Google Analytics query returns 404

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I've configured and authenticated a Google Analytics resource and used the GA4 Query Explorer to come up with the Query parameters as per retool documentation but I'm getting a 404 when I post the request.

{
  "request": {
    "url": "https://analyticsreporting.googleapis.com/v4/reports:batchGet",
    "credentials": "same-origin",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "accept": "*/*",
      "Authorization": "---sanitized---"
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "body": "---redacted---"
  },
  "response": {
    "data": "<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=en> <meta charset=utf-8> <meta name=viewport content=\"initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width\"> <title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title> <style> *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-serif}html{background:#fff;color:#222;padding:15px}body{margin:7% auto 0;max-width:390px;min-height:180px;padding:30px 0 15px}* > body{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/robot.png) 100% 5px no-repeat;padding-right:205px}p{margin:11px 0 22px;overflow:hidden}ins{color:#777;text-decoration:none}a img{border:0}@media screen and (max-width:772px){body{background:none;margin-top:0;max-width:none;padding-right:0}}#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat;margin-left:-5px}@media only screen and (min-resolution:192dpi){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat 0% 0%/100% 100%;-moz-border-image:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) 0}}@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:2){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:100% 100%}}#logo{display:inline-block;height:54px;width:150px} </style> <a href=//www.google.com/><span id=logo aria-label=Google></span></a> <p><b>404.</b> <ins>That’s an error.</ins> <p>The requested URL <code>/v4/reports:batchGet</code> was not found on this server.  <ins>That’s all we know.</ins>",
    "headers": {
      "alt-svc": "h3=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-29=\":443\"; ma=2592000",
      "connection": "close",
      "content-length": "1580",
      "content-type": "text/html; charset=UTF-8",
      "date": [
        "Thu",
        "18 Sep 2025 22:01:39 GMT"
      ],
      "referrer-policy": "no-referrer"
    },
    "status": 404,
    "statusText": "Not Found",
    "ok": false,
    "url": "https://analyticsreporting.googleapis.com/v4/reports:batchGet"
  }
}

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Hi @unclespeedo,

I don't have a particularly helpful answer for you, but it would appear that API is entirely gone. It does show up in the list here, but it's missing a description and the documentation is also a 404. I'd assume it has been deprecated and the Retool demo should probably be updated/removed.

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Thanks @MikeCB, it's helpful in the sense that it's a response with facts that lead to more facts.

Looks like the new method will be via the Google Analytics Data API and it looks like there's a tangentially related forum thread regarding this already Google Analytics 4 and Data API v1 via REST resource issue

Hopefully the Retool team will build native support for the newer method in the future.

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Hi all, thanks for the heads up! I created bug reports for the broken Google Analytics resource and for the docs team to update those pages.

In the meantime, that forum link above is a great reference for setting this up with a REST API with the new endpoints

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