google-cloud-webrisk
Google Cloud Webrisk API client library
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Yes. The library is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. Install it if you need to validate URLs against Google's threat lists in a Python application and have access to a Google Cloud project with Web Risk enabled.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Google Cloud project setup, billing enabled, Web Risk API enabled, and authentication credentials configured.
- Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution.
- Active maintenance with recent releases (53 days since last update).
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-06-22 (53 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 5,373 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 76,221 downloads/mo, #14,644 on PyPI
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pip install google-cloud-webrisk
from google.cloud import webrisk_v1
client = webrisk_v1.WebRiskServiceClient()
# Check URL against Google's Web Risk lists- Specific latency or throughput characteristics for URL checking operations.
- Rate limiting or quota details for the Web Risk API calls.
- Whether the library caches results or always queries the service.
What it is and what it does
google-cloud-webrisk is the official Python client for Google Cloud's Web Risk API, a security service that maintains constantly updated lists of unsafe URLs. It wraps the underlying gRPC and REST interfaces to provide a Pythonic way to query whether a given URL is known to be malicious, phishing, or otherwise unsafe.
The library depends on google-api-core, google-auth, grpcio, proto-plus, and protobuf to handle authentication, transport, and protocol buffer serialization. It is designed for production use (Development Status 5) and actively maintained by Google. Setup requires a Google Cloud project with billing enabled and the Web Risk API activated; once configured, the client handles authentication and communicates with Google's service to evaluate URLs in real time.
Use it for
- Check user-submitted URLs before allowing them in your application or redirecting to them.
- Scan links in user-generated content (comments, posts, messages) for malware or phishing threats.
- Build security dashboards that report on URL safety across your organization's web traffic.
- Integrate URL validation into email or messaging systems to warn users about unsafe links.
- Audit historical URL logs to identify which links were flagged as unsafe after the fact.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The library is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. Install it if you need to validate URLs against Google's threat lists in a Python application and have access to a Google Cloud project with Web Risk enabled.
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google-cloud-webrisk on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Active maintenance with recent releases (53 days since last update). Supports current Python versions (3.10 through 3.14).
Requires Google Cloud project setup, billing enabled, Web Risk API enabled, and authentication credentials configured.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install google-cloud-webrisk
from google.cloud import webrisk_v1
client = webrisk_v1.WebRiskServiceClient()
# Check URL against Google's Web Risk listsVerify before relying
- Specific latency or throughput characteristics for URL checking operations.
- Rate limiting or quota details for the Web Risk API calls.
- Whether the library caches results or always queries the service.
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 packagesgoogle-api-coregoogle-authgrpcioproto-plusprotobuf |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 53 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 76,221 / month, #14,644 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Internet |
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