How-to guides

These guides describe how to perform various common tasks using the Compute Engine API.

For information about specific methods, see the API reference.

Creating API requests and handling responses

Construct API requests and handle API responses from the Compute Engine API.

Standard query parameters

Query parameters that can be used with all methods and all resources in the Compute Engine API.

Improve performance

Techniques for improving your application's performance, including using gzip and working with partial resources.

Batch requests

Batch API calls together to reduce the number of HTTP connections your client has to make.