Core Helpers for Google Cloud Python Client Library
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|pypi| |versions| |compat_check_pypi| |compat_check_github|

This library is not meant to stand-alone. Instead it defines
common helpers (e.g. base ``Client`` classes) used by all of the
``google-cloud-*`` packages.


-  `Documentation`_

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   :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-core/
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   :target: https://python-compatibility-tools.appspot.com/one_badge_target?package=google-cloud-core
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   :target: https://python-compatibility-tools.appspot.com/one_badge_target?package=git%2Bgit%3A//github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python.git%23subdirectory%3Dcore
.. _Documentation: https://googleapis.dev/python/google-cloud-core/latest

Quick Start
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.. code-block:: console

    $ pip install --upgrade google-cloud-core

For more information on setting up your Python development environment,
such as installing ``pip`` and ``virtualenv`` on your system, please refer
to `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform.

.. _Python Development Environment Setup Guide: https://cloud.google.com/python/setup


Supported Python Versions
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Python >= 3.5

Deprecated Python Versions
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Python == 2.7. Python 2.7 support will be removed on January 1, 2020.
