Google Cloud Platform infrastructure
Create and manage Google Cloud infrastructure services using the Google Cloud API.
Overview
If you're managing infrastructure on GCP (Google Cloud Platform), this template helps you interact with core Google Cloud services via API—no console clicks required. It includes pre-configured requests for common operations using the Google Cloud APIs, including Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and Resource Manager.
It’s a useful tool for DevOps engineers, platform teams, or anyone building CI/CD workflows that touch cloud resources.
What is the Google Cloud Platform infrastructure API?
GCP provides a suite of REST APIs for provisioning, configuring, and managing infrastructure across services like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and IAM. These APIs are the foundation of most cloud automation and infrastructure-as-code tools.
This template focuses on those infrastructure-layer APIs, allowing you to:
Spin up and manage VM instances
Create and configure storage buckets
Manage project-level metadata and service access
It’s ideal for building automation scripts, testing GCP IAM configurations, or prototyping cloud operations from Postman.
What does the template contain?
Google Compute Engine requests for listing and managing virtual machines
Google Cloud Storage requests to create and list buckets
Cloud Resource Manager requests to query project and resource info
Service Usage API requests to list and enable GCP APIs
Each request is pre-filled with the appropriate method, endpoint, and headers—ready to be customized with your own project and auth credentials.
How to use the GCP infrastructure template
Authenticate with GCP Set up OAuth 2.0 or service account credentials. You’ll need a valid access token to hit most endpoints.
Customize requests Update project IDs, region settings, or other parameters to match your environment.
Execute requests Use Postman’s Collection Runner to test workflows like provisioning resources, verifying permissions, or simulating API interactions.
Automate if needed Use Newman to run tests as part of a CI pipeline or provisioning workflow.
Get started fast. Fork and customize this template in Postman
Use TemplateFrequently asked questions
Who can use the template?
DevOps and SREs automating infrastructure setup or teardown
Backend and platform teams managing internal systems or service bootstrapping
Data engineers who need to test access to buckets, resources, or services
How can the template help you with your deployment workflow?
The template provides a starting point for making API calls to GCP services. This Google Cloud template offers pre-configured requests for the GCP APIs to help you simplify the process of creating and managing infrastructure components. So by using the template, you can expedite your workflows on the Google Cloud Platform, ensure consistency in cloud infrastructure management, and ultimately improve the overall deployment efficiency.
Can I use this with production infrastructure?
Yes, but make sure you use the appropriate credentials and apply caution—these APIs perform real changes. You may want to test against a staging project first.
What’s the benefit of using Postman for GCP APIs?
It gives you a visual, interactive way to explore and debug GCP API calls—before you script them in Terraform, deploy them in CI, or run them as part of a cloud function.
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