# google-cloud-compute > Google Cloud Compute API client library - **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/google-cloud-compute - **Author**: Google LLC - **Category**: Frameworks - **Latest version**: `sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.19.0` (2026-06-02) - **License**: Apache 2.0 - **Source**: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/google-cloud-compute - **Language**: Python - **GitHub**: 5,266 stars, 1,671 forks - **Registry**: pypi (`google-cloud-compute`) - **Tags**: `pypi` ## Description Python Client for Compute Engine ================================ |stable| |pypi| |versions| `Compute Engine`_: delivers virtual machines running in Google's innovative data centers and worldwide fiber network. Compute Engine's tooling and workflow support enable scaling from single instances to global, load-balanced cloud computing. Compute Engine's VMs boot quickly, come with persistent disk storage, deliver consistent performance and are available in many configurations. - `Client Library Documentation`_ - `Product Documentation`_ .. |stable| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/support-stable-gold.svg :target: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/README.rst#stability-levels .. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/google-cloud-compute.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-compute/ .. |versions| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/google-cloud-compute.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-compute/ .. _Compute Engine: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ .. _Client Library Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/compute/latest/summary_overview .. _Product Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ 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 Compute Engine.`_ 4. `Set up Authentication.`_ .. _Select or create a Cloud Platform project.: https://console.cloud.google.com/project .. _Enable billing for your project.: https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#enable_billing_for_a_project .. _Enable the Compute Engine.: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ .. _Set up Authentication.: https://googleapis.dev/python/google-api-core/latest/auth.html Installation ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Install this library in a virtual environment using `venv`_. `venv`_ is a tool that creates isolated Python environments. These isolated environments can have separate versions of Python packages, which allows you to isolate one project's dependencies from the dependencies of other projects. With `venv`_, it's possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies. .. _`venv`: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html PyCharm/JetBrains IDEs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This library has now grown in size past the `JetBrains default size limit of ~2.5Mb`_. As a result, code completion in JetBrains products can fail to work with the classes from our library. To fix this, you need to update the ``idea.max.intellisense.filesize`` setting in custom properties (Help -> Edit custom properties...). Just add the line ``idea.max.intellisense.filesize = 10000`` to change this limit to ~10Mb. .. _JetBrains default size limit of ~2.5Mb: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/file-idea-properties.html Code samples and snippets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Code samples and snippets live in the `samples/`_ folder. .. _samples/: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples Supported Python Versions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Our client libraries are compatible with all current `active`_ and `maintenance`_ versions of Python. Python >= 3.9, including 3.14 .. _active: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#in-development-main-branch .. _maintenance: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#maintenance-branches Unsupported Python Versions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Python <= 3.8 If you are using an `end-of-life`_ version of Python, we recommend that you update as soon as possible to an actively supported version. .. _end-of-life: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#end-of-life-branches Mac/Linux ^^^^^^^^^ .. code-block:: console python3 -m venv source /bin/activate pip install google-cloud-compute Windows ^^^^^^^ .. code-block:: console py -m venv .\\Scripts\activate pip install google-cloud-compute Next Steps ~~~~~~~~~~ - Read the `Client Library Documentation`_ for Compute Engine to see other available methods on the client. - Read the `Compute Engine Product documentation`_ to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides. - View this `README`_ to see the full list of Cloud APIs that we cover. .. _Compute Engine Product documentation: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ .. _README: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/README.rst Logging ------- This library uses the standard Python :code:`logging` functionality to log some RPC events that could be of interest for debugging and monitoring purposes. Note the following: #. Logs may contain sensitive information. Take care to **restrict access to the logs** if they are saved, whether it be on local storage or on Google Cloud Logging. #. Google may refine the occurrence, level, an ## Recent releases | Version | Date | Urgency | Changes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.19.0` | 2026-06-02 | High | ## [v1.19.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.18.0...sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.19.0) (2026-06-02) ### Bug Fixes * Drop support for Python 3.8 and 3.9 (#16913) ([f5b392e5](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/f5b392e5)) | | `google-cloud-geminidataanalytics-v0.13.0` | 2026-05-28 | High | ## [v0.13.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-cloud-geminidataanalytics-v0.12.0...google-cloud-geminidataanalytics-v0.13.0) (2026-05-28) ### Bug Fixes * generate and default to v1 (#17007) ([3820d9d3](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/3820d9d3)) | | `gapic-generator-v1.33.0` | 2026-05-21 | High | ## [v1.33.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/gapic-generator-v1.32.0...gapic-generator-v1.33.0) (2026-05-21) ### Bug Fixes * bump idna from 3.14 to 3.15 in /packages/gapic-generator (#17179) ([0f7c68bf](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/0f7c68bf)) * restore messages not attached to rpc in selective_gapic_generation (#16951) ([3ef95d61](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/3ef95d61)) * resolve core dependencies local | | `google-auth-v2.53.0` | 2026-05-15 | High | ## [v2.53.0](https://github.com/suztomo/google-cloud-python/compare/google-auth-v2.52.0...google-auth-v2.53.0) (2026-05-15) ### Bug Fixes * allowlist agents-nonprod trust domains for agent identity (#17155) ([44c93d2e](https://github.com/suztomo/google-cloud-python/commit/44c93d2e)) * fail-fast on invalid or non-workload certificate configs in agent identity discovery (#17116) ([f27a5461](https://github.com/suztomo/google-cloud-python/commit/f27a5461)) | | `gapic-generator-v1.32.0` | 2026-05-12 | High | ## [v1.32.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/gapic-generator-v1.31.0...gapic-generator-v1.32.0) (2026-05-11) | | `sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.18.0` | 2026-05-07 | High | ## [v1.18.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.17.3...sqlalchemy-spanner-v1.18.0) (2026-05-06) ### Bug Fixes * correctly parse type assertions in `extends` clause ([@&#8203;nicolo-ribaudo](https://redirect.github.com/nicolo-ribaudo)) - [#&#8203;17723](https://redirect.github.com/babel/babel/pull/17723) \[7.x backport] fix(parser): improve super type argument parsing ([@&#8203;JLHwung](https://redirect.github.com/JLHwung)) - `babel-t | | `google-cloud-bigtable-v2.37.0` | 2026-04-30 | High | ## [v2.37.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-cloud-bigtable-v2.36.0...google-cloud-bigtable-v2.37.0) (2026-04-30) | | `1.47.0` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (1.47.0) | | `bigquery-magics-v0.14.0` | 2026-04-14 | Medium | ## [v0.14.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/bigquery-magics-v0.13.0...bigquery-magics-v0.14.0) (2026-04-14) | | `bigquery-magics-v0.14.0` | 2026-04-14 | Medium | ## [v0.14.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/bigquery-magics-v0.13.0...bigquery-magics-v0.14.0) (2026-04-14) | ## Citation - HTML: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/google-cloud-compute - Markdown: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/google-cloud-compute.md - Dependencies JSON: https://www.freshcrate.ai/api/projects/google-cloud-compute/deps _Generated by freshcrate.ai. 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