---
id: pydata-google-auth
version: "1.9.1"
license: BSD License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: dormant
---

# pydata-google-auth — PyData helpers for authenticating to Google APIs

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

## Install

pip install pydata-google-auth
uv add pydata-google-auth
poetry add pydata-google-auth

## Description

pydata-google-auth
==================

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**pydata-google-auth** is a package providing helpers for authenticating to Google APIs.


Installation
------------


Install latest release version via conda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: shell

   $ conda install pydata-google-auth --channel conda-forge

Install latest release version via pip
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: shell

   $ pip install pydata-google-auth

Install latest development version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: shell

    $ pip install git+https://github.com/pydata/pydata-google-auth.git


Usage
-----

Use the ``pydata_google_auth.get_user_credentials()`` function to
authenticate to Google APIs with user credentials.

.. code-block:: python

    import pydata_google_auth
    credentials = pydata_google_auth.get_user_credentials(
        ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
    )

    # Use the credentials in other libraries, such as the Google BigQuery
    # client library.
    from google.cloud import bigquery
    client = bigquery.Client(project='YOUR-PROJECT-ID',...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Provides helpers for authenticating to Google APIs using user credentials, enabling integration with Google Cloud services like BigQuery through OAuth flows.

Verdict: Stable, permissively licensed package in the top 1000 PyPI tier with low install friction and no known vulnerabilities. Dormant maintenance (567 days since release) is offset by recent repository activity and broad Python 3.9+ support; suitable for production use in Google Cloud workflows where authentication helpers are needed, though expect minimal active development.

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