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# [Google APIs Common Module: Node.js Client](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-googleapis-common)

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A common tooling library used by the googleapis npm module. You probably don't want to use this directly.




* [github.com/googleapis/nodejs-googleapis-common](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-googleapis-common)

Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older
Google APIs Client Libraries, in [Client Libraries Explained][explained].

[explained]: https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/client-libraries-explained

**Table of contents:**


* [Quickstart](#quickstart)

  * [Installing the client library](#installing-the-client-library)


* [Versioning](#versioning)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
* [License](#license)

## Quickstart

### Installing the client library

```bash
npm install googleapis-common
```





## Versioning

This library follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).


This library is considered to be **General Availability (GA)**. This means it
is stable; the code surface will not change in backwards-incompatible ways
unless absolutely necessary (e.g. because of critical security issues) or with
an extensive deprecation period. Issues and requests against **GA** libraries
are addressed with the highest priority.





More Information: [Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages][launch_stages]

[launch_stages]: https://cloud.google.com/terms/launch-stages

## Contributing

Contributions welcome! See the [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-googleapis-common/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

## License

Apache Version 2.0

See [LICENSE](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-googleapis-common/blob/master/LICENSE)



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