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

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Common components for Cloud APIs Node.js Client Libraries that require gRPC


* [Google Cloud Common gRPC Node.js Client API Reference][client-docs]

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

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)
  * [Using the client library](#using-the-client-library)
* [Samples](#samples)
* [Versioning](#versioning)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
* [License](#license)

## Quickstart

### Installing the client library

```bash
npm install @google-cloud/common-grpc
```


### Using the client library

```javascript
const common = require('@google-cloud/common-grpc');
console.log(common);

```



## Samples

Samples are in the [`samples/`](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-common-grpc/tree/master/samples) directory. The samples' `README.md`
has instructions for running the samples.

| Sample                      | Source Code                       | Try it |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------ |
| Quickstart | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-common-grpc/blob/master/samples/quickstart.js) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-common-grpc&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/quickstart.js,samples/README.md) |



The [Google Cloud Common gRPC Node.js Client API Reference][client-docs] documentation
also contains samples.

## 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-common-grpc/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

## License

Apache Version 2.0

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

[client-docs]: https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/common-grpc/latest

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[projects]: https://console.cloud.google.com/project
[billing]: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6293499#enable-billing

[auth]: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started