googleapis/google-api-java-client

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Google's Java client library for accessing HTTP-based APIs, including generated libraries for Google APIs. It provides OAuth 2.0 support, lightweight JSON/XML data models, and protocol buffers support.

Use cases

• call Google APIs from a Java application
• add OAuth 2.0 authentication to Java HTTP requests
• access any HTTP-based REST API from Java
• use Google APIs in an Android app
• serialize and deserialize JSON/XML API responses in Java
• integrate Google Drive or YouTube API into a JVM service

When to choose

• you need to call Google APIs from Java, Kotlin, or Android
• you want a mature, Google-maintained client with built-in OAuth 2.0
• you need a generic Java HTTP API client with JSON/XML model support

When to avoid

• you only need a thin HTTP client without Google API integration
• you depend on @Beta features in a library consumed by others
• you prefer Google's newer per-API client libraries (google-cloud-java)

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client auth serialization sdk apis developer-tools web-development jvm cross-platform google-apis oauth2 json xml protocol-buffers api-client android

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