Google Cloud Core Library

2.5.0 · active · verified Sat Mar 28

Provides common helpers (e.g., base Client classes) used by all of the google-cloud-* packages. Current version: 2.5.0, released on October 29, 2025. Release cadence: approximately every 3-6 months.

Warnings

breaking Dropped support for Python 2.7 in version 2.0.0.
Fix: Upgrade to Python 3.6 or later.
deprecated The 'google-cloud-sdk' package is deprecated; use product-specific packages instead.
Fix: Switch to using individual Google Cloud client libraries.

Install

pip install google-cloud-core Install google-cloud-core

Imports

Client
```
from google.cloud import Client
```
Ensure correct import path to avoid ImportError.

Quickstart

Basic usage of the Client class from google.cloud.

from google.cloud import Client

client = Client()
# Use the client for Google Cloud operations

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