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Google's officially supported Node.js client library for accessing Google APIs. Support for authorization and authentication with OAuth 2.0, API Keys and JWT (Service Tokens) is included. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client · homepage · TypeScript · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 86
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 0.0
  • age_days: 4928
  • days_rel: 15
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 4841

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

12232 stars · 2040 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Google's officially supported Node.js client library for accessing Google APIs, with auto-generated endpoints for all APIs listed in the Google APIs Explorer. It includes built-in support for OAuth 2.0, API keys, and JWT service account authentication.

Use cases

  • call google apis from nodejs
  • authenticate with oauth2 in a node app
  • use google service account credentials in nodejs
  • access google drive or sheets api from javascript
  • upload media to google apis from node
  • use api keys to call google apis

When to choose

  • you need to call Google APIs (non-GCP) from a Node.js application
  • you want a single package covering many Google APIs with built-in auth
  • you need OAuth2, API key, or service account JWT authentication in Node.js

When to avoid

  • you are working with Google Cloud Platform services like Cloud Storage or Pub/Sub - prefer the @google-cloud client libraries
  • you need new features - the library is in maintenance mode and only receives critical bug and security fixes

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

http-client auth sdk apis developer-tools cloud-computing google-apis oauth2 client-library api-keys service-accounts jwt google-cloud nodejs typescript

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