Method: routes.insert

Creates a Route resource in the specified project using the data included in the request.

HTTP request

POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/global/routes

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.

Query parameters

Parameters
requestId

string

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed.

For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.

The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "kind": string,
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "network": string,
  "tags": [
    string
  ],
  "destRange": string,
  "priority": integer,
  "nextHopInstance": string,
  "nextHopIp": string,
  "nextHopNetwork": string,
  "nextHopGateway": string,
  "nextHopPeering": string,
  "nextHopIlb": string,
  "warnings": [
    {
      "code": enum,
      "message": string,
      "data": [
        {
          "key": string,
          "value": string
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nextHopVpnTunnel": string,
  "nextHopHub": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "routeType": enum,
  "asPaths": [
    {
      "pathSegmentType": enum,
      "asLists": [
        integer
      ]
    }
  ],
  "routeStatus": enum
}
Fields
kind

string

[Output Only] Type of this resource. Always compute#routes for Route resources.
id

string (uint64 format)

[Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
creationTimestamp

string

[Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
name

string

[REQUIRED] Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?. The first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters (except for the last character) must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit. The last character must be a lowercase letter or digit.
description

string

An optional description of this resource. Provide this field when you create the resource.
network

string

[REQUIRED] Fully-qualified URL of the network that this route applies to.

Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource network:

  • compute.networks.updatePolicy
tags[]

string

[REQUIRED] A list of instance tags to which this route applies.
destRange

string

[REQUIRED] The destination range of outgoing packets that this route applies to. Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported. Must specify an IPv4 range (e.g. 192.0.2.0/24) or an IPv6 range in RFC 4291 format (e.g. 2001:db8::/32). IPv6 range will be displayed using RFC 5952 compressed format.
priority

integer (uint32 format)

[REQUIRED] The priority of this route. Priority is used to break ties in cases where there is more than one matching route of equal prefix length. In cases where multiple routes have equal prefix length, the one with the lowest-numbered priority value wins. The default value is 1000. The priority value must be from 0 to 65535, inclusive.
nextHopInstance

string

The URL to an instance that should handle matching packets. You can specify this as a full or partial URL. For example:
https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/instances/
nextHopIp

string

The network IP address of an instance that should handle matching packets. Both IPv6 address and IPv4 addresses are supported. Must specify an IPv4 address in dot-decimal notation (e.g. 192.0.2.99) or an IPv6 address in RFC 4291 format (e.g. 2001:db8::2d9:51:0:0 or 2001:db8:0:0:2d9:51:0:0). IPv6 addresses will be displayed using RFC 5952 compressed format (e.g. 2001:db8::2d9:51:0:0). Should never be an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
nextHopNetwork

string

The URL of the local network if it should handle matching packets.
nextHopGateway

string

The URL to a gateway that should handle matching packets. You can only specify the internet gateway using a full or partial valid URL:
projects/project/global/gateways/default-internet-gateway
nextHopPeering

string

[Output Only] The network peering name that should handle matching packets, which should conform to RFC1035.
nextHopIlb

string

The URL to a forwarding rule of type loadBalancingScheme=INTERNAL that should handle matching packets or the IP address of the forwarding Rule. For example, the following are all valid URLs:

If an IP address is provided, must specify an IPv4 address in dot-decimal notation or an IPv6 address in RFC 4291 format. For example, the following are all valid IP addresses:
  • 10.128.0.56
  • 2001:db8::2d9:51:0:0
  • 2001:db8:0:0:2d9:51:0:0
IPv6 addresses will be displayed using RFC 5952 compressed format (e.g. 2001:db8::2d9:51:0:0). Should never be an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
warnings[]

object

[Output Only] If potential misconfigurations are detected for this route, this field will be populated with warning messages.
warnings[].code

enum

[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.
warnings[].message

string

[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
warnings[].data[]

object

[Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example: 

"data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  }
warnings[].data[].key

string

[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
warnings[].data[].value

string

[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
nextHopVpnTunnel

string

The URL to a VpnTunnel that should handle matching packets.
nextHopHub

string

[Output Only] The full resource name of the Network Connectivity Center hub that will handle matching packets.
routeType

enum

[Output Only] The type of this route, which can be one of the following values:

  • 'TRANSIT' for a transit route that this router learned from another Cloud Router and will readvertise to one of its BGP peers
  • 'SUBNET' for a route from a subnet of the VPC
  • 'BGP' for a route learned from a BGP peer of this router
  • 'STATIC' for a static route

    		•
    asPaths[]

    object

    [Output Only] AS path.
    asPaths[].pathSegmentType

    enum

    [Output Only] The type of the AS Path, which can be one of the following values:

  • 'AS_SET': unordered set of autonomous systems that the route in has traversed
  • 'AS_SEQUENCE': ordered set of autonomous systems that the route has traversed
  • 'AS_CONFED_SEQUENCE': ordered set of Member Autonomous Systems in the local confederation that the route has traversed
  • 'AS_CONFED_SET': unordered set of Member Autonomous Systems in the local confederation that the route has traversed

    • asPaths[].asLists[]

    integer

    [Output Only] The AS numbers of the AS Path.
    routeStatus

    enum

    [Output only] The status of the route.

    Response body

    Represents an Operation resource.

    Google Compute Engine has three Operation resources:

    You can use an operation resource to manage asynchronous API requests. For more information, read Handling API responses.

    Operations can be global, regional or zonal.

    • For global operations, use the globalOperations resource.
    • For regional operations, use the regionOperations resource.
    • For zonal operations, use the zoneOperations resource.

    For more information, read Global, Regional, and Zonal Resources.

    Note that completed Operation resources have a limited retention period.

    If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

    JSON representation 
    {
  "kind": string,
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "zone": string,
  "clientOperationId": string,
  "operationType": string,
  "targetLink": string,
  "targetId": string,
  "status": enum,
  "statusMessage": string,
  "user": string,
  "progress": integer,
  "insertTime": string,
  "startTime": string,
  "endTime": string,
  "error": {
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": string,
        "location": string,
        "message": string,
        "errorDetails": [
          {
            "errorInfo": {
              "reason": string,
              "domain": string,
              "metadatas": {
                string: string,
                ...
              }
            },
            "quotaInfo": {
              "metricName": string,
              "limitName": string,
              "dimensions": {
                string: string,
                ...
              },
              "limit": number,
              "futureLimit": number,
              "rolloutStatus": enum
            },
            "help": {
              "links": [
                {
                  "description": string,
                  "url": string
                }
              ]
            },
            "localizedMessage": {
              "locale": string,
              "message": string
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "warnings": [
    {
      "code": enum,
      "message": string,
      "data": [
        {
          "key": string,
          "value": string
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "httpErrorStatusCode": integer,
  "httpErrorMessage": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "region": string,
  "description": string,
  "operationGroupId": string,

  // Union field metadata can be only one of the following:
  "setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata": {
    "clientOperationId": string,
    "perLocationOperations": {
      string: {
        "state": enum,
        "error": {
          "code": integer,
          "message": string,
          "details": [
            {
              "@type": string,
              field1: ...,
              ...
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      ...
    }
  },
  "instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata": {
    "perLocationStatus": {
      string: {
        "status": enum,
        "targetVmCount": integer,
        "createdVmCount": integer,
        "failedToCreateVmCount": integer,
        "deletedVmCount": integer
      },
      ...
    }
  }
  // End of list of possible types for union field metadata.
}
    Fields
    kind

    string

    [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#operation for Operation resources.
    id

    string (uint64 format)

    [Output Only] The unique identifier for the operation. This identifier is defined by the server.
    creationTimestamp

    string

    [Deprecated] This field is deprecated.
    name

    string

    [Output Only] Name of the operation.
    zone

    string

    [Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing per-zone operations.
    clientOperationId

    string

    [Output Only] The value of requestId if you provided it in the request. Not present otherwise.
    operationType

    string

    [Output Only] The type of operation, such as insert, update, or delete, and so on.
    targetId

    string (uint64 format)

    [Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.
    status

    enum

    [Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    statusMessage

    string

    [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    user

    string

    [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com or alice_smith_identifier (global/workforcePools/example-com-us-employees).
    progress

    integer

    [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.
    insertTime

    string

    [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
    startTime

    string

    [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
    endTime

    string

    [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
    error

    object

    [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
    error.errors[]

    object

    [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
    error.errors[].code

    string

    [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
    error.errors[].location

    string

    [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.
    error.errors[].message

    string

    [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[]

    object

    [Output Only] An optional list of messages that contain the error details. There is a set of defined message types to use for providing details.The syntax depends on the error code. For example, QuotaExceededInfo will have details when the error code is QUOTA_EXCEEDED.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo

    object
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.reason

    string

    The reason of the error. This is a constant value that identifies the proximate cause of the error. Error reasons are unique within a particular domain of errors. This should be at most 63 characters and match a regular expression of [A-Z][A-Z0-9_]+[A-Z0-9], which represents UPPER_SNAKE_CASE.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.domain

    string

    The logical grouping to which the "reason" belongs. The error domain is typically the registered service name of the tool or product that generates the error. Example: "pubsub.googleapis.com". If the error is generated by some common infrastructure, the error domain must be a globally unique value that identifies the infrastructure. For Google API infrastructure, the error domain is "googleapis.com".
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.metadatas

    map (key: string, value: string)

    Additional structured details about this error.

    Keys must match /[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9-_]+/ but should ideally be lowerCamelCase. Also they must be limited to 64 characters in length. When identifying the current value of an exceeded limit, the units should be contained in the key, not the value. For example, rather than {"instanceLimit": "100/request"}, should be returned as, {"instanceLimitPerRequest": "100"}, if the client exceeds the number of instances that can be created in a single (batch) request.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo

    object
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.metricName

    string

    The Compute Engine quota metric name.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limitName

    string

    The name of the quota limit.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.dimensions

    map (key: string, value: string)

    The map holding related quota dimensions.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limit

    number

    Current effective quota limit. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.futureLimit

    number

    Future quota limit being rolled out. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.rolloutStatus

    enum

    Rollout status of the future quota limit.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].help

    object
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[]

    object

    URL(s) pointing to additional information on handling the current error.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].description

    string

    Describes what the link offers.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].url

    string

    The URL of the link.
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage

    object
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.locale

    string

    The locale used following the specification defined at https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt. Examples are: "en-US", "fr-CH", "es-MX"
    error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.message

    string

    The localized error message in the above locale.
    warnings[]

    object

    [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
    warnings[].code

    enum

    [Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.
    warnings[].message

    string

    [Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
    warnings[].data[]

    object

    [Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example: 

    "data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  }
    warnings[].data[].key

    string

    [Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
    warnings[].data[].value

    string

    [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
    httpErrorStatusCode

    integer

    [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a 404 means the resource was not found.
    httpErrorMessage

    string

    [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    region

    string

    [Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing regional operations.
    description

    string

    [Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.
    operationGroupId

    string

    [Output Only] An ID that represents a group of operations, such as when a group of operations results from a bulkInsert API request.
    Union field metadata. [Output Only] Service-specific metadata attached to this operation. metadata can be only one of the following:
    setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata

    object

    [Output Only] If the operation is for projects.setCommonInstanceMetadata, this field will contain information on all underlying zonal actions and their state.
    setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.clientOperationId

    string

    [Output Only] The client operation id.
    setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[]

    map (key: string, value: object)

    [Output Only] Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
    setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].state

    enum

    [Output Only] Status of the action, which can be one of the following: PROPAGATING, PROPAGATED, ABANDONED, FAILED, or DONE.
    setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error

    object

    [Output Only] If state is ABANDONED or FAILED, this field is populated.
    setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.code

    integer

    The status code, which should be an enum value of google.rpc.Code.
    setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.message

    string

    A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the google.rpc.Status.details field, or localized by the client.
    setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.details[]

    object

    A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.

    An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field "@type" contains a URI identifying the type. Example: { "id": 1234, "@type": "types.example.com/standard/id" }.
    instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata

    object
    instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[]

    map (key: string, value: object)

    Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
    instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].status

    enum

    [Output Only] Creation status of BulkInsert operation - information if the flow is rolling forward or rolling back.
    instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].targetVmCount

    integer

    [Output Only] Count of VMs originally planned to be created.
    instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].createdVmCount

    integer

    [Output Only] Count of VMs successfully created so far.
    instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].failedToCreateVmCount

    integer

    [Output Only] Count of VMs that started creating but encountered an error.
    instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].deletedVmCount

    integer

    [Output Only] Count of VMs that got deleted during rollback.

    Authorization scopes

    Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

    For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

    IAM Permissions

    In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

    • compute.networks.updatePolicy
    • compute.routes.create

    To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.