Monitoring API Client Libraries

This page discusses the Google API Client Libraries for the Monitoring API.

Warning: These libraries have been superseded by the Google Cloud Client Libraries for most uses. If there is a Cloud Client Library for your programming language, you are encouraged to use it. For more information, see Client Libraries Explained.

Cloud Monitoring API client libraries

The Monitoring API is built on HTTP and JSON, so any standard HTTP client can send requests to it and parse the responses. By using these libraries you can avoid the need to manually set up HTTP requests and parse the responses.

Go

Get the latest Cloud Monitoring API client library for Go (alpha). Read the client library's developer's guide.

Java

This page contains information about getting started with the Cloud Monitoring API by using the Google API Client Library for Java. For more information, see the following documentation:

• Browse the Javadoc reference for the Cloud Monitoring API.
• Read the Developer's Guide for the Google API Client Library for Java.
• Interact with this API in your browser using the APIs Explorer for the Cloud Monitoring API.

Add the client library to your project

Select your build environment (Maven or Gradle) from the following tabs:

Maven

Add the following to your pom.xml file:

See all versions available on the Maven Central Repository.

Gradle

Add the following to your build.gradle file:

See all versions available on the Maven Central Repository.

JavaScript

Read the client library's developer's guide.

.NET

This page contains information about getting started with the Cloud Monitoring API by using the Google API Client Library for .NET. For more information, see the following documentation:

• Browse the .NET reference documentation for the Cloud Monitoring API.
• Read the Developer's guide for the Google API Client Library for .NET.
• Interact with this API in your browser using the APIs Explorer for the Cloud Monitoring API.

Downloading the library

Install the NuGet package: Google.Apis.

Node.js

Get the latest Cloud Monitoring API client library for Node.js. Read the client library's developer's guide.

Obj-C

Get the latest Cloud Monitoring API client library for Objective-C. Read the client library's developer's guide.

PHP

Get the latest Cloud Monitoring API client library for PHP. Read the client library's developer's guide.

Python

This page contains information about getting started with the Cloud Monitoring API by using the Google API Client Library for Python. For more information, see the following documentation:

• Browse the PyDoc reference for the Cloud Monitoring API.
• Read the Developer's guide for the Google API Client Library for Python.
• Interact with this API in your browser using the APIs Explorer for the Cloud Monitoring API.

System requirements

• Operating systems:
  • Linux
  • macOS X
  • Windows
• Python 2.7, or 3.4 or higher

Install the client library

You can either use a package manager or manually download and install the Python client library:

Managed install

Use pip or setuptools to manage your installation. You might need to run sudo first.

• pip (preferred):

  pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client

• Setuptools:

  easy_install --upgrade google-api-python-client

Manual install

1. Download the latest client library for Python.
2. Unpack the code.
3. Install:

   python setup.py install

App Engine

Because the Python client libraries aren't installed in the App Engine Python runtime environment, you must copy them into your application just like third-party libraries.

Ruby

This page contains information about getting started with the Cloud Monitoring API by using the Google API Client Library for Ruby. For more information, see the following documentation:

• Read the Get started guide for the Google API Client Library for Ruby.
• Interact with this API in your browser using the APIs Explorer for the Cloud Monitoring API.

Install the google-api-client gem

Depending on your system, you might need to prepend these commands with sudo.

If you haven't installed the Google API Client Library for Ruby before, install by using RubyGems:

gem install google-api-client

If you already have the gem installed, update to the latest version:

gem update -y google-api-client

Get started with the Google API Client Library for Ruby

To learn how to make your first request, see the Get started guide.

Other ways to access the Cloud Monitoring API

The following table lists other ways to access the Cloud Monitoring API:

Access method	Description
APIs Explorer	An interactive tool that lets you try out Google APIs right from your browser.