Compute Engine API (compute:alpha)

2026-01-29

11 new methods | 3 updated methods

Additions

    Methods
  • compute.zoneVmExtensionPolicies.getVmExtension

      Parameters :

        zone

          Description : Name of the zone for this request.

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?

          Type : string

          Required : Yes

          Location : path

        extensionName

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?|[1-9][0-9]{0,19}

          Required : Yes

          Location : path

          Type : string

        project

          Pattern : (?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))

          Required : Yes

          Type : string

          Description : Project ID for this request.

          Location : path

      Path : projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/vmExtensions/{extensionName}

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
    • Description : Retrieves details of a specific VM extension.

      Flat Path : projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/vmExtensions/{extensionName}

      Parameter Order :

    • project
    • zone
    • extensionName
    • HTTP Method : GET

  • compute.zoneVmExtensionPolicies.listVmExtensions

      Flat Path : projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/vmExtensions

      Path : projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/vmExtensions

      Description : Lists all VM extensions within a specific zone for a project. This is a read-only API.

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
    • HTTP Method : GET

      Parameter Order :

    • project
    • zone
    • Parameters :

        filter

          Description : A filter expression that filters resources listed in the response. Most Compute resources support two types of filter expressions: expressions that support regular expressions and expressions that follow API improvement proposal AIP-160. These two types of filter expressions cannot be mixed in one request. If you want to use AIP-160, your expression must specify the field name, an operator, and the value that you want to use for filtering. The value must be a string, a number, or a boolean. The operator must be either `=`, `!=`, `>`, `<`, `<=`, `>=` or `:`. For example, if you are filtering Compute Engine instances, you can exclude instances named `example-instance` by specifying `name != example-instance`. The `:*` comparison can be used to test whether a key has been defined. For example, to find all objects with `owner` label use: ``` labels.owner:* ``` You can also filter nested fields. For example, you could specify `scheduling.automaticRestart = false` to include instances only if they are not scheduled for automatic restarts. You can use filtering on nested fields to filter based onresource labels. To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example: ``` (scheduling.automaticRestart = true) (cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") ``` By default, each expression is an `AND` expression. However, you can include `AND` and `OR` expressions explicitly. For example: ``` (cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") OR (cpuPlatform = "Intel Broadwell") AND (scheduling.automaticRestart = true) ``` If you want to use a regular expression, use the `eq` (equal) or `ne` (not equal) operator against a single un-parenthesized expression with or without quotes or against multiple parenthesized expressions. Examples: `fieldname eq unquoted literal` `fieldname eq 'single quoted literal'` `fieldname eq "double quoted literal"` `(fieldname1 eq literal) (fieldname2 ne "literal")` The literal value is interpreted as a regular expression using GoogleRE2 library syntax. The literal value must match the entire field. For example, to filter for instances that do not end with name "instance", you would use `name ne .*instance`. You cannot combine constraints on multiple fields using regular expressions.

          Type : string

          Location : query

        orderBy

          Location : query

          Type : string

          Description : Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name. You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp using `orderBy="creationTimestamp desc"`. This sorts results based on the `creationTimestamp` field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first. Currently, only sorting by `name` or `creationTimestamp desc` is supported.

        returnPartialSuccess

          Location : query

          Description : Opt-in for partial success behavior which provides partial results in case of failure. The default value is false. For example, when partial success behavior is enabled, aggregatedList for a single zone scope either returns all resources in the zone or no resources, with an error code.

          Type : boolean

        pageToken

          Type : string

          Location : query

          Description : Specifies a page token to use. Set `pageToken` to the `nextPageToken` returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.

        project

          Type : string

          Required : Yes

          Pattern : (?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))

          Description : Required. Project ID for this request.

          Location : path

        maxResults

          Format : uint32

          Type : integer

          Default : 500

          Location : query

          Minimum : 0

          Description : The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger than `maxResults`, Compute Engine returns a `nextPageToken` that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests. Acceptable values are `0` to `500`, inclusive. (Default: `500`)

        zone

          Description : Name of the zone for this request.

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?

          Location : path

          Required : Yes

          Type : string

  • compute.globalVmExtensionPolicies.getVmExtension

      Parameters :

        project

          Required : Yes

          Pattern : (?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))

          Description : Project ID for this request.

          Location : path

          Type : string

        extensionName

          Type : string

          Location : path

          Required : Yes

      Flat Path : projects/{project}/global/vmExtensions/{extensionName}

      Description : Retrieves details of a specific VM extension.

      Parameter Order :

    • project
    • extensionName
    • Path : projects/{project}/global/vmExtensions/{extensionName}

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
    • HTTP Method : GET

  • compute.globalVmExtensionPolicies.listVmExtensions

      Parameters :

        pageToken

          Description : Specifies a page token to use. Set `pageToken` to the `nextPageToken` returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.

          Location : query

          Type : string

        returnPartialSuccess

          Type : boolean

          Location : query

          Description : Opt-in for partial success behavior which provides partial results in case of failure. The default value is false. For example, when partial success behavior is enabled, aggregatedList for a single zone scope either returns all resources in the zone or no resources, with an error code.

        orderBy

          Location : query

          Description : Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name. You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp using `orderBy="creationTimestamp desc"`. This sorts results based on the `creationTimestamp` field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first. Currently, only sorting by `name` or `creationTimestamp desc` is supported.

          Type : string

        maxResults

          Location : query

          Type : integer

          Minimum : 0

          Description : The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger than `maxResults`, Compute Engine returns a `nextPageToken` that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests. Acceptable values are `0` to `500`, inclusive. (Default: `500`)

          Default : 500

          Format : uint32

        project

          Description : Required. Project ID for this request.

          Required : Yes

          Type : string

          Location : path

          Pattern : (?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))

        filter

          Location : query

          Type : string

          Description : A filter expression that filters resources listed in the response. Most Compute resources support two types of filter expressions: expressions that support regular expressions and expressions that follow API improvement proposal AIP-160. These two types of filter expressions cannot be mixed in one request. If you want to use AIP-160, your expression must specify the field name, an operator, and the value that you want to use for filtering. The value must be a string, a number, or a boolean. The operator must be either `=`, `!=`, `>`, `<`, `<=`, `>=` or `:`. For example, if you are filtering Compute Engine instances, you can exclude instances named `example-instance` by specifying `name != example-instance`. The `:*` comparison can be used to test whether a key has been defined. For example, to find all objects with `owner` label use: ``` labels.owner:* ``` You can also filter nested fields. For example, you could specify `scheduling.automaticRestart = false` to include instances only if they are not scheduled for automatic restarts. You can use filtering on nested fields to filter based onresource labels. To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example: ``` (scheduling.automaticRestart = true) (cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") ``` By default, each expression is an `AND` expression. However, you can include `AND` and `OR` expressions explicitly. For example: ``` (cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") OR (cpuPlatform = "Intel Broadwell") AND (scheduling.automaticRestart = true) ``` If you want to use a regular expression, use the `eq` (equal) or `ne` (not equal) operator against a single un-parenthesized expression with or without quotes or against multiple parenthesized expressions. Examples: `fieldname eq unquoted literal` `fieldname eq 'single quoted literal'` `fieldname eq "double quoted literal"` `(fieldname1 eq literal) (fieldname2 ne "literal")` The literal value is interpreted as a regular expression using GoogleRE2 library syntax. The literal value must match the entire field. For example, to filter for instances that do not end with name "instance", you would use `name ne .*instance`. You cannot combine constraints on multiple fields using regular expressions.

      Description : Lists all VM extensions within a specific zone for a project. This is a read-only API.

      Flat Path : projects/{project}/global/vmExtensions

      Parameter Order : project

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
    • HTTP Method : GET

      Path : projects/{project}/global/vmExtensions

  • compute.snapshotRecycleBinPolicy.get

  • compute.snapshotRecycleBinPolicy.patch

      Flat Path : projects/{project}/global/snapshotRecycleBinPolicy

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • HTTP Method : PATCH

      Description : Patches the SnapshotRecycleBinPolicy.

      Parameter Order : project

      Path : projects/{project}/global/snapshotRecycleBinPolicy

      Parameters :

        updateMask

          Location : query

          Format : google-fieldmask

          Type : string

          Description : update_mask indicates fields to be updated as part of this request.

        requestId

          Description : An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

          Type : string

          Location : query

        project

          Location : path

          Pattern : (?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))

          Type : string

          Description : Project ID for this request.

          Required : Yes

  • compute.snapshots.getEffectiveRecycleBinRule

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
    • HTTP Method : GET

      Path : projects/{project}/global/snapshots/{snapshot}/getEffectiveRecycleBinRule

      Description : Returns the effective recycle bin rule for a snapshot by merging org and project level rules. If no rules are defined at org and project level, the standard default rule is returned.

      Parameter Order :

    • project
    • snapshot
    • Flat Path : projects/{project}/global/snapshots/{snapshot}/getEffectiveRecycleBinRule

      Parameters :

        snapshot

          Type : string

          Description : Name of the Snapshot resource to get the effective recycle bin rule for.

          Required : Yes

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?|[1-9][0-9]{0,19}

          Location : path

        project

          Required : Yes

          Location : path

          Pattern : (?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))

          Type : string

          Description : Project ID for this request.

  • compute.instances.listVmExtensionStates

      Parameter Order :

    • project
    • zone
    • instance
    • Description : Lists all VM extensions states for a specific instance. This is a read-only API.

      Path : projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{instance}/vmExtensionStates

      Flat Path : projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{instance}/vmExtensionStates

      Parameters :

        maxResults

          Location : query

          Default : 500

          Description : The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger than `maxResults`, Compute Engine returns a `nextPageToken` that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests. Acceptable values are `0` to `500`, inclusive. (Default: `500`)

          Type : integer

          Format : uint32

          Minimum : 0

        orderBy

          Location : query

          Type : string

          Description : Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name. You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp using `orderBy="creationTimestamp desc"`. This sorts results based on the `creationTimestamp` field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first. Currently, only sorting by `name` or `creationTimestamp desc` is supported.

        zone

          Description : Required. Name of the zone for this request.

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?

          Required : Yes

          Location : path

          Type : string

        pageToken

          Type : string

          Description : Specifies a page token to use. Set `pageToken` to the `nextPageToken` returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.

          Location : query

        project

          Description : Project ID for this request.

          Location : path

          Pattern : (?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))

          Required : Yes

          Type : string

        instance

          Description : Name of the target instance scoping this request.

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?|[1-9][0-9]{0,19}

          Type : string

          Location : path

          Required : Yes

        returnPartialSuccess

          Description : Opt-in for partial success behavior which provides partial results in case of failure. The default value is false. For example, when partial success behavior is enabled, aggregatedList for a single zone scope either returns all resources in the zone or no resources, with an error code.

          Location : query

          Type : boolean

        filter

          Type : string

          Location : query

          Description : A filter expression that filters resources listed in the response. Most Compute resources support two types of filter expressions: expressions that support regular expressions and expressions that follow API improvement proposal AIP-160. These two types of filter expressions cannot be mixed in one request. If you want to use AIP-160, your expression must specify the field name, an operator, and the value that you want to use for filtering. The value must be a string, a number, or a boolean. The operator must be either `=`, `!=`, `>`, `<`, `<=`, `>=` or `:`. For example, if you are filtering Compute Engine instances, you can exclude instances named `example-instance` by specifying `name != example-instance`. The `:*` comparison can be used to test whether a key has been defined. For example, to find all objects with `owner` label use: ``` labels.owner:* ``` You can also filter nested fields. For example, you could specify `scheduling.automaticRestart = false` to include instances only if they are not scheduled for automatic restarts. You can use filtering on nested fields to filter based onresource labels. To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example: ``` (scheduling.automaticRestart = true) (cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") ``` By default, each expression is an `AND` expression. However, you can include `AND` and `OR` expressions explicitly. For example: ``` (cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") OR (cpuPlatform = "Intel Broadwell") AND (scheduling.automaticRestart = true) ``` If you want to use a regular expression, use the `eq` (equal) or `ne` (not equal) operator against a single un-parenthesized expression with or without quotes or against multiple parenthesized expressions. Examples: `fieldname eq unquoted literal` `fieldname eq 'single quoted literal'` `fieldname eq "double quoted literal"` `(fieldname1 eq literal) (fieldname2 ne "literal")` The literal value is interpreted as a regular expression using GoogleRE2 library syntax. The literal value must match the entire field. For example, to filter for instances that do not end with name "instance", you would use `name ne .*instance`. You cannot combine constraints on multiple fields using regular expressions.

      HTTP Method : GET

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  • compute.instances.getVmExtensionState

      Description : Retrieves details of a specific VM extension state. This is a read-only API.

      Parameters :

        project

          Pattern : (?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))

          Location : path

          Description : Project ID for this request.

          Required : Yes

          Type : string

        zone

          Description : Name of the zone for this request.

          Required : Yes

          Type : string

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?

          Location : path

        instance

          Location : path

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?|[1-9][0-9]{0,19}

          Description : Name or id of the instance resource.

          Type : string

          Required : Yes

        extensionName

          Required : Yes

          Pattern : [a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?|[1-9][0-9]{0,19}

          Type : string

          Location : path

          Description : The name of the extension to get the state for.

      Path : projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{instance}/vmExtensionStates/{extensionName}

      Parameter Order :

    • project
    • zone
    • instance
    • extensionName
    • HTTP Method : GET

      Flat Path : projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{instance}/vmExtensionStates/{extensionName}

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  • compute.organizationSnapshotRecycleBinPolicy.patch

      HTTP Method : PATCH

      Parameter Order : organization

      Flat Path : organizations/{organizationsId}/global/snapshotRecycleBinPolicy

      Description : Patches the SnapshotRecycleBinPolicy.

      Parameters :

        requestId

          Description : An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

          Type : string

          Location : query

        organization

          Location : path

          Pattern : organizations/[0-9]{0,20}

          Type : string

          Required : Yes

          Description : Organization ID for this request.

        updateMask

          Format : google-fieldmask

          Type : string

          Location : query

          Description : update_mask indicates fields to be updated as part of this request.

      Scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • Path : {+organization}/global/snapshotRecycleBinPolicy

  • compute.organizationSnapshotRecycleBinPolicy.get

Updates

    Methods
  • compute.forwardingRules.get

      Parameters :

        view

          Type : string

          Location : query

          Enum :

        • BASIC
        • FORWARDING_RULE_VIEW_UNSPECIFIED
        • FULL
        • Enum Descriptions :

        • The default view of a ForwardingRule, which includes the basic fields.
        • The default / unset value. The API will default to the BASIC view.
        • The full view, including the ForwardingRule.`attached_extensions` field.

  • compute.instances.update

      Parameters :

        discardLocalSsd

          Location : query

          Type : boolean

          Description : Whether to discard local SSDs from the instance during restart default value is false.

  • compute.globalForwardingRules.get

      Parameters :

        view

          Type : string

          Enum :

        • BASIC
        • FORWARDING_RULE_VIEW_UNSPECIFIED
        • FULL
        • Enum Descriptions :

        • The default view of a ForwardingRule, which includes the basic fields.
        • The default / unset value. The API will default to the BASIC view.
        • The full view, including the ForwardingRule.`attached_extensions` field.
        • Location : query