Python Client for Google Container Engine API

Google Container Engine API: The Google Kubernetes Engine API is used for building and managing container based applications, powered by the open source Kubernetes technology.

• 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 the Google Container Engine API.
3. 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-container

Windows

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

Example Usage

from google.cloud import container_v1

client = container_v1.ClusterManagerClient()

project_id = ''
zone = ''

response = client.list_clusters(project_id, zone)

Next Steps

• Read the Client Library Documentation for Google Container Engine API API to see other available methods on the client.
• Read the Product documentation to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.