Google Apps

This documentation for the Google Apps integration describes the technical capabilities of this integration, including authorization, scopes/permissions, and utilized endpoints. For more information on how to integrate Google Apps, visit our connection instructions.

Version

This integration utilizes the Google Apps Reports REST API v1.

Base URL

The base URL used for all Google Apps API endpoints:

https://www.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1

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Authentication & Authorization

The DataGrail Google Apps integration connects using OAuth 2.0.

Scopes

The Google Apps integration requires specific scopes that must be granted in order to function for a given capability.

Scope	System Detection
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.reports.audit.readonly	✅

Endpoints Utilized

DataGrail uses the following endpoints to authorize and test the connection:

Method	Endpoint	Purpose	Docs
POST	/activity/users/all/applications/token	Get and refresh access token
GET	https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth	Request authorization
POST	https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token	Get and refresh access token

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Limits

Limits in Google Apps are calculated using the leaky bucket algorithm. All requests that are made after rate limits have been exceeded are throttled and an HTTP 429 Too Many Requests error is returned. Requests succeed again after enough requests have emptied out of the bucket.

• DataGrail supports requests throttling to stay within 70-80% of specified service rate limits.
• DataGrail processes API responses with HTTP 429 status to interrupt requests, waiting and retrying (using an exponential backoff strategy).

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Capabilities

System Detection

DataGrail provides continuous system detection, delivering a real-time inventory of your data assets.

Data Interactions

DataGrail's System Detection process runs once daily and performs the following actions:

1. Retrieve all authorization token “authorize” events for a domain. After the initial connection, DataGrail fetches the last 3 months of events. Moving forward, DataGrail fetches new events from after the last processed event.

Endpoints Utilized

Method	Endpoint	Purpose	Docs
GET	/activity/users/all/applications/token	Retrieve all authorization token “authorize” events for a domain.

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