googleapis/google-api-python-client
🐍 The official Python client library for Google's discovery based APIs. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- 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: 8
- age_days: 4620
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 56
Adoption not part of the score
8914 stars · 2579 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The official Python client library for Google's discovery-based APIs, providing simple and flexible access to many Google APIs with built-in OAuth 2.0 support. It is in maintenance mode, receiving only critical bug and security fixes, with Google recommending Cloud Client Libraries for new development.
Use cases
- call google apis from python
- access gmail api in python
- upload files to google drive programmatically
- authenticate with oauth2 for google apis
- query youtube data api
- use google sheets api from a script
When to choose
- you need access to a Google API that lacks a dedicated Cloud Client Library
- you want a single package covering many Google APIs
- you're maintaining existing code already built on this library
- you need quick OAuth 2.0 setup for Google services
When to avoid
- starting new development for Google Cloud services - prefer Cloud Client Libraries
- you need a small dependency footprint - the package exceeds 50MB due to cached discovery documents
- you need the newest features - the library is in maintenance mode
- you're on Python older than 3.10 and can't use v2.x
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
http-client auth sdk apis developer-tools cloud-computing python cross-platform google-apis discovery-based-apis oauth2 api-client official-client
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client · fetched 2026-08-28 · 07c5cdac3e72
- homepage: https://googleapis.github.io/google-api-python-client/docs/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d5f71b158520
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/google-api-python-client/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 010c301a67d5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| googleapis/google-api-python-client | main | 99 |
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