---
id: google-cloud-core
version: "2.6.1"
license: Apache 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# google-cloud-core — Google Cloud API client core library

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

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

## Description

Core Helpers for Google Cloud Python Client Library
===================================================

|pypi| |versions|

This library is not meant to stand-alone. Instead it defines
common helpers (e.g. base ``Client`` classes) used by all of the
``google-cloud-*`` packages.


-  `Documentation`_

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.. _Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/google-cloud-core/latest

Quick Start
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.. code-block:: console

    $ pip install --upgrade google-cloud-core

For more information on setting up your Python development environment,
such as installing ``pip`` and ``virtualenv`` on your system, please refer
to `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform.

.. _Python Development Environment Setup Guide: https://cloud.google.com/python/setup


Supported Python Versions
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Python >= 3.10

Unsupported Python...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Provides shared base classes and helpers for Google Cloud Python client libraries, including common Client implementations used across all google-cloud-* packages.

Verdict: Production-stable foundational library actively maintained by Google with no known vulnerabilities. Low install friction and permissive licensing make it suitable for integration into Google Cloud client packages, though it is not intended for standalone use.

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