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Python Client for Google Cloud Firestore API (Alpha)

Google Cloud Firestore API:

• 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.
2. Enable billing for your project.
3. Enable the Google Cloud Firestore API.
4. Setup Authentication.

Installation

Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.

With virtualenv, it's possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies.

Mac/Linux

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
source <your-env>/bin/activate
<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-firestore

Windows

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
<your-env>\Scripts\activate
<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-firestore

Next Steps

• Read the Client Library Documentation for Google Cloud Firestore API API to see other available methods on the client.
• Read the Google Cloud Firestore API Product documentation to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.
• View this repository’s main README to see the full list of Cloud APIs that we cover.

Api Reference

gapic/v1beta1/api gapic/v1beta1/types