title: Does Google Data Studio have API functionality, and if not, will it in the near future?
body: <p>I'm trying to automate a workflow using <strong>Google Data Studio</strong>. Requirements are simple - I need to be able to programatically copy a templated report (from a Python/Java application) and import/set a data source (Google Sheets doc) for that report. Nothing more fancy (no visualisation creation, formatting, or anything graphical, etc.).</p>
  <p>Sources <a href="https://developers.google.com/datastudio/api#next_steps" rel="noreferrer">here</a>, <a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/datastudio.googleapis.com?q=datastudio&amp;id=54d3d4f9-3f59-4007-accd-a4d93912fa71&amp;project=wise-analyst-291313" rel="noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/datastudio.googleapis.com/overview?project=wise-analyst-291313" rel="noreferrer">here</a> (last two require Google Cloud Console account) suggest an API does exist (and detail a setup process to access it). However, after going through this setup process, I can find no details or documentation of any functionality, and consequently have been unable to progress.</p>
  <p><strong>Can anyone authoritatively state whether:</strong></p>
  <p><strong>1. There does exist any API functionality for GDS?</strong> and</p>
  <p><strong>2. If not, are there plans to develop such? (since the Google links above suggest there is, I'm wondering if this means it's in the pipeline for near future).</strong></p>
  <p>The only directly related SO posts I can find are <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61612562/is-there-any-rest-api-available-in-data-studio-to-create-a-report-in-java">here</a> and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61093894/is-there-any-api-for-google-data-studio">here</a>. The first suggests there isn't, but doesn't account for the Google links I've provided above which suggest there is; the second doesn't really cover the same use case, so doesn't provide answers applicable here.</p>
  <p>FYI - I've posted a Google Community forum post <a href="https://support.google.com/datastudio/thread/74561311?hl=en" rel="noreferrer">here</a> asking essentially the same question.</p>
  <p>If anyone is able to help out, that would be greatly appreciated :) <strong>Many thanks in advance for your time and help! :)</strong></p>