- [Resource: Project](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects#Project)
  - [JSON representation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects#Project.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)
    - [JSON representation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects#Project.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION.common_instance_metadata.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)
- [Methods](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects#METHODS_SUMMARY)

## Resource: Project

Represents a Project resource.

A project is used to organize resources in a Google Cloud Platform environment. For more information, read about the [Resource Hierarchy](https://docs.cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy#projects).

| JSON representation |
|---|
| ``` { "kind": string, "id": string, "creationTimestamp": string, "name": string, "description": string, "commonInstanceMetadata": { "kind": string, "fingerprint": string, "items": [ { "key": string, "value": string } ] }, "usageExportLocation": { "bucketName": string, "reportNamePrefix": string }, "enabledFeatures": [ string ], "selfLink": string, "defaultServiceAccount": string, "xpnProjectStatus": enum, "defaultNetworkTier": enum, "vmDnsSetting": enum, "cloudArmorTier": enum } ``` |

| Fields ||
|---|---|
| `kind` | `string` Output only. Type of the resource. Always `compute#project` for projects. |
| `id` | `string (https://developers.google.com/discovery/v1/type-format format)` Output only. The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server. This is **not** the project ID, and is just a unique ID used by Compute Engine to identify resources. |
| `creationTimestamp` | `string` Output only. Creation timestamp in [RFC3339](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt) text format. |
| `name` | `string` The project ID. For example: `my-example-project`. Use the project ID to make requests to Compute Engine. |
| `description` | `string` An optional textual description of the resource. |
| `commonInstanceMetadata` | `object` Metadata key/value pairs available to all instances contained in this project. See [Custom metadata](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata#projectwide) for more information. |
| `commonInstanceMetadata.kind` | `string` Output only. Type of the resource. Always `compute#metadata` for metadata. |
| `commonInstanceMetadata.fingerprint` | `string (https://developers.google.com/discovery/v1/type-format format)` Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata, otherwise the request will fail with error `412 conditionNotMet`. To see the latest fingerprint, make a `get()` request to retrieve the resource. A base64-encoded string. |
| `commonInstanceMetadata.items[]` | `object` Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB. |
| `commonInstanceMetadata.items[].key` | `string` Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: `[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+`, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project. |
| `commonInstanceMetadata.items[].value` | `string` Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 262144 bytes (256 KiB). |
| `usageExportLocation` | `object` An optional naming prefix for daily usage reports and the Google Cloud Storage bucket where they are stored. |
| `usageExportLocation.bucketName` | `string` The name of an existing bucket in Cloud Storage where the usage report object is stored. The Google Service Account is granted write access to this bucket. This can either be the bucket name by itself, such as `example-bucket`, or the bucket name with `gs://` or `https://storage.googleapis.com/` in front of it, such as `gs://example-bucket`. |
| `usageExportLocation.reportNamePrefix` | `string` An optional prefix for the name of the usage report object stored in `bucketName`. If not supplied, defaults to `usage_gce`. The report is stored as a CSV file named `report_name_prefix_gce_YYYYMMDD.csv` where `YYYYMMDD` is the day of the usage according to Pacific Time. If you supply a prefix, it should conform to Cloud Storage [object naming conventions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/bucketnaming#objectnames). |
| `enabledFeatures[]` | `string` An optional list of restricted features enabled for use on this project. |
| `selfLink` | `string` Output only. Server-defined URL for the resource. |
| `defaultServiceAccount` | `string` Output only. Default service account used by VMs running in this project. |
| `xpnProjectStatus` | `enum` Output only. The role this project has in a shared VPC configuration. Currently, only projects with the host role, which is specified by the value `HOST`, are differentiated. |
| `defaultNetworkTier` | `enum` This signifies the default network tier used for configuring resources of the project and can only take the following values: `PREMIUM`, `STANDARD`. Initially the default network tier is `PREMIUM`. |
| `vmDnsSetting` | `enum` Output only. Default internal DNS setting used by VMs running in this project. |
| `cloudArmorTier` | `enum` Output only. The Cloud Armor tier for this project. It can be one of the following values: `CA_STANDARD`, `CA_ENTERPRISE_PAYGO`. If this field is not specified, it is assumed to be `CA_STANDARD`. |

| ## Methods ||
|---|---|
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/disableXpnHost` | Disable this project as a shared VPC host project. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/disableXpnResource` | Disable a service resource (also known as service project) associated with this host project. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/enableXpnHost` | Enable this project as a shared VPC host project. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/enableXpnResource` | Enable service resource (a.k.a service project) for a host project, so that subnets in the host project can be used by instances in the service project. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/get` | Returns the specified Project resource. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/getXpnHost` | Gets the shared VPC host project that this project links to. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/getXpnResources` | Gets service resources (a.k.a service project) associated with this host project. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/listXpnHosts` | Lists all shared VPC host projects visible to the user in an organization. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/moveDisk (deprecated)` | Moves a persistent disk from one zone to another. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/moveInstance (deprecated)` | Moves an instance and its attached persistent disks from one zone to another. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/setCloudArmorTier` | Sets the Cloud Armor tier of the project. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/setCommonInstanceMetadata` | Sets metadata common to all instances within the specified project using the data included in the request. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/setDefaultNetworkTier` | Sets the default network tier of the project. |
| ### `https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/2026-10-01-preview/projects/setUsageExportBucket` | Enables the usage export feature and sets the [usage export bucket](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/usage-export) where reports are stored. |