# Google Analytics Admin API Basics

Manages Google Analytics account and property settings, enables the Analytics Admin API...

- Repository: https://github.com/google/skills (21764 stars)
- Category: Marketing
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
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## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add google/skills --skill google-analytics-admin-api-basics -g -a claude-code -y`
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## Description

Manages Google Analytics account and property settings, enables the Analytics Admin API via the Cloud CLI, lists accounts and properties, and manages data streams, custom dimensions, conversion events, and integrations. Use when you need to programmatically configure Google Analytics accounts, provision properties, manage data retention, configure Measurement Protocol secrets, or manage Firebase and Google Ads links.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Getting Started with Google Analytics Admin API

The Google Analytics Admin API provides programmatic access to Google Analytics
account and property configuration. It lets you automate account management,
manage data streams, configure custom dimensions, and handle product
integrations.

## Enabling the API via Cloud CLI

Before making API calls, ensure the Google Analytics Admin API is enabled in
your Google Cloud project.

If `gcloud` is not found, prompt the user to install the Google Cloud CLI before
running these commands.

1.  **Enable the API:** Use the Cloud CLI (`gcloud`) to enable
    `analyticsadmin.googleapis.com`.

    ```bash
    gcloud services enable analyticsadmin.googleapis.com --quiet
    ```

    *Why: Enabling the API ensures your Cloud project has the necessary quota
    and permissions allocated for managing Google Analytics configurations.*

2.  **Verify API Enablement:**

    ```bash
    gcloud services list --enabled --filter="analyticsadmin.googleapis.com"
    ```

## Authentication

To authenticate your API requests, you must generate Application Default
Credentials (ADC) and give your account the necessary scopes. Run the following
command in your terminal:

```bash
gcloud auth application-default login --scopes="https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly"
```

*Why: This configures ADC in your local environment with the required Cloud
Platform and Google Analytics read-only scopes, allowing the client library to
automatically authenticate your requests.*

> [!NOTE] **Configuration Changes**: Methods changing the Google Analytics
> account/property configuration will need the
> `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit` scope.

## Admin API Use Cases

You can use the Google Analytics Admin API to:

The rest: https://github.com/google/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/analytics/google-analytics-admin-api-basics/SKILL.md