google-gax
Google API Extensions
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. This package is deprecated and abandoned as of 2018. Do not install for new projects—use google-api-core instead. Only install if maintaining legacy code that explicitly requires it, and plan a migration to google-api-core.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Package is deprecated; google-api-core is the active replacement.
- No Python version constraint specified in metadata.
- Low install friction, but the package is abandoned as of 2018-02-28 with no further development planned.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD-3-Clause (permissive) — BSD-3-Clause permissive license allows use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.
last release 2018-02-28 (3089 days) · last repo commit 2018-02-28 · 27 stars · archived
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 83,690 downloads/mo, #14,055 on PyPI
Alternatives
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pip install google-gax==0.16.0
from google.gax import create_api_call
# Typically used indirectly via code-generated clients
api_call = create_api_call(callable, settings)- Whether any active Google client libraries still depend on this package or have fully migrated to google-api-core.
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.6 (last tested version in description).
- Whether the 8 runtime dependencies (dill, future, googleapis-common-protos, grpcio, google-auth, ply, protobuf, requests) have known vulnerabilities or breaking changes since 2018.
What it is and what it does
google-gax was a foundational library providing gRPC and Google API infrastructure for building client and server code. It offered utilities like page streaming and request bundling to simplify API surfaces for callers, and was typically used indirectly through code generated from Google API definitions rather than directly in application code.
The package is now fully deprecated and abandoned. Google has replaced it entirely with google-api-core, which provides the same functionality with active maintenance. The last release was in February 2018, the repository is archived, and no further development is planned.
Use it for
- Maintaining legacy Google client libraries that were generated before the migration to google-api-core.
- Understanding historical Google API infrastructure patterns in older codebases.
- Studying gRPC integration patterns from an archived reference implementation.
Worth the install?
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No.
This package is deprecated and abandoned as of 2018. Do not install for new projects—use google-api-core instead. Only install if maintaining legacy code that explicitly requires it, and plan a migration to google-api-core.
Install
google-gax on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction, but the package is abandoned as of 2018-02-28 with no further development planned. The repository is archived and maintenance status is inactive.
Package is deprecated; google-api-core is the active replacement. No Python version constraint specified in metadata.
License in practice
BSD-3-Clause permissive license allows use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install google-gax==0.16.0
from google.gax import create_api_call
# Typically used indirectly via code-generated clients
api_call = create_api_call(callable, settings)Verify before relying
- Whether any active Google client libraries still depend on this package or have fully migrated to google-api-core.
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.6 (last tested version in description).
- Whether the 8 runtime dependencies (dill, future, googleapis-common-protos, grpcio, google-auth, ply, protobuf, requests) have known vulnerabilities or breaking changes since 2018.
Package facts
| License | BSD-3-Clause permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 8 packagesdillfuturegoogleapis-common-protosgrpciogoogle-authplyprotobufrequests |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 3,089 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | repository archived |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 83,690 / month, #14,055 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 7 - InactiveIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython |
Evidence: google_gax-0.16.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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