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Google Forms Watches API

Operations for managing form change notifications

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Google Forms Watches API is one of 3 APIs that Google Forms publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Watches. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and 8 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://forms.googleapis.com.

4 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://forms.googleapis.com/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Contact
Google
License
Google APIs Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Google Forms Watches API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 6 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication for Google Forms API.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Watches 4

Operations for managing form change notifications

POST
/v1/forms/{formId}/watches
Google Forms Create Watch
createWatch 1 param body → 200400401404
GET
/v1/forms/{formId}/watches
Google Forms List Watches
listWatches 1 param → 200401404
DELETE
/v1/forms/{formId}/watches/{watchId}
Google Forms Delete Watch
deleteWatch 2 params → 204401404
POST
/v1/forms/{formId}/watches/{watchId}:renew
Google Forms Renew Watch
renewWatch 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Watch (7 properties), WatchTarget (1 property), CloudPubsubTopic (1 property), ListWatchesResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CreateWatchRequest
object
Request to create a new watch.
1 property
Watch
object
A watch for receiving notifications about form changes or responses.
7 properties
Error
object
An error response from the API.
1 property
ListWatchesResponse
object
Response from listing watches.
1 property
CloudPubsubTopic
object
A Cloud Pub/Sub topic for receiving notifications.
1 property
WatchTarget
object
The target for watch notifications.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-forms-watches-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Google Forms publishes across the network.

Google Forms Forms API
AE Profile APIs.io
Google Forms Responses API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
google-forms:google-forms-watches-api
Base URL
https://forms.googleapis.com/v1
Docs
https://developers.google.com/forms/api
Provider
Google Forms
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