---
id: google-cloud-parametermanager
version: "0.4.1"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# google-cloud-parametermanager — Google Cloud Parametermanager API client library

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 862.0K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is Google's official Python client for Cloud Parameter Manager, a Google Cloud service for centralized storage and lifecycle management of application parameters. It provides programmatic access to store, retrieve, and manage configuration values and sensitive parameters without embedding them directly in code or configuration files.

The library wraps the Parameter Manager API using standard Google Cloud client patterns, built on google-api-core, google-auth, and gRPC. It supports modern Python versions (3.10 and later) and is actively maintained. Installation is straightforward via pip with no system dependencies beyond Python itself.

Use it for:

- Store database credentials, API keys, and secrets centrally in GCP instead of environment variables or config files
- Retrieve application configuration parameters at runtime without redeploying code
- Manage parameter lifecycle and access control through Google Cloud's IAM system
- Audit and track changes to sensitive application parameters across environments

## Worth the install?

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

Python client library for Google Cloud Parameter Manager, enabling programmatic access to store, retrieve, and manage application parameters and sensitive configuration values.

Yes, if you are building on Google Cloud and need centralized parameter/secret management. The library is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and integrates naturally with GCP authentication. Requires a GCP project with Parameter Manager enabled and proper credentials; not useful outside a Google Cloud context.

## Install

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

## Installing google-cloud-parametermanager

Before you install: Low install friction; pure Python wheel with standard Google Cloud dependencies. Actively maintained as of 2026-08-14 with recent releases. Requires Python 3.10 or later.

License in practice: Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install google-cloud-parametermanager

from google.cloud import parametermanager_v1

client = parametermanager_v1.ParameterManagerClient()
# Use client to access parameters in your GCP project

Requires Google Cloud project with Parameter Manager enabled and proper authentication credentials configured (via Application Default Credentials or explicit credentials).

Verify before relying:

- Specific API methods and parameter types supported by this version
- Performance characteristics for large-scale parameter retrieval
- Caching or local storage capabilities beyond direct API access
- Integration patterns with other Google Cloud services

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 862.0K/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

google cloud parameter manager client, cloud parameter storage python, application configuration management gcp, sensitive parameter management, cloud config store access, parameter lifecycle management, workload parameter storage, gcp-client, configuration-management, secrets-management

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