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Matt Whisenhunt3c2c8052018-04-13 10:03:46 -07001# Google API Client
Dan O'Meara9c203d32017-07-07 09:03:31 -07002
Sander Brauwers729d9ae2018-12-13 19:28:04 +01003[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/google-api-python-client.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/google-api-python-client)
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Bu Sun Kimc9773042019-07-17 14:03:17 -07005This is the Python client library for Google's discovery based APIs. To get started, please see the [docs folder](docs/README.md).
John Asmuth2fefc4c2014-04-24 16:13:05 -04006
Matt Whisenhunt3c2c8052018-04-13 10:03:46 -07007These client libraries are officially supported by Google. However, the libraries are considered complete and are in maintenance mode. This means that we will address critical bugs and security issues but will not add any new features.
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Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -07009## Documentation
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11See the [docs folder](docs/README.md) for more detailed instructions and additional documentation.
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Matt Whisenhunt3c2c8052018-04-13 10:03:46 -070013## Google Cloud Platform
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15For Google Cloud Platform APIs such as Datastore, Cloud Storage or Pub/Sub, we recommend using [Cloud Client Libraries for Python](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python) which is under active development.
Joe Gregorio8097e2a2011-05-17 11:11:34 -040016
Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070017## Installation
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Craig Citro3f8dc782014-05-19 15:00:07 -070019To install, simply use `pip` or `easy_install`:
Joe Gregorio46675d22012-06-20 12:15:24 -040020
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040021```bash
Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070022pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040023```
Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070024
Craig Citro4cc527f2014-05-19 15:01:17 -070025or
Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070026
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040027```bash
Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070028easy_install --upgrade google-api-python-client
Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040029```
Tom Miller7c95d812010-10-11 11:50:52 -070030
Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070031## Supported Python Versions
Joe Gregorio48d361f2010-08-18 13:19:21 -040032
Christopher Wilcox8f4a5302018-12-14 12:24:44 -080033Python 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 are fully supported and tested. This library may work on later versions of 3, but we do not currently run tests against those versions
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Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070035## Deprecated Python Versions
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Christopher Wilcox8f4a5302018-12-14 12:24:44 -080037Python == 2.7
Jay Lee9cd0eb02014-09-12 07:15:11 -040038
Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070039## Third Party Libraries and Dependencies
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Michael Mattiolib2b518f2014-07-14 00:48:04 -040041The following libraries will be installed when you install the client library:
Luis Nell4859b142016-08-01 18:43:35 +020042* [httplib2](https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2)
Simon Weberc952fd02016-10-13 12:48:44 -040043* [uritemplate](https://github.com/sigmavirus24/uritemplate)
Joe Gregorio8097e2a2011-05-17 11:11:34 -040044
Michael Mattioli460a4ad2014-08-01 21:37:56 -040045For development you will also need the following libraries:
andrewnester31677812017-03-31 16:39:30 +030046* [WebTest](http://webtest.pythonpaste.org/en/latest/index.html)
Michael Mattioli460a4ad2014-08-01 21:37:56 -040047* [pycrypto](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycrypto)
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Grant Timmerman5c11b0a2019-06-26 07:39:48 -070050## Contributing
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Jay Lee9cd0eb02014-09-12 07:15:11 -040052Please 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.