| # About |
| This 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). Additionally, [dynamically generated documentation](http://api-python-client-doc.appspot.com/) is available for all of the APIs supported by this library. |
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| # Installation |
| To install, simply use `pip` or `easy_install`: |
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| ```bash |
| $ pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client |
| ``` |
| or |
| ```bash |
| $ easy_install --upgrade google-api-python-client |
| ``` |
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| See the [Developers Guide](https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/start/get_started) for more detailed instructions and additional documentation. |
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| # Python Version |
| Python 2.6 or 2.7 is required. Python 3.x is not yet supported. |
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| # Third Party Libraries and Dependencies |
| The following libraries will be installed when you install the client library: |
| * [httplib2](https://github.com/jcgregorio/httplib2) |
| * [uri-templates](https://github.com/uri-templates/uritemplate-py) |
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| For development you will also need the following libraries: |
| * [WebTest](http://pythonpaste.org/webtest/) |
| * [pycrypto](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycrypto) |
| * [pyopenssl](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyOpenSSL) |
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| # Contributing |
| Please 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. |