CloudObjectsStorage

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Composite quality — 61.6/100 · strong
Contract Quality 18.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.7 / 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.

Google Cloud Storage Buckets API

Operations on Cloud Storage buckets

Google Cloud Storage Objects API

Operations on Cloud Storage objects

Open Collections 1

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

Google Cloud Storage JSON API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Cloud Storage Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Cloud Storage Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Google Cloud Storage Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Google Cloud Storage Context

19 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Cloud Storage API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Google Cloud Storage Bucket

17 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

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

Google Cloud Storage Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Google Cloud Storage Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Cloud Storage Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Cloud Storage Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Google Cloud Storage Agentic Access

10 operations · 6 acting

10 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

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

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-storage
name: Google Cloud Storage
description: Google Cloud Storage is a managed service for storing unstructured data such as images, videos, backups, and
  other binary or text objects. It provides a single API for accessing both simple storage and highly available, globally
  redundant storage, with automatic data encryption, built-in redundancy, and fine-grained access controls.
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-storage.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-storage/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Buckets
- Cloud
- Google Cloud
- Objects
- Storage
apis:
- aid: google-cloud-storage:google-cloud-storage-buckets-api
  name: Google Cloud Storage Buckets API
  description: Operations on Cloud Storage buckets
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs
  baseURL: https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1
  tags:
  - Buckets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-storage-buckets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/bucket-schema.json
- aid: google-cloud-storage:google-cloud-storage-objects-api
  name: Google Cloud Storage Objects API
  description: Operations on Cloud Storage objects
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs
  baseURL: https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1
  tags:
  - Objects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-storage-objects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/bucket-schema.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-cloud-storage-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-cloud-storage-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-cloud-storage-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-cloud-storage-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-cloud-storage-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform
- type: Portal
  url: https://cloud.google.com/storage
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/quickstarts
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs
- type: Authentication
  url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/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/storage/docs/support
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/google-cloud-storage-context.jsonld
- type: Integrations
  url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com