Method: properties.getDataRetentionSettings

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• Retrieve data retention settings for a specific Google Analytics 4 property using an HTTP GET request.

• The request URL requires a property ID and utilizes gRPC Transcoding syntax.

• An empty request body is necessary, while a successful response returns a DataRetentionSettings object.

• Authorization requires specific OAuth scopes for either read-only or edit access to Analytics data.

• HTTP request
• Path parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes
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Returns the singleton data retention settings for this property.

HTTP request

GET https://analyticsadmin.googleapis.com/v1beta/{name=properties/*/dataRetentionSettings}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name	string Required. The name of the settings to lookup. Format: properties/{property}/dataRetentionSettings Example: "properties/1000/dataRetentionSettings"

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of DataRetentionSettings.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit