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