Client to bundle configuration needed for API requests.
Storescredentialsand an HTTP object so that subclasses
can pass them along to a connection class.
If no value is passed in for_http, arequests.Sessionobject
will be created and authorized with thecredentials. If not, thecredentialsand_httpneed not be related.
Callers and subclasses may seek to use the private key fromcredentialsto sign data.
Parameters
Name
Description
credentials
google.auth.credentials.Credentials
(Optional) The OAuth2 Credentials to use for this client. If not passed (and if no_httpobject is passed), falls back to the default inferred from the environment.
client_options
google.api_core.client_options.ClientOptions
(Optional) Custom options for the client.
_http
requests.Session
(Optional) HTTP object to make requests. Can be any object that definesrequest()with the same interface asrequests.Session.request. If not passed, an_httpobject is created that is bound to thecredentialsfor the current object. This parameter should be considered private, and could change in the future.
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