# googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client

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.

Repository: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-api-nodejs-client
Homepage: https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/googleapis/latest/
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: google, google-api, nodejs, client, client-library
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:58:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4928, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 4841}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12232, forks 2040 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:52.096581+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, auth, sdk
- domain: apis, developer-tools, cloud-computing
- platform: -
- tags: google-apis, oauth2, client-library, api-keys, service-accounts, jwt, google-cloud, nodejs, typescript

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.096581+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 2026-08-29T17:14:15.079605+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.096581+00:00, sha bb7fcba248c1)
  - homepage: https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/googleapis/latest/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:05.708745+00:00, sha 5abc5faa87d6)
  - site_page: https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/googleapis/latest/Docs.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:05.718399+00:00, sha 6d71d330f010)
  - site_page: https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/googleapis/latest/Integrations.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:05.720144+00:00, sha c5f7181ced3e)
  - site_page: https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/googleapis/latest/global.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:05.721868+00:00, sha 12d88c39d9b0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.