1# Google API Client
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5This is the Python client library for Google's discovery based APIs. To get started, please see the [full documentation for this library](https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/). Additionally, [dynamically generated documentation](http://google.github.io/google-api-python-client/docs/epy/index.html) is available for all of the APIs supported by this library.
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7These 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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9## Google Cloud Platform
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11For 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.
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13# Installation
14To install, simply use `pip` or `easy_install`:
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16```bash
17$ pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
18```
19or
20```bash
21$ easy_install --upgrade google-api-python-client
22```
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24See 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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26# Supported Python Versions
27Python 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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29# Deprecated Python Versions
30Python == 2.7
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32# Third Party Libraries and Dependencies
33The following libraries will be installed when you install the client library:
34* [httplib2](https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2)
35* [uritemplate](https://github.com/sigmavirus24/uritemplate)
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37For development you will also need the following libraries:
38* [WebTest](http://webtest.pythonpaste.org/en/latest/index.html)
39* [pycrypto](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycrypto)
40* [pyopenssl](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyOpenSSL)
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42# Contributing
43Please 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.
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