google-cloud-asset
Google Cloud Asset API client library
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Yes. This is the official, actively maintained client for Cloud Asset API with low install friction, permissive licensing, and no known vulnerabilities. Install it if you need programmatic access to Google Cloud resource inventory or history from Python. Not needed if you only use the Cloud Console or CLI.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Google Cloud project setup, billing enabled, Cloud Asset API enabled, and valid authentication credentials (see package documentation for auth setup).
- Low install friction; pure Python wheel.
- Active maintenance with recent release (72 days ago).
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.
last release 2026-06-03 (72 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 5,373 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 1,172,497 downloads/mo, #4,268 on PyPI
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pip install google-cloud-asset
from google.cloud import asset_v1
client = asset_v1.AssetServiceClient()
# Use client to query Cloud Asset API- Specific API methods and resource types supported by version 4.4.0
- Performance characteristics for large-scale asset queries
- Backwards compatibility guarantees across minor versions
What it is and what it does
google-cloud-asset is the official Python client for Google Cloud's Asset API, which tracks and manages the inventory and change history of Google Cloud resources. It wraps the gRPC-based Cloud Asset service, allowing developers to query resource metadata, export asset snapshots, and monitor resource changes programmatically from Python applications.
The library depends on google-api-core, google-auth, grpcio, and protobuf for transport and authentication, plus several Google Cloud service clients (org-policy, os-config, access-context-manager) for cross-service resource management. It requires Python 3.10 or later and is actively maintained as part of the googleapis ecosystem.
Use it for
- Export and audit all Google Cloud resources in a project for compliance reporting
- Track resource configuration changes over time using the asset history API
- Build custom dashboards or tools that query current resource inventory
- Automate security scanning by querying IAM policies and resource metadata
- Integrate asset data into third-party CMDB or governance platforms
Worth the install?
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Yes.
This is the official, actively maintained client for Cloud Asset API with low install friction, permissive licensing, and no known vulnerabilities. Install it if you need programmatic access to Google Cloud resource inventory or history from Python. Not needed if you only use the Cloud Console or CLI.
Install
google-cloud-asset on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction; pure Python wheel. Active maintenance with recent release (72 days ago). Supports current Python versions (3.10 through 3.14). Part of the established googleapis ecosystem with 5373 repository stars.
Requires Google Cloud project setup, billing enabled, Cloud Asset API enabled, and valid authentication credentials (see package documentation for auth setup).
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.
Quickstart
pip install google-cloud-asset
from google.cloud import asset_v1
client = asset_v1.AssetServiceClient()
# Use client to query Cloud Asset APIVerify before relying
- Specific API methods and resource types supported by version 4.4.0
- Performance characteristics for large-scale asset queries
- Backwards compatibility guarantees across minor versions
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 9 packagesgoogle-api-coregoogle-authgoogle-cloud-org-policygrpcioproto-plusprotobufgoogle-cloud-access-context-managergoogle-cloud-os-configgrpc-google-iam-v1 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 72 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,172,497 / month, #4,268 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Internet |
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