Google Chrome Management API
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For Agents
Read managed-browser and ChromeOS device telemetry, app and extension inventories, crash events, and printing reports for a Google Workspace customer.
Use for: List installed Chrome extensions across our managed fleet, Find which devices are running an outdated Chrome version, Count Chrome crash events for the last 28 days, Identify users requesting a specific Chrome extension
Not supported: Does not apply Chrome policies, manage user accounts, or write device configuration — use for read-only Chrome and ChromeOS telemetry and inventory only.
The Chrome Management API gives Workspace and ChromeOS administrators programmatic access to managed-browser and ChromeOS device telemetry, app and extension inventories, version distribution, crash events, and printing reports. It is the read API behind the Chrome Management console — useful for building cross-cloud reporting, enforcing extension allowlists, or tracking devices reaching end-of-life. Most operations are scoped to a customer id and aggregate counts across the managed fleet.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the Chrome Management API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Chrome Management API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with Chrome Management API.
Count Chrome browsers and devices that need administrator attention
Aggregate Chrome version distribution across the managed fleet
List installed apps and extensions and the users requesting them
Fetch the devices and users requesting a specific Chrome extension
Report on Chrome crash events grouped by reason or version
Summarise managed printer usage by printer or user
Use Cases
Patterns agents use Chrome Management API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Extension Risk Inventory
Security teams enumerate every Chrome extension installed across the managed fleet, cross-reference against a risk feed, and act on high-risk extensions in policy. countInstalledApps and fetchUsersRequestingExtension provide the inventory and the user-level requests respectively, which feed into a periodic compliance report. Most teams refresh weekly into a warehouse.
Call /v1/{customer}/reports:countInstalledApps and return the top 25 extensions sorted by user count.
Fleet Version and Crash Reporting
IT teams monitor Chrome version drift and crash trends across thousands of managed devices. countChromeVersions returns the version distribution and countChromeCrashEvents groups crashes by version and reason, so admins can detect regressions in a specific minor release before user reports come in. Reports are aggregate counts — no PII is required.
Call /v1/{customer}/reports:countChromeCrashEvents grouped by chrome_version for the last 14 days and return the top 5 versions by crash count.
ChromeOS Device Lifecycle Planning
Procurement teams use countChromeDevicesReachingAutoExpirationDate to plan refresh cycles, identifying ChromeOS devices losing automatic updates within a chosen horizon. The API returns aggregated counts grouped by model and expiration date, which supports budget forecasting without exporting device-level CSVs from the admin console.
Call /v1/{customer}/reports:countChromeDevicesReachingAutoExpirationDate for devices expiring in the next 12 months and return counts by model.
AI Agent IT Reporter via Jentic
An AI agent through Jentic builds an on-demand IT report — Chrome version drift, top crash signatures, devices reaching end-of-life, and the most-requested extensions — without the admin having to navigate the Chrome Management console. Jentic isolates the Workspace OAuth credentials and exposes the report endpoints as named tools.
Through Jentic, search chromemanagement_count_chrome_versions, load schema, and execute it for customer C0123 over the last 30 days.
Key Endpoints
22 endpoints — the chrome management api gives workspace and chromeos administrators programmatic access to managed-browser and chromeos device telemetry, app and extension inventories, version distribution, crash events, and printing reports.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countChromeVersions
Count Chrome browsers by version
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countChromeCrashEvents
Count Chrome crash events
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countInstalledApps
Count installed apps and extensions
GET
/v1/{+customer}/apps:fetchUsersRequestingExtension
List users requesting a specific extension
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countChromeDevicesReachingAutoExpirationDate
Count devices reaching auto-update expiration
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countPrintJobsByPrinter
Summarise print jobs by managed printer
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countChromeVersions
Count Chrome browsers by version
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countChromeCrashEvents
Count Chrome crash events
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countInstalledApps
Count installed apps and extensions
GET
/v1/{+customer}/apps:fetchUsersRequestingExtension
List users requesting a specific extension
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countChromeDevicesReachingAutoExpirationDate
Count devices reaching auto-update expiration
GET
/v1/{+customer}/reports:countPrintJobsByPrinter
Summarise print jobs by managed printer
Why Jentic?
Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.
Credential isolation
Google Workspace OAuth credentials with chrome.management scopes are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault (MAXsystem). Agents receive short-lived access tokens — refresh tokens never enter the agent context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent (e.g. 'list installed Chrome extensions across the fleet') and Jentic returns the matching reports operation with its parameter schema.
Time to first call
Direct integration: 2-3 days for OAuth setup, admin scope review, and pagination handling across large fleets. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load, execute.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
FAQs
Specific to using Chrome Management API through Jentic.
What authentication does the Chrome Management API use?
It requires OAuth 2.0 with the chrome.management.reports.readonly or chrome.management.appdetails.readonly scopes on a Workspace super admin or delegated admin account. Through Jentic, the OAuth credential is stored encrypted in the Jentic vault and the agent receives only short-lived scoped access tokens.
Can I list every Chrome extension installed across our fleet?
Yes. Call /v1/{customer}/reports:countInstalledApps to get aggregate counts by extension and complement it with /v1/{customer}/apps:fetchUsersRequestingExtension to identify which users requested a specific extension.
What are the rate limits for the Chrome Management API?
Google enforces a per-project per-minute quota of around 600 read requests and lower limits for fleet-wide aggregations. Use orderBy and pageSize to keep responses small and stay within quota when reporting across very large fleets.
How do I report on Chrome crashes through Jentic?
Use the Jentic search query "count Chrome crash events" to discover the customers.reports.countChromeCrashEvents operation, load its schema, and execute it with the customer id and a time range. Run pip install jentic to get started.
Does the API expose per-device crash details?
Counts are aggregated by version, browser channel, or OS for privacy reasons. Per-device crash detail is not exposed through this API — use the Chrome Management console or Telemetry events for richer drill-down.
Is the Chrome Management API free?
It is included with Chrome Enterprise Upgrade and ChromeOS Enterprise licences. There is no per-call charge from Google for the report endpoints used by this API.
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