Python Client for Cloud Logging

Cloud Logging API : Writes log entries and manages your Cloud Logging configuration.

• 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 Cloud Logging API.

4. Setup Authentication.

Installation

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

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

Supported Python Versions

Python >= 3.6

Unsupported Python Versions

Python == 2.7. The last version of the library compatible with Python 2.7 is google-cloud-logging==1.15.1.

Mac/Linux

 python -m venv <your-env>
source <your-env>/bin/activate
<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-logging 

Windows

 python -m venv <your-env>
<your-env>\Scripts\activate
<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-logging 

Next Steps

• Read the Setting Up Cloud Logging for Python How-to Guide

• Read the Product documentation to learn more about the product and see other How-to Guides.

• Read the Client Library Documentation for to see other available methods on the client.