# Ruby Client for Cloud Tasks API ([Alpha](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-ruby#versioning))

[Cloud Tasks API][Product Documentation]:
Manages the execution of large numbers of distributed requests. Cloud Tasks
is in Alpha.
- [Client Library Documentation][]
- [Product Documentation][]

## Quick Start
In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following
steps:

1. [Select or create a Cloud Platform project.](https://console.cloud.google.com/project)
2. [Enable billing for your project.](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#enable_billing_for_a_project)
3. [Enable the Cloud Tasks API.](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/cloudtasks)
4. [Setup Authentication.](https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-ruby/#/docs/google-cloud/master/guides/authentication)

### Installation
```
$ gem install google-cloud-tasks
```

### Next Steps
- Read the [Client Library Documentation][] for Cloud Tasks API
  to see other available methods on the client.
- Read the [Cloud Tasks API Product documentation][Product Documentation]
  to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.
- View this [repository's main README](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-ruby/blob/master/README.md)
  to see the full list of Cloud APIs that we cover.

[Client Library Documentation]: https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-ruby/#/docs/google-cloud-tasks/latest/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta2
[Product Documentation]: https://cloud.google.com/cloudtasks
