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Start with your basic setup

The prerequisite steps help you set up your account, enable your services, and create a project in the Google APIs Console.

Set up your application's authorization

The authorization information shows you how to set up your client's authorization using the OAuth 2.0 protocol.

Pull all of this together and build an application using the API's two types of reports

Activity reports list dated information for activities in a specific Google Workspace service. Some example reports are listed below. See the API reference for a complete list.
- Admin activity reports show administrator activities in the Admin console.
- Google Drive activity reports summarize how your account's users edit and view their Drive documents.
- Login activity reports summarize when your account's users log in and out.
- Mobile activity reports show activities in mobile devices managed by Google Mobile Management.
- Authorization Token activity reports show when your account's users allow or revoke authorization tokens.
Usage reports help you customize and filter information about your account and your users.

Customers usage reports list detailed Google Workspace service activities within your account.
Users usage reports list detailed Google Workspace service activities across your account's users.
Entities usage reports list detailed Google Workspace service activities related to entities used by your account's users.

To look up a particular resource type or method, see the API reference.

For more API information, see the API issue tracker, the API experts' blog, and Apps administrators' help center.