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Cloud Client Libraries are the latest and recommended client libraries
for calling Google Cloud APIs.
Cloud Client Libraries provide an optimized developer experience
by using each supported language's natural conventions and styles. They also
reduce the boilerplate code you have to write because
they're designed to enable you to work with service metaphors in mind, rather
than implementation details or service API concepts.
The following table provides links to get you started with
Cloud Client Libraries in supported languages. The GitHub Repo page for
each language lists the Cloud Platform services/APIs that are supported by that
language's Cloud Client Library. The page also has installation instructions for
a single client library that provides an interface to the APIs.
You also download Cloud Client Libraries for individual
Google Cloud services: you'll find detailed instructions to help you get
started with these on the relevant product's Client Libraries page. For
example, if you only want to use Pub/Sub,
you'll find this information in Pub/Sub Client Libraries.
If a Cloud Client Library for a specific language doesn't support a
service you want to work with, use the
Google API Client Library
for that language.
Using Cloud Client Libraries with Cloud Code
Cloud Code, tools in VS Code, IntelliJ, and Cloud Shell
for developing cloud applications, lets you easily use
Cloud Client Libraries without leaving your IDE. You can easily:
Browse Cloud APIs
Read documentation for Cloud APIs
Enable Cloud APIs
Add Cloud Client Libraries to your project
For more on using Cloud Client Libraries with Cloud Code, see the
following documentation:
If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our
products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in
free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.
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