Granting and revoking access to the API

Controlling who has access to an API is an integral part of development. For example, as you test your API, you might want to automate redeploying updated Cloud Endpoints configurations by using a service account that has the permission to do so. By default, only the project owner can manage access to an API. This page shows you how to grant and revoke access to your API by using the Google Cloud console or the Google Cloud CLI.

Endpoints uses Identity and Access Management roles to grant and revoke access at the API level. You can grant and revoke access to a user, service account, or to a Google Group.

Google Groups are a convenient way to grant or revoke access to a collection of users. You can grant or revoke access for a whole group at once, instead of granting or revoking access one at a time for individual users or service accounts. You can also easily add members to and remove members from a Google Group instead of granting or revoking the IAM role for each member.

Granting access

Google Cloud console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Endpoints > Services page for your project.

    Go to the Endpoints Services page

  2. If you have more than one API, click the name of the API.
  3. If the Permissions side panel isn't open, click Permissions.
  4. In the Add members box, enter the email address of a user, service account, or Google Group.
  5. In the Select a role drop-down, click Service Management, and select one of the following roles:
    • Service Consumer: This role contains the permissions for a non-project member to view and enable the API in their own project. If you have created a portal for your API, this role lets your API users access the portal.
    • Service Controller: This role contains the permissions to make calls to the check and report methods in the Service Infrastructure API during runtime.
    • Service Config Editor: This role contains the minimum permissions that Service Management requires to deploy an Endpoints configuration to an existing service.
    • Service Management Administrator: This role contains the permissions in the Service Config Editor, Service Consumer, and Service Controller roles, plus the permissions required to grant access to this API by using gcloud or the programmatic methods described in Granting, changing, and revoking access to resources.

    See the Service Management API access control topic for information about this role. Although the Google Cloud console allows you to select other roles, those roles aren't useful for managing your API.

  6. To add the member to the specified IAM role, click Add.
  7. Repeat adding members and selecting the role, as needed.
  8. The Service Management roles don't allow users to access the Endpoints > Services page in the Google Cloud console. If you want users to be able access the Endpoints > Services page, you must grant them the Project Viewer role or a higher role on the project. See Granting, changing, and revoking access to resources for details.

gcloud

  1. Open Cloud Shell, or if you have the Google Cloud CLI installed, open a terminal window.
  2. Enter the applicable gcloud command:
    • If you are granting access to a user, run the following:
      gcloud endpoints services add-iam-policy-binding [SERVICE-NAME] \
  --member='user:[EMAIL-ADDRESS]' \
  --role='[ROLE]'

      For the role, specify one of the following IAM roles:

      • roles/servicemanagement.configEditor: This role contains the minimum permissions that Service Management requires to deploy an Endpoints configuration to an existing service.
      • roles/servicemanagement.admin: This role contains the permissions in roles/servicemanagement.configEditor, roles/servicemanagement.serviceConsumer, and roles/servicemanagement.serviceController, plus the permissions required to grant access to this API by using gcloud or the programmatic methods described in Granting, changing, and revoking access to resources.

      For example: 

      gcloud endpoints services add-iam-policy-binding example-service-name \
  --member='user:[email protected]' \
  --role='roles/servicemanagement.admin'
    • If you are granting access to a service account, run the following:
      gcloud endpoints services add-iam-policy-binding [SERVICE-NAME] \
  --member='serviceAccount:[EMAIL-ADDRESS]' \
  --role='[ROLE]'

      For example: 

      gcloud endpoints services add-iam-policy-binding example-service-name \
  --member='serviceAccount:[email protected]' \
  --role='roles/servicemanagement.configEditor'
    • If you are granting access to a Google Group, run the following:
      gcloud endpoints services add-iam-policy-binding [SERVICE-NAME] \
  --member='group:[GROUP-NAME]@googlegroups.com' \
  --role='[ROLE]'

      For example: 

      gcloud endpoints services add-iam-policy-binding example-service-name \
  --member='group:[email protected]' \
  --role='roles/servicemanagement.configEditor'
  3. The Service Management roles don't allow users to access the Endpoints > Services page in the Google Cloud console. If you want users to be able access the Endpoints > Services page, you must grant them the Project Viewer role or a higher role on the project. See Granting, changing, and revoking access to resources for details.

Revoking access

To revoke access to your API, remove the IAM role from the member who previously had the role.

Google Cloud console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Endpoints > Services page for your project.

    Go to the Endpoints Services page

  2. If you have more than one API, click the name of the API.
  3. If the Permissions side panel isn't open, click Permissions.
  4. Locate the member for whom you want to revoke access. You can either click the applicable Role card to see a list of members, or you can enter a name or role in the Search members box.
  5. Click Delete .
  6. If you also want to revoke a user's access to your Google Cloud project, see Granting, changing, and revoking access to resources for details.

gcloud

  1. Open Cloud Shell, or, if you have the gcloud CLI installed, open a terminal window.
  2. Enter the applicable gcloud command:
    • If you are revoking access for a user, run the following: 
      gcloud endpoints services remove-iam-policy-binding [SERVICE-NAME] \
  --member='user:[EMAIL-ADDRESS]' \
  --role='[ROLE-NAME]'

      For example:

      gcloud endpoints services remove-iam-policy-binding example-service-name \
  --member='user:[email protected]' \
  --role='roles/editor'
    • If you are revoking access for a service account, run the following: 
      gcloud endpoints services remove-iam-policy-binding [SERVICE-NAME] \
  --member='serviceAccount:[EMAIL-ADDRESS]' \
  --role='[ROLE-NAME]'

      For example:

      gcloud endpoints services remove-iam-policy-binding example-service-name \
  --member='serviceAccount:[email protected]' \
  --role='roles/servicemanagement.configEditor'
    • If you are revoking access for a Google Group, run the following: 
      gcloud endpoints services remove-iam-policy-binding [SERVICE-NAME] \
      --member='group:[GROUP-NAME]@googlegroups.com' \
      --role='[ROLE-NAME]'

      For example:

      gcloud endpoints services remove-iam-policy-binding example-service-name \
      --member='group:[email protected]' \
      --role='roles/viewer'
  3. If you also want to revoke a user's access to your Google Cloud project, see Granting, changing, and revoking access to resources for details.

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