REST Resource: projects.dataSources

Resource: DataSource

Defines the properties and custom parameters for a data source.

JSON representation
{"name":string,"dataSourceId":string,"displayName":string,"description":string,"clientId":string,"scopes":[string],"transferType":enum (TransferType),"supportsMultipleTransfers":boolean,"updateDeadlineSeconds":integer,"defaultSchedule":string,"supportsCustomSchedule":boolean,"parameters":[{object (DataSourceParameter)}],"helpUrl":string,"authorizationType":enum (AuthorizationType),"dataRefreshType":enum (DataRefreshType),"defaultDataRefreshWindowDays":integer,"manualRunsDisabled":boolean,"minimumScheduleInterval":string}
Fields
name

string

Output only. Data source resource name.

dataSourceId

string

Data source id.

displayName

string

User friendly data source name.

description

string

User friendly data source description string.

clientId

string

Data source client id which should be used to receive refresh token.

scopes[]

string

Api auth scopes for which refresh token needs to be obtained. These are scopes needed by a data source to prepare data and ingest them into BigQuery, e.g.,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery

transferType
(deprecated)

enum (TransferType)

This item is deprecated!

Deprecated. This field has no effect.

supportsMultipleTransfers
(deprecated)

boolean

This item is deprecated!

Deprecated. This field has no effect.

updateDeadlineSeconds

integer

The number of seconds to wait for an update from the data source before the Data Transfer Service marks the transfer as FAILED.

defaultSchedule

string

Default data transfer schedule. Examples of valid schedules include:1st,3rd monday of month 15:30,every wed,fri of jan,jun 13:15, andfirst sunday of quarter 00:00.

supportsCustomSchedule

boolean

Specifies whether the data source supports a user defined schedule, or operates on the default schedule. When set totrue, user can override default schedule.

parameters[]

object (DataSourceParameter)

Data source parameters.

helpUrl

string

Url for the help document for this data source.

authorizationType

enum (AuthorizationType)

Indicates the type of authorization.

dataRefreshType

enum (DataRefreshType)

Specifies whether the data source supports automatic data refresh for the past few days, and how it's supported. For some data sources, data might not be complete until a few days later, so it's useful to refresh data automatically.

defaultDataRefreshWindowDays

integer

Default data refresh window on days. Only meaningful whendataRefreshType =SLIDING_WINDOW.

manualRunsDisabled

boolean

Disables backfilling and manual run scheduling for the data source.

minimumScheduleInterval

string (Duration format)

The minimum interval for scheduler to schedule runs.

A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, ending with 's'. Example:"3.5s".

TransferType

This item is deprecated!

DEPRECATED. Represents data transfer type.

Enums
TRANSFER_TYPE_UNSPECIFIEDInvalid or Unknown transfer type placeholder.
BATCHBatch data transfer.
STREAMINGStreaming data transfer. Streaming data source currently doesn't support multiple transfer configs per project.

DataSourceParameter

A parameter used to define custom fields in a data source definition.

JSON representation
{"paramId":string,"displayName":string,"description":string,"type":enum (Type),"required":boolean,"repeated":boolean,"validationRegex":string,"allowedValues":[string],"minValue":number,"maxValue":number,"fields":[{object (DataSourceParameter)}],"validationDescription":string,"validationHelpUrl":string,"immutable":boolean,"recurse":boolean,"deprecated":boolean,"maxListSize":string}
Fields
paramId

string

Parameter identifier.

displayName

string

Parameter display name in the user interface.

description

string

Parameter description.

type

enum (Type)

Parameter type.

required

boolean

Is parameter required.

repeated

boolean

Deprecated. This field has no effect.

validationRegex

string

Regular expression which can be used for parameter validation.

allowedValues[]

string

All possible values for the parameter.

minValue

number

For integer and double values specifies minimum allowed value.

maxValue

number

For integer and double values specifies maximum allowed value.

fields[]

object (DataSourceParameter)

Deprecated. This field has no effect.

validationDescription

string

Description of the requirements for this field, in case the user input does not fulfill the regex pattern or min/max values.

validationHelpUrl

string

URL to a help document to further explain the naming requirements.

immutable

boolean

Cannot be changed after initial creation.

recurse

boolean

Deprecated. This field has no effect.

deprecated

boolean

If true, it should not be used in new transfers, and it should not be visible to users.

maxListSize

string (int64 format)

For list parameters, the max size of the list.

Type

Parameter type.

Enums
TYPE_UNSPECIFIEDType unspecified.
STRINGString parameter.
INTEGERInteger parameter (64-bits). Will be serialized to json as string.
DOUBLEDouble precision floating point parameter.
BOOLEANBoolean parameter.
RECORDDeprecated. This field has no effect.
PLUS_PAGEPage ID for a Google+ Page.
LISTList of strings parameter.

AuthorizationType

The type of authorization needed for this data source.

Enums
AUTHORIZATION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIEDType unspecified.
AUTHORIZATION_CODEUse OAuth 2 authorization codes that can be exchanged for a refresh token on the backend.
GOOGLE_PLUS_AUTHORIZATION_CODEReturn an authorization code for a given Google+ page that can then be exchanged for a refresh token on the backend.
FIRST_PARTY_OAUTHUse First Party OAuth.

DataRefreshType

Represents how the data source supports data auto refresh.

Enums
DATA_REFRESH_TYPE_UNSPECIFIEDThe data source won't support data auto refresh, which is default value.
SLIDING_WINDOWThe data source supports data auto refresh, and runs will be scheduled for the past few days. Does not allow custom values to be set for each transfer config.
CUSTOM_SLIDING_WINDOWThe data source supports data auto refresh, and runs will be scheduled for the past few days. Allows custom values to be set for each transfer config.

Methods

checkValidCreds

 Returns true if valid credentials exist for the given data source and requesting user.

get

 Retrieves a supported data source and returns its settings.

list

 Lists supported data sources and returns their settings.

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Last updated 2025-08-13 UTC.