Google App Script - How to monitor for new users - google-apps-script

Question

I wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction here?
I want to monitor the Google Workspace estate, and when a new user has been created send them an email. I’ve looked through the APIs but nothing is jumping out at me. But I know there are 3rd party tools out there that do this, so there’s got to be something I have missed?

Answer 1

I just created this script in Google Apps Script which gets and prints the list of all the users that were created today.
You can use this as a guide and keep testing with it. To accomplish this I used the Reports API to get the admin logs and get the list of all the users that were created today.
function myFunction() {
var userKey = 'all';
var applicationName = 'admin';
var optionalArgs = {
eventName:'CREATE_USER',
startTime: "2022-03-23T12:00:00.000Z",
fields : "items.events.parameters.value"
};
var rep = AdminReports.Activities.list(userKey,applicationName,optionalArgs);
const A = (JSON.parse(rep));
var totalUsers = Object.keys(A.items).length;
for(var i=0; i<totalUsers; i++)
{
var userEmail = A.items[i].events[0].parameters[0].value;
Logger.log(userEmail);
}
}
You would just need to change the startTime value according to the date you need to use and implement the part of sending the email now that you have all the email addresses.
References
API method: activities.list
Apps Script reference: Reports API