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Chrome Profile Management

Introduction

These features were added in version 7.01.00.

To use these commands you must update your client authorization.

gam oauth create

[*]  3)  Chrome Management API - Profiles (supports readonly)

You must enable managed profile reporting, see: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/9301421 Follow instructions at: Turn on managed profile reporting

API documentation

Definitions

<CustomerID> ::= <String>
<ChromeProfilePermanentID> ::= <String>
<ChromeProfileName> ::= customers/<CustomerID>/profiles/<ChromeProfilePermanentID> | <ChromeProfilePermanentID>
<ChromeProfileNameList> ::= "<ChromeProfileName>(,<ChromeProfileName>)*"
<ChromeProfileCommandName> ::= <ChomeProfileName>/commands/<String>
<ChromeProfileCommandNameList> ::= "<ChromeProfileCommandName>(,<ChromeProfileCommandName>)*"
<ChromeProfileNameEntity> ::=
        <ChromeProfileNameList> |
        (select <FileSelector>|<CSVFileSelector>) |
        (filter <String> (filtertime<String> <Time>)* [orderby <ChromeProfileOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending]]) |
        (commands <ChromeProfileCommandNameList>|<FileSelector>|<CSVFileSelector>)

<ChromeProfileFieldName> ::=
        affiliationstate|
        annotatedlocation|
        annotateduser|
        attestationcredential|
        profilechannel|
        profileversion|
        deviceinfo|
        displayname|
        extensioncount|
        firstenrollmenttime|
        identityprovider|
        lastactivitytime|
        lastpolicyfetchtime|
        lastpolicysynctime|
        laststatusreporttime|
        name|
        osplatformtype|
        osplatformversion|
        osversion|
        policycount|
        profileid|
        profilepermanentid|
        reportingdata|
        useremail|
        userid
<ChromeProfileFieldNameList> ::= "<ChromeProfileFieldName>(,<ChromeProfileFieldName>)*"

<ChromeProfileOrderByFieldName> ::=
        affiliationstate|
        profilechannel|
        profileversion|
        displayname|
        extensioncount|
        firstenrollmenttime|
        identityprovider|
        lastactivitytime|
        lastpolicysynctime|
        laststatusreporttime|
        osplatformtype|
        osversion|
        policycount|
        profileid|
        useremail

Delete Chrome profiles

gam delete chromeprofile <ChromeProfileName>

Display Chrome profiles

gam info chromeprofile <ChromeProfileName>
        <ChromeProfileFieldName>* [fields <ChromeProfileFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

Select the fields to be displayed:

  • <ChromeProfileFieldName>* [fields <ChromeProfileFieldNameList>] - Display a selected list of fields

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values:

  • formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.
gam show chromeprofiles
        [filter <String> (filtertime<String> <Time>)*]
        [orderby <ChromeProfileOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending]]
        <ChromeProfileFieldName>* [fields <ChromeProfileFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

Use these options to select Chrome profiles; if none are chosen, all Chrome profiles in the account are selected:

  • filter <String> - Limit profiles to those that match a query

Select the fields to be displayed:

  • <ChromeProfileFieldName>* [fields <ChromeProfileFieldNameList>] - Display a selected list of fields

Use the filtertime<String> <Time> option to allow times, usually relative, to be substituted into the filter <String> option. The filtertime<String> <Time> value replaces the string #filtertime<String># in the filter <String>. The characters following filtertime can be any combination of lowercase letters and numbers.

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values:

  • formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.
gam print chromeprofiles [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [filter <String> (filtertime<String> <Time>)*]
        [orderby <ChromeProfileOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending]]
        <ChromeProfileFieldName>* [fields <ChromeProfileFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

Use these options to select Chrome profiles; if none are chosen, all Chrome profiles in the account are selected:

  • filter <String> - Limit profiles to those that match a query

The first two columns will always name,profileId; the remaining field names will be sorted if sortheaders is specified; otherwise, the remaining field names will appear in the order specified.

Select the fields to be displayed:

  • <ChromeProfileFieldName>* [fields <ChromeProfileFieldNameList>] - Display a selected list of fields

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format:

  • formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

Profile Query Searchable Fields

These are the fields that can be used in a filter:

affiliationState
browserChannel
browserVersion
displayName
extensionCount
firstEnrollmentTime
identityProvider
lastActivityTime
lastPolicySyncTime
lastStatusReportTime
osPlatformType
osVersion
ouId
policyCount
profileId
userEmail

Any of the above fields can be used to specify a filter, and filtering by multiple fields is supported with AND operator. String type fields and enum type fields support '=' and '!=' operators. Wildcard '*' can be used with a string type field filter. The integer type and the timestamp type fields support '=', '!=', '<', '>', '<=' and '>=' operators. Timestamps expect an RFC-3339 formatted string (e.g. 2012-04-21T11:30:00-04:00). In addition, string literal filtering is also supported, for example, 'ABC' as a filter maps to a filter that checks if any of the filterable string type fields contains 'ABC'.

Organization unit number can be used as a filtering criteria here by specifying 'ouId = ', please note that only single OU ID matching is supported.

Examples

For Windows PowerShell, replace \" with `".

Print information about Chrome profiles synced more than 30 days ago:

gam print chromeprofiles filter "lastPolicySyncTime < \"#filtertime1#\"" filtertime1 -30d

Print information about Chrome profiles synced in the last 30 days:

gam print chromeprofiles filter "lastPolicySyncTime >= \"#filtertime1#\"" filtertime1 -30d

Print information about Chrome profiles synced between 45 days ago and 30 days ago:

gam print chromeprofiles filter "lastPolicySyncTime >= \"#filtertime1#\" lastPolicySyncTime <= \"#filtertime2#\"" filtertime1 -45d filtertime2 -30d

Print information about Chrome profiles on Windows.

gam print chromeprofiles filter "osPlatformType=WINDOWS"

Collections of Chrome Profile names for commands

<ChromeProfileNameEntity> ::=
        <ChromeProfileNameList> |
        (select <ChromeProfileNameList>|<FileSelector>|<CSVFileSelector>) |
        (filter <String> (filtertime<String> <Time>)* [orderby <ChromeProfileOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending]]) |
        (commands <ChromeProfileCommandNameList>|<FileSelector>|<CSVFileSelector>)
  • <ChromeProfileNameList> - A list of Chrome profile names
  • select <ChromeProfileNameList> - A list of Chrome profile names
  • select <FileSelector>|<CSVFileSelector> - A flat or CSV file containing Chrome profile names
  • filter <String> (filtertime<String> <Time>)* - A filter to select Chrome profiles
  • commands <ChromeProfileCommandNameList> - A list of Chrome profile command names
  • commands <FileSelector>|<CSVFileSelector> - A flat or CSV file containing Chrome profile command names

Use the filtertime<String> <Time> option to allow times, usually relative, to be substituted into the filter <String> option. The filtertime<String> <Time> value replaces the string #filtertime<String># in the filter <String>. The characters following filtertime can be any combination of lowercase letters and numbers.

Create a Chrome Profile command

Clear a Chrome Browser profile cache and/or cookies.

gam create chromeprofilecommand <ChromeProfileNameEntity>
        [clearcache [<Boolean>]] [clearcookies [<Boolean>]]
        [csv [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*] [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]]

By default, when a Chrome profile command is created, GAM outputs details of the command as indented keywords and values.

  • formatjson - Display the details in JSON format.
  • csv [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*] [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]] - Output the details in CSV format.

Display Chrome Profile commands

Display the status of a specific Chrome Browser profile command.

gam info chromeprofilecommand <ChromeProfileCommandName>
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values:

  • formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

Display the status of selected Chrome Browser profile commands.

gam show chromeprofilecommands <ChromeProfileNameEntity>
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values:

  • formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.
gam print chromeprofilecommands <ChromeProfileNameEntity> [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format:

  • formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

Examples

For Windows PowerShell, replace \" with `".

Clear cache and cookies for two specific Chrome profiles:

gam create chromeprofilecommand 4c6c0a9f-de78-4285-be86-713fca8cffff,aa03151c-7c1d-41fe-b793-5753e167ffff clearcache clearcookies

Display the command status for those Chrome profiles:

gam show chromeprofilecommand 4c6c0a9f-de78-4285-be86-713fca8cffff,aa03151c-7c1d-41fe-b793-5753e167ffff
gam print chromeprofilecommand 4c6c0a9f-de78-4285-be86-713fca8cffff,aa03151c-7c1d-41fe-b793-5753e167ffff

Clear cache and cookies for Chrome profiles in a CSV file named ChromeProfiles.csv with a column name:

gam create chromeprofilecommand select csvfile ChromeProfiles.csv:name clearcache clearcookies

Display the command status for those Chrome profiles:

gam show chromeprofilecommand select csvfile ChromeProfiles.csv:name
gam print chromeprofilecommand select csvfile ChromeProfiles.csv:name

Clear cache and cookies for Chrome profiles with last activity more that 60 days ago:

gam create chromeprofilecommand filter "lastActivityTime < \"#filtertime1#\"" filtertime1 -60d clearcache clearcookies

Display the command status for those Chrome profiles:

gam show chromeprofilecommand filter "lastActivityTime < \"#filtertime1#\"" filtertime1 -60d
gam print chromeprofilecommand filter "lastActivityTime < \"#filtertime1#\"" filtertime1 -60d

Clear cache and cookies for Chrome profiles with last activity more that 60 days ago:

gam redirect csv ./ChromeProfileCmds.csv create chromeprofilecommand filter "lastActivityTime < \"#filtertime1#\"" filtertime1 -60d clearcache clearcookies csv

Display the command status for those Chrome profile commands

gam show chromeprofilecommand commands ChromeProfileCmds.csv:name
gam print chromeprofilecommand commands ChromeProfileCmds.csv:name

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