Update or renew a Google Workspace subscription
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This page explains how to renew a Google Workspace subscription using the
subscriptions.update()
method. You can use this method to update the expiration time of a subscription,
including renewing the subscription for the maximum expiration time possible, or
to update the list of event types to receive about the target resource.
Python
- Python 3.6 or greater
- The pip package management tool
- The latest Google client libraries for Python. To install or update them, run the following
command in your command-line interface:
pip3 install --upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-oauthlib
Renew a Google Workspace subscription
In this section, you use the Google Workspace Events API's
subscriptions.update()
method to renew a subscription to its maximum
expiration time. To specify the maximum expiration time, you update the ttl
field of the
Subscription
resource
to 0
.
The maximum expiration time depends on what resource data is included in the
event payload. To learn more about expiration times, see Event data for
Google Workspace events.
To renew a Google Workspace subscription:
Apps Script
In your Apps Script project, create a new script file
named updateSubscription
and add the following code:
function updateSubscription() {
// The name of the subscription to update.
const name = 'subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTION_ID';
// Call the Workspace Events API using the advanced service.
const response = WorkspaceEvents.Subscriptions.patch({
ttl: '0s',
}, name);
console.log(response);
}
Replace the following:
SUBSCRIPTION_ID
: The ID of the subscription. To get the ID, you can use any of the following:
- The value of the
uid
field.
- The ID of the resource name represented in the
name
field. For example, if the resource name is
subscriptions/subscription-123
, use subscription-123
.
To update the Google Workspace subscription, run the function
updateSubscription
in your Apps Script project.
Python
In your working directory, create a file named update_subscription.py
and add the following code:
"""Update subscription."""
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
# Specify required scopes.
SCOPES = [SCOPES]
# Authenticate with Google Workspace and get user authentication.
flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file('credentials.json', SCOPES)
CREDENTIALS = flow.run_local_server()
# Call the Workspace Events API using the service endpoint.
service = build(
'workspaceevents',
'v1',
credentials=CREDENTIALS,
)
BODY = {
'ttl': {'seconds': 0},
}
NAME = 'subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTION_ID'
response = (
service.subscriptions()
.patch(name=NAME, updateMask='ttl', body=BODY)
.execute()
)
print(response)
Replace the following:
SCOPES
: One or more OAuth scopes that support each event type
for the subscription. Formatted as an array of strings. To list multiple scopes, separate by commas.
For example, 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonly',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.readonly'
.
SUBSCRIPTION_ID
: The ID of the subscription. To get the ID, you can use any of the following:
- The value of the
uid
field.
- The ID of the resource name represented in the
name
field. For example, if the resource name is
subscriptions/subscription-123
, use subscription-123
.
In your working directory, make sure you've stored your OAuth client ID
credentials and named the file credentials.json
. The code sample uses this JSON
file to authenticate with Google Workspace and get user credentials. For instructions,
see Create OAuth client ID
credentials.
To update the Google Workspace subscription, run the following in
your terminal:
python3 update_subscription.py
The Google Workspace Events API returns a
long-running operation that
contains the instance of the
Subscription
resource.
To get details about the updated Subscription
resource, use the
operations.get()
method
and specify the Operation
resource returned from your subscriptions.update()
request. Otherwise, if you specify a Operation
resource from a previous
version of the subscription, the response is empty.
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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This involves updating the `ttl` field of the subscription resource to `0` to set the maximum expiration time. The process requires authentication with specific scopes and OAuth client ID credentials. Code examples are provided for Apps Script and Python, detailing how to execute the update, and how to retrieve the updated subscription resource via `operations.get()`. It also mentions that the update can include changes to event types.\n"],null,["# Update or renew a Google Workspace subscription\n\nThis page explains how to renew a Google Workspace subscription using the\n[`subscriptions.update()`](/workspace/events/reference/rest/v1/subscriptions/patch)\nmethod. You can use this method to update the expiration time of a subscription,\nincluding renewing the subscription for the maximum expiration time possible, or\nto update the list of event types to receive about the target resource. \n\n### Apps Script\n\n- \u003cbr /\u003e\n\n A Google Workspace subscription. To create one, see [Create a subscription](/workspace/events/guides/create-subscription).\n\n \u003cbr /\u003e\n\n- Requires user authentication with one or more\n [scopes that support all event types for\n the subscription](/workspace/events/guides/auth#scopes-event-type).\n\n | **Note:** To run the code sample in this guide, you must use the same [OAuth client\n | ID credentials](/workspace/events/guides/create-subscription#create-oauth) that you used to create the subscription.\n\n\u003c!-- --\u003e\n\n- An Apps Script project:\n - Use your Google Cloud project instead of the default one created automatically by Apps Script.\n - For all scopes that you added to configure the OAuth consent screen, you must also add the scopes to the `appsscript.json` file in your Apps Script project. For example, if you specified the `chat.messages` scope, then add the following: \n\n ```console\n \"oauthScopes\": [\n \"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messages\"\n ]\n \n ```\n - [Enable](/apps-script/guides/services/advanced#enable_advanced_services) the `Google Workspace Events` advanced service.\n\n### Python\n\n- Python 3.6 or greater\n- The [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/) package management tool\n- The latest Google client libraries for Python. To install or update them, run the following command in your command-line interface: \n\n ```console\n pip3 install --upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-oauthlib\n \n ```\n\n\u003c!-- --\u003e\n\n- \u003cbr /\u003e\n\n A Google Workspace subscription. To create one, see [Create a subscription](/workspace/events/guides/create-subscription).\n\n \u003cbr /\u003e\n\n- Requires user authentication with one or more\n [scopes that support all event types for\n the subscription](/workspace/events/guides/auth#scopes-event-type).\n\n | **Note:** To run the code sample in this guide, you must use the same [OAuth client\n | ID credentials](/workspace/events/guides/create-subscription#create-oauth) that you used to create the subscription.\n\nRenew a Google Workspace subscription\n-------------------------------------\n\nIn this section, you use the Google Workspace Events API's\n`subscriptions.update()` method to renew a subscription to its maximum\nexpiration time. To specify the maximum expiration time, you update the `ttl`\nfield of the\n[`Subscription`](/workspace/events/reference/rest/v1/subscriptions) resource\nto `0`.\n\nThe maximum expiration time depends on what resource data is included in the\nevent payload. To learn more about expiration times, see [Event data for\nGoogle Workspace events](/workspace/events/guides#data).\n\nTo renew a Google Workspace subscription: \n\n### Apps Script\n\n1. In your Apps Script project, create a new script file\n named `updateSubscription` and add the following code:\n\n function updateSubscription() {\n // The name of the subscription to update.\n const name = 'subscriptions/\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSUBSCRIPTION_ID\u003c/var\u003e';\n\n // Call the Workspace Events API using the advanced service.\n const response = WorkspaceEvents.Subscriptions.patch({\n ttl: '0s',\n }, name);\n console.log(response);\n }\n\n Replace the following:\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSUBSCRIPTION_ID\u003c/var\u003e: The ID of the subscription. To get the ID, you can use any of the following:\n - The value of the [`uid`](/workspace/events/reference/rest/v1/subscriptions#Subscription.FIELDS.uid) field.\n - The ID of the resource name represented in the [`name`](/workspace/events/reference/rest/v1/subscriptions#Subscription.FIELDS.name) field. For example, if the resource name is `subscriptions/subscription-123`, use `subscription-123`.\n2. To update the Google Workspace subscription, run the function\n `updateSubscription` in your Apps Script project.\n\n### Python\n\n1. In your working directory, create a file named `update_subscription.py`\n and add the following code:\n\n \"\"\"Update subscription.\"\"\"\n\n from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow\n from googleapiclient.discovery import build\n\n # Specify required scopes.\n SCOPES = [\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-n\"\u003eSCOPES\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/var\u003e]\n\n # Authenticate with Google Workspace and get user authentication.\n flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file('credentials.json', SCOPES)\n CREDENTIALS = flow.run_local_server()\n\n # Call the Workspace Events API using the service endpoint.\n service = build(\n 'workspaceevents',\n 'v1',\n credentials=CREDENTIALS,\n )\n\n BODY = {\n 'ttl': {'seconds': 0},\n }\n NAME = 'subscriptions/\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSUBSCRIPTION_ID\u003c/var\u003e'\n response = (\n service.subscriptions()\n .patch(name=NAME, updateMask='ttl', body=BODY)\n .execute()\n )\n print(response)\n\n Replace the following:\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSCOPES\u003c/var\u003e: One or more [OAuth scopes](/workspace/events/guides/auth) that support each event type for the subscription. Formatted as an array of strings. To list multiple scopes, separate by commas. For example, `'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonly',\n 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.readonly'`.\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSUBSCRIPTION_ID\u003c/var\u003e: The ID of the subscription. To get the ID, you can use any of the following:\n - The value of the [`uid`](/workspace/events/reference/rest/v1/subscriptions#Subscription.FIELDS.uid) field.\n - The ID of the resource name represented in the [`name`](/workspace/events/reference/rest/v1/subscriptions#Subscription.FIELDS.name) field. For example, if the resource name is `subscriptions/subscription-123`, use `subscription-123`.\n2. In your working directory, make sure you've stored your OAuth client ID\n credentials and named the file `credentials.json`. The code sample uses this JSON\n file to authenticate with Google Workspace and get user credentials. For instructions,\n see [Create OAuth client ID\n credentials](/workspace/events/guides/create-subscription#create-oauth).\n\n3. To update the Google Workspace subscription, run the following in\n your terminal:\n\n python3 update_subscription.py\n\nThe Google Workspace Events API returns a [long-running operation](/workspace/events/reference/rest/v1/operations) that contains the instance of the `Subscription` resource.\n\nTo get details about the updated `Subscription` resource, use the\n[`operations.get()`](/workspace/events/reference/rest/v1/operations/get) method\nand specify the `Operation` resource returned from your `subscriptions.update()`\nrequest. Otherwise, if you specify a `Operation` resource from a previous\nversion of the subscription, the response is empty.\n\nRelated topics\n--------------\n\n- [Get a subscription](/workspace/events/guides/get-subscription)\n- [List subscriptions](/workspace/events/guides/list-subscriptions)\n- [Create a subscription](/workspace/events/guides/create-subscription)\n- [Resolve errors and reactivate a subscription](/workspace/events/guides/reactivate-subscription)\n- [Delete a subscription](/workspace/events/guides/delete-subscription)"]]