# googleapis/google-api-ruby-client

REST client for Google APIs

Repository: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-ruby-client
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-api-ruby-client
Language: Ruby
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-23T10:59:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5333, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 44, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2896, forks 886 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.693358+00:00)

## What it is
A set of auto-generated Ruby REST client libraries for Google APIs, built from Discovery Documents, plus the code generator itself. Each client provides HTTP/JSON REST access, typed Ruby objects, googleauth-based authentication, and retry, pagination, and timeout controls.

## Use cases
- call the Google Drive API from Ruby
- upload and download files to Google Drive in a Ruby app
- authenticate to Google APIs with service accounts in Ruby
- query Google Merchant Center Content API from Ruby
- generate a Ruby client for a Google API from its discovery document
- manage retries and pagination when calling Google REST endpoints

## When to choose
- you need to call a Google API from Ruby and no modern client exists
- you want simple auto-generated REST clients covering many Google services
- you need OAuth, API key, or service account auth integrated via googleauth

## When to avoid
- you use major GCP services like Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, or BigQuery where Google recommends the newer dedicated cloud clients
- you need gRPC-based performance rather than REST
- your project is not in Ruby

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-client, sdk, auth
- domain: apis, developer-tools, backend
- platform: ruby
- tags: google-apis, rest-client, code-generation, oauth, discovery-documents

## Member repositories
- googleapis/google-api-ruby-client (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.693358+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 2026-08-30T07:35:15.438923+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-ruby-client (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.693358+00:00, sha 5d4c5dd56278)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.