Cloud Shell API

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Allows users to start, configure, and connect to interactive shell sessions running in the cloud.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET cloudshell.users.environments.get

Gets an environment. Returns NOT_FOUND if the environment does not exist.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{name}?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&filter=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&pageSize=1&pageToken=example&quotaUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{name}?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&filter=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&pageSize=1&pageToken=example&quotaUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example"

import requests
params = {
    "alt": "json",
    "key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "fields": "example",
    "filter": "example",
    "$.xgafv": "1",
    "callback": "example",
    "pageSize": "1",
    "pageToken": "example",
    "quotaUser": "example",
    "uploadType": "example",
    "oauth_token": "example",
    "prettyPrint": "true",
    "access_token": "example",
    "upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{name}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{name}');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('filter', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('pageSize', '1');
url.searchParams.set('pageToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{name}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("alt", "json")
	q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("filter", "example")
	q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("pageSize", "1")
	q.Set("pageToken", "example")
	q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
	q.Set("uploadType", "example")
	q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
	q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
	q.Set("access_token", "example")
	q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{name}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "alt" => "json",
  "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "fields" => "example",
  "filter" => "example",
  "$.xgafv" => "1",
  "callback" => "example",
  "pageSize" => "1",
  "pageToken" => "example",
  "quotaUser" => "example",
  "uploadType" => "example",
  "oauth_token" => "example",
  "prettyPrint" => "true",
  "access_token" => "example",
  "upload_protocol" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{name}?" . http_build_query([
    "alt" => "json",
    "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "fields" => "example",
    "filter" => "example",
    "$.xgafv" => "1",
    "callback" => "example",
    "pageSize" => "1",
    "pageToken" => "example",
    "quotaUser" => "example",
    "uploadType" => "example",
    "oauth_token" => "example",
    "prettyPrint" => "true",
    "access_token" => "example",
    "upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

POST cloudshell.users.environments.addPublicKey

Adds a public SSH key to an environment, allowing clients with the corresponding private key to connect to that environment via SSH. If a key with the same content already exists, this will error with ALREADY_EXISTS.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:addPublicKey?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&quotaUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example

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curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:addPublicKey?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&quotaUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example"

import requests
params = {
    "alt": "json",
    "key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "fields": "example",
    "$.xgafv": "1",
    "callback": "example",
    "quotaUser": "example",
    "uploadType": "example",
    "oauth_token": "example",
    "prettyPrint": "true",
    "access_token": "example",
    "upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:addPublicKey",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:addPublicKey');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:addPublicKey")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("alt", "json")
	q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
	q.Set("uploadType", "example")
	q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
	q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
	q.Set("access_token", "example")
	q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:addPublicKey")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "alt" => "json",
  "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "fields" => "example",
  "$.xgafv" => "1",
  "callback" => "example",
  "quotaUser" => "example",
  "uploadType" => "example",
  "oauth_token" => "example",
  "prettyPrint" => "true",
  "access_token" => "example",
  "upload_protocol" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:addPublicKey?" . http_build_query([
    "alt" => "json",
    "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "fields" => "example",
    "$.xgafv" => "1",
    "callback" => "example",
    "quotaUser" => "example",
    "uploadType" => "example",
    "oauth_token" => "example",
    "prettyPrint" => "true",
    "access_token" => "example",
    "upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

POST cloudshell.users.environments.removePublicKey

Removes a public SSH key from an environment. Clients will no longer be able to connect to the environment using the corresponding private key. If a key with the same content is not present, this will error with NOT_FOUND.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:removePublicKey?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&quotaUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example

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curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:removePublicKey?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&quotaUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example"

import requests
params = {
    "alt": "json",
    "key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "fields": "example",
    "$.xgafv": "1",
    "callback": "example",
    "quotaUser": "example",
    "uploadType": "example",
    "oauth_token": "example",
    "prettyPrint": "true",
    "access_token": "example",
    "upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:removePublicKey",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:removePublicKey');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:removePublicKey")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("alt", "json")
	q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
	q.Set("uploadType", "example")
	q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
	q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
	q.Set("access_token", "example")
	q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:removePublicKey")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "alt" => "json",
  "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "fields" => "example",
  "$.xgafv" => "1",
  "callback" => "example",
  "quotaUser" => "example",
  "uploadType" => "example",
  "oauth_token" => "example",
  "prettyPrint" => "true",
  "access_token" => "example",
  "upload_protocol" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/cloudshell/v1/v1/{environment}:removePublicKey?" . http_build_query([
    "alt" => "json",
    "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "fields" => "example",
    "$.xgafv" => "1",
    "callback" => "example",
    "quotaUser" => "example",
    "uploadType" => "example",
    "oauth_token" => "example",
    "prettyPrint" => "true",
    "access_token" => "example",
    "upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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