Nest · OAuth Scopes

Nest OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 searched

Nest publishes 1 OAuth 2.0 scope via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Nest API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://www.googleapis.com/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

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Scopes: 1 Flows: authorizationCode Method: searched

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://nestservices.google.com/partnerconnections/{project-id}/auth
Token URL
https://www.googleapis.com/token
Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (1)

ScopeDescriptionFlows
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sdm.service Single coarse-grained scope granting the Smart Device Management API access to view, control, and manage the Nest devices the user has authorized for the Device Access project. Per-device and per-trait consent is chosen by the end user in the Partner Connections Manager flow rather than through additional OAuth scopes. authorizationCode

Source

OAuth Scopes

nest-scopes.yml Raw ↑
generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/authorize
docs: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/authorize
schemes:
  - name: GoogleOAuth2
    source: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/authorize
    flows:
      - flow: authorizationCode
        authorizationUrl: https://nestservices.google.com/partnerconnections/{project-id}/auth
        tokenUrl: https://www.googleapis.com/token
scopes:
  - scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sdm.service
    description: >-
      Single coarse-grained scope granting the Smart Device Management API access
      to view, control, and manage the Nest devices the user has authorized for
      the Device Access project. Per-device and per-trait consent is chosen by the
      end user in the Partner Connections Manager flow rather than through
      additional OAuth scopes.
    flows: [authorizationCode]
    sources: [https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/authorize]
notes: >-
  The SDM API exposes exactly one OAuth scope. Granular authorization is expressed
  through the device/trait selections the user makes at consent time, not through
  a scope hierarchy.