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id: google-cloud-kms
version: "3.16.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# google-cloud-kms — Google Cloud Kms API client library

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

## Install

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

## Description

Python Client for Cloud Key Management Service (KMS)
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`Cloud Key Management Service (KMS)`_: Manages keys and performs cryptographic operations in a central cloud
service, for direct use by other cloud resources and applications.

- `Client Library Documentation`_
- `Product Documentation`_

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.. _Cloud Key Management Service (KMS): https://cloud.google.com/kms
.. _Client Library Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/cloudkms/latest/summary_overview
.. _Product Documentation:  https://cloud.google.com/kms

Quick Start
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In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

1. `Select or create a Cloud Platform...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Python client library for Google Cloud Key Management Service, enabling cryptographic key management and encryption operations through Google's cloud infrastructure.

Verdict: Production-ready, actively maintained Google-authored library with no known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and low install friction. Suitable for applications requiring centralized cloud-based key management and cryptographic operations on Google Cloud Platform.

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