Maps Datasets API client libraries

AI-generated Key Takeaways

This page provides instructions on getting started with the Maps Datasets API client libraries for Node.js and Python.
You'll learn how to install the necessary client libraries using npm or pip.
Authentication is handled using Application Default Credentials (ADC), and the page links to resources for setting up ADC.
Code samples demonstrate basic usage of the client libraries, such as creating a dataset, for both Node.js and Python.
Links to additional resources like source code, issue trackers, and Stack Overflow are provided for further assistance.

This page shows how to get started with the client libraries for Maps Datasets API.

Read more about the client libraries in Client Libraries Explained .

Install the client library

Node.js

For more information, see Setting Up a Node.js Development Environment .

npm install @googlemaps/maps-platform-datasets

Python

For more information, see Setting Up a Python Development Environment .

pip install --upgrade google-maps-mapsplatformdatasets

Set up authentication

When you use client libraries, you use Application Default Credentials (ADC) to authenticate. For information about setting up ADC, see Provide credentials for Application Default Credentials . For information about using ADC with client libraries, see Authenticate using client libraries .

Use the client library

Node.js

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  /** 
 * This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a code template only. 
 * It will require modifications to work. 
 * It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization. 
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample. 
 */ 
 /** 
 *  Required. Parent project that will own the dataset. 
 *  Format: projects/{project} 
 */ 
 // const parent = 'abc123' 
 /** 
 *  Required. The dataset version to create. 
 */ 
 // const dataset = {} 
 // Imports the Mapsplatformdatasets library 
 const 
  
 { 
 MapsPlatformDatasetsClient 
 } 
  
 = 
  
 require 
 ( 
 '@googlemaps/maps-platform-datasets' 
 ). 
 v1 
 ; 
 // Instantiates a client 
 const 
  
 mapsplatformdatasetsClient 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 MapsPlatformDatasetsClient 
 (); 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 callCreateDataset 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 // Construct request 
  
 const 
  
 request 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 parent 
 , 
  
 dataset 
 , 
  
 }; 
  
 // Run request 
  
 const 
  
 response 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 mapsplatformdatasetsClient 
 . 
 createDataset 
 ( 
 request 
 ); 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 response 
 ); 
 } 
 callCreateDataset 
 ();

Python

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  # This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a 
 # code template only. 
 # It will require modifications to work: 
 # - It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization. 
 # - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service 
 #   client as shown in: 
 #   https://googleapis.dev/python/google-api-core/latest/client_options.html 
 from 
  
 google.maps 
  
 import 
 mapsplatformdatasets_v1 
 def 
  
 sample_create_dataset 
 (): 
 # Create a client 
 client 
 = 
 mapsplatformdatasets_v1 
 . 
 MapsPlatformDatasetsClient 
 () 
 # Initialize request argument(s) 
 request 
 = 
 mapsplatformdatasets_v1 
 . 
 CreateDatasetRequest 
 ( 
 parent 
 = 
 "parent_value" 
 , 
 ) 
 # Make the request 
 response 
 = 
 client 
 . 
 create_dataset 
 ( 
 request 
 = 
 request 
 ) 
 # Handle the response 
 print 
 ( 
 response 
 )

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AI-generated Key Takeaways

Install the client library

Node.js

Python

Set up authentication

Use the client library

Node.js

Python

Additional resources

Node.js

Python

Maps Datasets API client libraries