---
id: google-api
version: "0.1.12"
license: Apache License, Version 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# google_api — Google API Client

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 4.4M/mo

## What it is and what it does

google-api is a Python client library that wraps Google API interactions, built on top of the appier framework. It was designed to simplify authentication and request handling for Google services by providing a higher-level abstraction over raw HTTP calls.

However, the package has been abandoned since September 2017 with no repository activity, commits, or maintenance. The classifiers indicate support for Python 2.6 through 3.6, but these versions are now end-of-life. Modern Google API access is handled by official libraries like google-cloud-python and google-auth, which receive active maintenance and security updates. Installing this package exposes you to potential compatibility issues, security gaps, and lack of support for current Google API changes.

Use it for:

- Legacy Python 2 projects that already depend on this wrapper and cannot migrate to modern Google client libraries.
- Historical codebases where google-api was integrated and replacement is not immediately feasible.
- Educational or archival purposes to understand how older Google API wrappers were structured.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides a Python wrapper for interacting with Google APIs, abstracting authentication and request handling through the appier framework.

No. This package is abandoned and unsupported since 2017. Do not install for new projects—use official google-cloud-python or google-auth libraries instead. For legacy systems already using it, plan a migration to maintained alternatives to avoid security and compatibility drift.

## Install

pip install google-api
uv add google-api
poetry add google-api

## Installing google_api

Before you install: Package is abandoned—last release was in 2017 and no commits or repository activity are recorded. Low install friction, but maintenance has ceased entirely, making it unsuitable for new projects or long-term use.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache License 2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, though the abandoned status means no ongoing legal or security support.

Quickstart:

pip install google-api

import google_api
# Requires appier as runtime dependency for framework integration

Package is abandoned since 2017; modern Google APIs have moved to official google-cloud-python and google-auth libraries. Compatibility with current Python versions and Google services is not maintained.

Verify before relying:

- Whether this package works with modern Google API endpoints or if Google's API surface has changed incompatibly since 2017.
- Whether appier dependency is actively maintained and compatible with current Python versions.
- What specific Google APIs this wrapper supports and whether they remain operational.

## Package facts

- License: Apache License, Version 2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 4.4M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

google api client python, google api wrapper, python google integration, api client library, google service integration, abandoned, legacy, google-integration

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