README.md

Google Cloud Platform Python Samples

Python samples for Google Cloud Platform products.

Setup

1. Install pip and virtualenv if you do not already have them.

2. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples.git
   

3. Obtain authentication credentials.

   Create local credentials by running the following command and following the oauth2 flow (read more about the command here):

   gcloud auth application-default login
   

   Read more about Google Cloud Platform Authentication.

How to run a sample

1. Change directory to one of the sample folders, e.g. logging/cloud-client:

   cd logging/cloud-client/
   

2. Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 3.6+.

   python3 -m venv env
   source env/bin/activate
   

3. Install the dependencies needed to run the samples.

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Run the sample:

   python snippets.py
   

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See the Contributing Guide.