# googleapis/google-api-java-client

Google APIs Client Library for Java

Repository: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-api-java-client
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-01T19:22:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 48, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4327, "days_push": 63, "days_rel": 190, "gap_med": 101.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1472, forks 770 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.456552+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-client, auth, serialization, sdk
- domain: apis, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: google-apis, oauth2, json, xml, protocol-buffers, api-client, android

## Member repositories
- googleapis/google-api-java-client (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.456552+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 2026-08-30T04:34:41.443367+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.456552+00:00, sha ac9f5d7a9370)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.