---
id: google-auth
version: "2.56.3"
license: Apache 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# google-auth — Google Authentication Library

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 100 on PyPI

## Install

pip install google-auth
uv add google-auth
poetry add google-auth

## Description

Google Auth Python Library
==========================

|pypi|

This library simplifies using Google's various server-to-server authentication
mechanisms to access Google APIs.

.. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/google-auth.svg
   :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/google-auth

Installing
----------

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
------

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 >= 3.10



Documentation
-------------

Google Auth Python Library has usage and reference documentation at...

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Handles Google server-to-server authentication for accessing Google APIs, supporting OAuth and other credential mechanisms across multiple Python versions.

Verdict: Production-ready authentication library maintained by Google with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and broad Python version support. Top-100 PyPI package suitable for any application needing Google API access.

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