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Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -04001#About
2This is the Python client library for Google's discovery based APIs. To get started, please see the [full documentation for this library](http://google.github.io/google-api-python-client).
John Asmuth2fefc4c2014-04-24 16:13:05 -04003
Joe Gregorio8097e2a2011-05-17 11:11:34 -04004
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -04005#Installation
Craig Citro3f8dc782014-05-19 15:00:07 -07006To install, simply use `pip` or `easy_install`:
Joe Gregorio46675d22012-06-20 12:15:24 -04007
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -04008```bash
Craig Citro4cc527f2014-05-19 15:01:17 -07009 $ pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040010```
Craig Citro4cc527f2014-05-19 15:01:17 -070011or
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040012```bash
Craig Citro4cc527f2014-05-19 15:01:17 -070013 $ easy_install --upgrade google-api-python-client
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040014```
Tom Miller7c95d812010-10-11 11:50:52 -070015
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040016See the [Developers Guide](https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/start/get_started) for more detailed instructions and additional documentation.
Joe Gregorio48d361f2010-08-18 13:19:21 -040017
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040018#Third Party Libraries
19The following libraries will be installed when you install the client library:
Craig Citro3f8dc782014-05-19 15:00:07 -070020* http://code.google.com/p/httplib2
21* http://code.google.com/p/uri-templates
Joe Gregorio8097e2a2011-05-17 11:11:34 -040022
23Depending on your version of Python, these libraries may also be installed:
Craig Citro3f8dc782014-05-19 15:00:07 -070024* http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson/
Joe Gregorio432f17e2011-05-22 23:18:00 -040025
Joe Gregorio7accf7a2011-10-14 12:07:20 -040026For development you will also need:
Craig Citro3f8dc782014-05-19 15:00:07 -070027* http://pythonpaste.org/webtest/
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Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040029#Contributing
30Please see the [contributing page](http://google.github.io/google-api-python-client/contributing.html) for more information. In particular, we love pull requests -- but please make sure to sign the contributor license agreement.