Analytics Reporting API V4 Client Library for .NET

Question

I\'m trying to get some data from our google analytics instance and I\'d like to use the Analytics Reporting API V4 Client Library for .NET (https://developers.google.com/ap

Answer 1

I had the same experience: Google's documentation is pretty in-depth but is pretty terrible at giving clear examples of how to connect with .NET.

One key thing I finally realized is that you can either connect using an OAuth2 credential or a service account credential. If you own your Analytics account, use a service account. If you're needing to connect to other users' Analytics accounts, use OAuth2.

There seem to be quite a few examples online of how to get Analytics API data using an OAuth2 credential, but I own my Analytics account and just wanted to pull data from it. I figured out how to connect to the Analytics Reporting API v4 using a ServiceAccountCredential, and I wrote an answer on a similar Stack Overflow question with all the details.