Python Cloud Client Libraries

The Cloud Client Libraries are the recommended way to access Google Cloud APIs programmatically. The Cloud Client Libraries support accessing Google Cloud services in a way that significantly reduces the boilerplate code you have to write. The libraries provide high-level API abstractions so they're easier to understand. They embrace idioms of the language, work well with the standard library, and integrate better with your codebase.

For more information about client libraries for Cloud APIs, see Cloud Client Libraries explained.

Click an API to find out how to use it in Python:

Libraries
AI Platform	google-cloud-aiplatform
AI Platform Data Labeling Service	google-cloud-datalabeling
API Gateway	google-cloud-api-gateway
API Keys API	google-cloud-api-keys
Access Approval	google-cloud-access-approval
Access Context Manager	google-cloud-access-context-manager
Address Validation API	google-maps-addressvalidation
Advisory Notifications	google-cloud-advisorynotifications
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL	google-cloud-alloydb
Analytics Admin API	google-analytics-admin
Analytics Data API	google-analytics-data
Analytics Hub API	google-cloud-bigquery-analyticshub google-cloud-bigquery-data-exchange
Apigee API hub	google-cloud-apihub
Apigee Connect API	google-cloud-apigee-connect
Apigee Registry	google-cloud-apigee-registry
App Engine Admin API	google-cloud-appengine-admin
App Hub	google-cloud-apphub
Artifact Registry	google-cloud-artifact-registry
Assured Workloads	google-cloud-assured-workloads
AutoML	google-cloud-automl
Backup and DR	google-cloud-backupdr
Backup for GKE	google-cloud-gke-backup
Bare Metal Solution	google-cloud-bare-metal-solution
Batch	google-cloud-batch
BigLake API	google-cloud-biglake google-cloud-bigquery-biglake
BigQuery	bigframes google-cloud-bigquery
BigQuery Connection API	google-cloud-bigquery-connection
BigQuery Data QnA	google-cloud-data-qna
BigQuery Data Transfer Service	google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer
BigQuery DataPolicy API	google-cloud-bigquery-datapolicies
BigQuery Migration	google-cloud-bigquery-migration
BigQuery Reservation API	google-cloud-bigquery-reservation
BigQuery Storage	google-cloud-bigquery-storage
Bigtable	google-cloud-bigtable
Binary Authorization	google-cloud-binary-authorization
Capacity Planner	google-cloud-capacityplanner
Certificate Authority Service	google-cloud-private-ca
Certificate Manager	google-cloud-certificate-manager
Channel Services	google-cloud-channel
Chat API	google-apps-chat
Chrome Enterprise Premium	google-cloud-beyondcorp-appconnections google-cloud-beyondcorp-appconnectors google-cloud-beyondcorp-appgateways google-cloud-beyondcorp-clientconnectorservices google-cloud-beyondcorp-clientgateways
Cloud Asset Inventory	google-cloud-asset
Cloud Billing	google-cloud-billing
Cloud Billing Budget API	google-cloud-billing-budgets
Cloud Build	google-cloud-build
Cloud Composer	google-cloud-orchestration-airflow
Cloud DNS	google-cloud-dns
Cloud Data Fusion	google-cloud-data-fusion
Cloud Database Migration Service	google-cloud-dms
Cloud Deploy	google-cloud-deploy
Cloud Domains	google-cloud-domains
Cloud IDS	google-cloud-ids
Cloud Key Management Service	google-cloud-kms
Cloud Life Sciences	google-cloud-life-sciences
Cloud Logging	google-cloud-logging
Cloud Monitoring	google-cloud-monitoring google-cloud-monitoring-dashboards google-cloud-monitoring-metrics-scopes
Cloud Natural Language API	google-cloud-language
Cloud OS Config	google-cloud-os-config
Cloud OS Login API	google-cloud-os-login
Cloud Optimization AI	google-cloud-optimization
Cloud Quotas	google-cloud-quotas
Cloud Run	google-cloud-run
Cloud Run functions	google-cloud-functions
Cloud Runtime Config API	google-cloud-runtimeconfig
Cloud Scheduler	google-cloud-scheduler
Cloud Shell	google-cloud-shell
Cloud Storage	google-cloud-storage google-cloud-storage-control
Cloud TPU	google-cloud-tpu
Cloud Talent Solution Job Search	google-cloud-talent
Cloud Tasks	google-cloud-tasks
Cloud Trace	google-cloud-trace
Cloud Translation	google-cloud-translate
Cloud Vision	google-cloud-vision
Cloud Workstations	google-cloud-workstations
Compute Engine	google-cloud-compute google-cloud-compute-v1beta
Confidential Space	google-cloud-confidentialcomputing
Confidential VM	google-cloud-confidentialcomputing
Connect Gateway API	google-cloud-gke-connect-gateway
Contact Center AI Insights	google-cloud-contact-center-insights
Container Analysis	google-cloud-containeranalysis grafeas
Conversational Analytics API	google-cloud-geminidataanalytics
Data Catalog	google-cloud-datacatalog
Dataflow	google-cloud-dataflow-client
Dataform	google-cloud-dataform
Dataplex	google-cloud-dataplex
Dataproc	google-cloud-dataproc
Dataproc Metastore	google-cloud-dataproc-metastore
Datastream	google-cloud-datastream
Developer Connect	google-cloud-developerconnect
Dialogflow	google-cloud-dialogflow google-cloud-dialogflow-cx
Discovery Engine API	google-cloud-discoveryengine
Document AI	google-cloud-documentai
Document AI Warehouse	google-cloud-contentwarehouse
Enterprise Knowledge Graph	google-cloud-enterpriseknowledgegraph
Error Reporting	google-cloud-error-reporting
Essential Contacts API	google-cloud-essential-contacts
Eventarc	google-cloud-eventarc
Eventarc Publishing API	google-cloud-eventarc-publishing
Filestore	google-cloud-filestore
Firestore	google-cloud-firestore
Firestore in Datastore mode	google-cloud-datastore google-cloud-ndb
Fleet Engine API	google-maps-fleetengine google-maps-fleetengine-delivery
GKE Hub API	google-cloud-gke-hub
Google Ad Manager API	google-ads-admanager
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka	google-cloud-managedkafka
Google Cloud VMware Engine	google-cloud-vmwareengine
Google Meet	google-apps-meet
Google SecOps SIEM	google-cloud-chronicle
Google Workspace add-ons	google-cloud-gsuiteaddons
IAM Policy Troubleshooter API	google-cloud-policy-troubleshooter
IAM Service Account Credentials API	google-cloud-iam
Identity and Access Management	google-cloud-policytroubleshooter-iam grpc-google-iam-v1
Identity-Aware Proxy	google-cloud-iap
Infrastructure Manager	google-cloud-config
Integration Connectors	google-cloud-alloydb-connectors
Kubernetes Engine API	google-cloud-container
Live Stream API	google-cloud-video-live-stream
Managed Lustre	google-cloud-lustre
Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory	google-cloud-managed-identities
Media CDN	google-cloud-network-services
Media Translation	google-cloud-media-translation
Memorystore for Memcached	google-cloud-memcache
Memorystore for Redis	google-cloud-memorystore google-cloud-redis
Merchant API for Shopping	google-shopping-merchant-quota
Migrate to Virtual Machines	google-cloud-vm-migration
Migration Center	google-cloud-migrationcenter
NetApp Volumes	google-cloud-netapp
Network Connectivity Center	google-cloud-network-connectivity
Network Management API	google-cloud-network-management
Network Security API	google-cloud-network-security
Oracle Database@Google Cloud	google-cloud-oracledatabase
Organization Policy	google-cloud-org-policy
Parallelstore	google-cloud-parallelstore
Parameter Manager	google-cloud-parametermanager
Phishing Protection	google-cloud-phishing-protection
Places API	google-maps-places
Pub/Sub	google-cloud-pubsub
Pub/Sub Lite	google-cloud-pubsublite
Public Certificate Authority	google-cloud-security-publicca
Recommendations	google-cloud-recommendations-ai
Recommender	google-cloud-recommender
Resource Manager	google-cloud-resource-manager
Retail API	google-cloud-retail
Route Optimization API	google-maps-routeoptimization
SaaS Runtime	google-cloud-saasplatform-saasservicemgmt
Secret Manager	google-cloud-secret-manager
Secure Source Manager	google-cloud-securesourcemanager
Security Command Center	google-cloud-modelarmor google-cloud-securitycenter google-cloud-securitycentermanagement google-cloud-websecurityscanner
Sensitive Data Protection	google-cloud-dlp
Service Control API	google-cloud-service-control
Service Directory	google-cloud-service-directory
Service Health	google-cloud-servicehealth
Service Management API	google-cloud-service-management
Service Usage	google-cloud-service-usage
Solar API	google-maps-solar
Spanner	google-cloud-spanner
Speech-to-Text	google-cloud-speech
Storage Insights	google-cloud-storageinsights
Storage Transfer Service	google-cloud-storage-transfer
Tables by Area 120	google-area120-tables
Text-to-Speech	google-cloud-texttospeech
Transcoder API	google-cloud-video-transcoder
Vertex AI	google-cloud-aiplatform
Vertex AI Vision	google-cloud-visionai
Vertex AI Workbench	google-cloud-notebooks
Video Intelligence API	google-cloud-videointelligence
Video Stitcher API	google-cloud-video-stitcher
Virtual Private Cloud	google-cloud-vpc-access
Web Risk	google-cloud-webrisk
Workflows	google-cloud-workflows
reCAPTCHA	google-cloud-recaptcha-enterprise