Google Auth Python Library
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|pypi|
This library simplifies using Google's various server-to-server authentication
mechanisms to access Google APIs.
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Installing
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You can install using `pip`_::
$ pip install google-auth
.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/
For more information on setting up your Python development environment, please refer to `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform.
.. _`Python Development Environment Setup Guide`: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/setup
Extras
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google-auth has few extras that you can install. For example::
$ pip install google-auth[pyopenssl]
Note that the extras pyopenssl and enterprise_cert should not be used together because they use conflicting versions of `cryptography`_.
.. _`cryptography`: https://cryptography.io/en/latest/
Supported Python Versions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Python >= 3.7
**NOTE**:
Python 3.7 was marked as `unsupported`_ by the python community in June 2023.
We recommend that all developers upgrade to Python 3.8 and newer as soon as
they can. Support for Python 3.7 will be removed from this library after
January 1 2024. Previous releases that support Python 3.7 will continue to be available
for download, but releases after January 1 2024 will only target Python 3.8 and
newer.
.. _unsupported: https://devguide.python.org/versions/#unsupported-versions
Unsupported Python Versions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Python == 2.7: The last version of this library with support for Python 2.7
was `google.auth == 1.34.0`.
- Python 3.5: The last version of this library with support for Python 3.5
was `google.auth == 1.23.0`.
- Python 3.6: The last version of this library with support for Python 3.6
was `google.auth == 2.22.0`.
Documentation
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Google Auth Python Library has usage and reference documentation at https://googleapis.dev/python/google-auth/latest/index.html.
Current Maintainers
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- googleapis-auth@google.com
Authors
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- `@theacodes <https://github.com/theacodes>`_ (Thea Flowers)
- `@dhermes <https://github.com/dhermes>`_ (Danny Hermes)
- `@lukesneeringer <https://github.com/lukesneeringer>`_ (Luke Sneeringer)
- `@busunkim96 <https://github.com/busunkim96>`_ (Bu Sun Kim)
Contributing
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Contributions to this library are always welcome and highly encouraged.
See `CONTRIBUTING.rst`_ for more information on how to get started.
.. _CONTRIBUTING.rst: https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.rst
License
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Apache 2.0 - See `the LICENSE`_ for more information.
.. _the LICENSE: https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/blob/main/LICENSE