---
id: google-cloud-asset
version: "4.4.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# google-cloud-asset — Google Cloud Asset API client library

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 1.2M/mo

## 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?

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

Python client library for Google Cloud Asset API, enabling programmatic access to inventory and history of Google Cloud resources.

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

pip install google-cloud-asset
uv add google-cloud-asset
poetry add google-cloud-asset

## Installing google-cloud-asset

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.

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 API

Requires Google Cloud project setup, billing enabled, Cloud Asset API enabled, and valid authentication credentials (see package documentation for auth setup).

Verify 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_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 1.2M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

google cloud asset api client, cloud resource inventory management, gcp asset tracking, cloud resource history, google cloud resource api, asset management python, gcp resource monitoring, google-cloud, cloud-resource-management, asset-inventory

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