google-analytics · @acedatacloud

Query Google Analytics 4 via curl + jq. The user's OAuth bearer token is in $GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_TOKEN (scope analytics.readonly); every call needs Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_TOKEN. Two APIs: the Admin API (analyticsadmin.googleapis.com/v1beta) to discover properties, and the Data API (analyticsdata.googleapis.com/v1beta) to run reports.

Failures are {"error":{"code","message","status"}} — show verbatim. 401 = re-install.

AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_TOKEN"
# List the GA4 properties the user can access (via their account summaries)
curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "https://analyticsadmin.googleapis.com/v1beta/accountSummaries" \
  | jq '.accountSummaries[]?.propertySummaries[]? | {property, displayName}'

property looks like properties/123456789 — the number is the PROPERTY_ID.

Run a report

PID="123456789"
curl -sS -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "dateRanges":[{"startDate":"28daysAgo","endDate":"today"}],
  "dimensions":[{"name":"pagePath"}],
  "metrics":[{"name":"screenPageViews"},{"name":"activeUsers"}],
  "orderBys":[{"metric":{"metricName":"screenPageViews"},"desc":true}],
  "limit":10
}' "https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com/v1beta/properties/$PID:runReport" \
  | jq '.rows[] | {page: .dimensionValues[0].value, views: .metricValues[0].value, users: .metricValues[1].value}'

Swap dimensions/metrics for other reports: sessionDefaultChannelGroup + sessions (acquisition), country + activeUsers (geo), eventName + eventCount / conversions (events). Dates accept NdaysAgo, today, yesterday, or YYYY-MM-DD.

Realtime

curl -sS -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"dimensions":[{"name":"country"}],"metrics":[{"name":"activeUsers"}]}' \
  "https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com/v1beta/properties/$PID:runRealtimeReport" | jq '.rows'

Gotchas

This is GA4 only (Data API v1). Old Universal Analytics (UA) is shut down — don't use the legacy analytics/v3 endpoints.
Valid dimension/metric API names matter (screenPageViews, not "Pageviews"). If a name 400s, it's the wrong API id — check the GA4 dimensions & metrics list.
Reports are capped by limit (default 10k rows); page with offset.