# googleapis/google-api-go-client

Auto-generated Google APIs for Go.

Repository: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-go-client
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-api-go-client
Homepage: https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/api
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: go
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:23:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4300, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 6.0, "n_releases_24m": 101}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4467, forks 1410 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:50.901976+00:00)

## What it is
Auto-generated Go client libraries for Google APIs, produced from the Google Discovery Service's JSON descriptions. It provides typed clients for hundreds of Google APIs (Sheets, Docs, Drive, etc.) with built-in authentication via Application Default Credentials, API keys, or OAuth.

## Use cases
- call Google Sheets API from Go
- authenticate to Google APIs with service account key files
- read and edit Google Docs programmatically
- use Google Drive API in a Go application
- access Google Workspace APIs from a backend service
- query YouTube or Calendar APIs from Go

## When to choose
- you need to call a non-Cloud Google API (Workspace, YouTube, Calendar) from Go
- you want officially supported, auto-generated typed clients
- you need flexible Google auth options (ADC, API key, service account, OAuth)

## When to avoid
- you are working with Google Cloud Platform services like Datastore or Pub/Sub - use google-cloud-go instead
- you need a hand-crafted idiomatic client with new features, since this is in maintenance mode
- you are not using Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, auth, sdk
- domain: apis, developer-tools, cloud-computing
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: google-apis, auto-generated, api-client, google-workspace, oauth

## Member repositories
- googleapis/google-api-go-client (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.901976+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:37.948098+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-go-client (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.901976+00:00, sha daeda06084de)
  - homepage: https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/api (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:19.040594+00:00, sha 33ccea2c07af)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/api@v0.294.0/docs/v1 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:19.053654+00:00, sha b8b7f9e33377)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:19.051500+00:00, sha 757852027879)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/api@v0.294.0/integrations/v1alpha (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:19.059933+00:00, sha 6b9a5413528a)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/api@v0.294.0/integrations/v1 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:19.058139+00:00, sha a02a2d6c35b7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.