google-cloud-language

Google Cloud Language API client library

google-cloud-language Permissive license Apache-2.0 Active ★ 5,370 v2.21.0 released 2026-06-22

Install

google-cloud-language on PyPI

pip

pip install google-cloud-language

uv

uv add google-cloud-language

poetry

poetry add google-cloud-language

Package facts

License	Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.10)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	5 — google-api-core, google-auth, grpcio, proto-plus, protobuf
Maintenance	actively maintained — 52 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-13
First released	2016-09-29
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: google_cloud_language-2.21.0-py3-none-any.whl

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About google-cloud-language

from the package's own PyPI description — quoted content, verbatim

Python Client for Cloud Natural Language

Cloud Natural Language_: Provides natural language understanding technologies, such as sentiment analysis, entity recognition, entity sentiment analysis, and other text annotations, to developers.

Client Library Documentation_
Product Documentation_

.. |stable| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/support-stable-gold.svg :target: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/README.rst#stability-levels .. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/google-cloud-language.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-language/ .. |versions| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/google-cloud-language.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-language/ .. _Cloud Natural Language: https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/docs .. _Client Library Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/language/latest/summary_overview .. _Product Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/docs

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Python client library for Google Cloud Natural Language API, enabling sentiment analysis, entity recognition, entity sentiment analysis, and other text annotation capabilities.

Low friction install with five stable Google-managed runtime dependencies. Active maintenance with recent release (52 days ago) and ongoing repository activity. Supports Python 3.10+ only.

Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, typical for Google Cloud client libraries.

Usage

pip install google-cloud-language
from google.cloud import language_v2
client = language_v2.LanguageServiceClient()
# Use client methods for sentiment analysis, entity recognition, etc.

Requires Python >= 3.10; Google Cloud project setup and authentication credentials (via google-auth) must be configured before API calls will succeed.

Verdict: Stable, actively maintained official Google client library with low install friction and no known vulnerabilities. Permissive Apache-2.0 license and top-1000 popularity make it a reliable choice for integrating Cloud Natural Language services, provided your project meets the Python 3.10+ requirement and you have GCP credentials configured.

Needs verification

Whether the library's five runtime dependencies (google-api-core, google-auth, grpcio, proto-plus, protobuf) have any known vulnerabilities or maintenance concerns.
Specific performance characteristics or rate-limiting behavior when used at scale with the Cloud Natural Language API.

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