name: Google Cloud Storage description: Object storage service offering high durability, availability, and scalability for storing and accessing data on Google Cloud Platform. image: https://cloud.google.com/images/social-icon-google-cloud-1200-630.png url: https://cloud.google.com/storage created: '2024-01-01' modified: '2026-05-19' tags: - Archival - Backup - Blob Storage - Cloud Storage - Data - File Storage - Google Cloud - Object Storage - Storage apis: - name: Google Cloud Storage JSON API description: RESTful API for interacting with Google Cloud Storage buckets and objects. image: https://cloud.google.com/images/storage/storage-icon.svg humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api baseURL: https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1 tags: - Buckets - Objects - Access Control - IAM - Storage properties: - type: Documentation url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api - type: OpenAPI url: https://storage.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1 - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/gcp-cloud-storage-json-api-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication - type: Pricing url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/pricing - type: RateLimits url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/quotas - type: StatusPage url: https://status.cloud.google.com/ - type: TermsOfService url: https://cloud.google.com/terms - type: APIReference url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1 - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-bucket-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-bucket-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-bucket-access-control-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-bucket-list-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-channel-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-compose-request-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-error-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-object-access-control-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-object-list-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-object-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-policy-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/gcp-cloud-storage-json-rewrite-response-schema.json - type: JSONLD url: json-ld/gcp-cloud-storage-context.jsonld - type: JSONLD url: json-ld/gcp-cloud-storage-json-context.jsonld - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/json-bucketaccesscontrols.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/json-buckets.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/json-defaultobjectaccesscontrols.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/json-objectaccesscontrols.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/json-objects.yaml contact: - type: Support url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/getting-support - name: Google Cloud Storage XML API description: Amazon S3-compatible XML API for Google Cloud Storage. image: https://cloud.google.com/images/storage/storage-icon.svg humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/xml-api baseURL: https://storage.googleapis.com tags: - S3 Compatible - XML - Interoperability properties: - type: Documentation url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/xml-api/overview - type: Authentication url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication/hmackeys - type: APIReference url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/xml-api/reference-methods - type: Pricing url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/pricing - type: RateLimits url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/quotas - type: TermsOfService url: https://cloud.google.com/terms contact: - type: Support url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/getting-support common: - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform - type: GettingStarted url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/quickstarts - type: SDK url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/reference/libraries - type: Console url: https://console.cloud.google.com/storage - type: Blog url: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer - type: ChangeLog url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/release-notes - type: BestPractices url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/best-practices - type: Security url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/security - type: Compliance url: https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance - type: APIReference url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/apis - type: CLI url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/discover-object-storage-gsutil - type: SpectralRules url: rules/gcp-cloud-storage-spectral-rules.yml - type: Vocabulary url: vocabulary/gcp-cloud-storage-vocabulary.yaml - type: Features data: - name: Multi-Regional Storage description: Store data across multiple regions for high availability and low-latency access worldwide. - name: Object Lifecycle Management description: Automatically transition objects between storage classes or delete them based on configurable rules. - name: Versioning description: Maintain multiple versions of objects for data protection and recovery. - name: Fine-Grained Access Control description: Control access using IAM policies, ACLs, and signed URLs for secure data sharing. - name: Object Composition description: Compose multiple objects into a single object without downloading and re-uploading data. - name: Change Notifications description: Watch for changes to objects in a bucket and receive push notifications. - name: Retention Policies description: Lock retention policies to prevent object deletion for regulatory compliance. - type: UseCases data: - name: Data Lake Storage description: Store structured and unstructured data at scale for analytics and machine learning pipelines. - name: Backup and Disaster Recovery description: Store backups with configurable retention and cross-region replication for business continuity. - name: Static Website Hosting description: Serve static web content directly from Cloud Storage buckets with custom domains. - name: Media Content Delivery description: Store and serve media assets with CDN integration for low-latency content delivery. - type: Integrations data: - name: BigQuery description: Load data directly from Cloud Storage into BigQuery for analytics and data warehousing. - name: Cloud Functions description: Trigger serverless functions on object creation, deletion, or metadata changes. - name: Dataflow description: Process data stored in Cloud Storage using Apache Beam pipelines. - name: Transfer Service description: Transfer data between on-premises storage, other clouds, and Cloud Storage. - name: Cloud CDN description: Cache and serve Cloud Storage content through Google's global edge network. - type: Integrations url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace integrations: - name: Become a Partner maintainers: - name: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com url: https://apievangelist.com