Python Client for Cloud AutoML API
TheCloud AutoML API is a suite of machine learning products that enablesdevelopers with limited machine learning expertise to train high-quality modelsspecific to their business needs, by leveraging Google’s state-of-the-arttransfer learning, and Neural Architecture Search technology.
Quick Start
In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:
Installation
Install this library in avirtualenv using pip.virtualenv is a tool tocreate isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one ofdependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.
Withvirtualenv, it’s possible to install this library without needing systeminstall permissions, and without clashing with the installed systemdependencies.
Supported Python Versions
Python >= 3.5
Deprecated Python Versions
Python == 2.7. Python 2.7 support will be removed on January 1, 2020.
Mac/Linux
pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env>source <your-env>/bin/activate<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-automlWindows
pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env><your-env>\Scripts\activate<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-automlExample Usage
from google.cloud.automl_v1beta1 importPredictionServiceClientclient = PredictionServiceClient()model_path = client.model_path('my-project-123', 'us-central', 'model-name')payload = {...}params = {'foo': 1}response = client.predict(model_path, payload, params=params)Next Steps
Read theClient Library Documentation for Cloud AutoML APIAPI to see other available methods on the client.
Read theProduct documentation to learnmore about the product and see How-to Guides.
Making & Testing Local Changes
If you want to make changes to this library, here is how to set up yourdevelopment environment:
Make sure you havevirtualenv installed and activated as shown above.
Run the following one-time setup (it will be persisted in your virtualenv):
pip install -r ../docs/requirements.txtpip install -U nox mock pytest- If you want to run all tests, you will need a billing-enabledGCP project, and aservice account with access to the AutoML APIs.Note: the first time the tests run in a new project it will take alongtime, on the order of 2-3 hours. This is one-time setup that will be skippedin future runs.
export PROJECT_ID=<project-id> GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=</path/to/creds.json>noxExcept as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under theApache 2.0 License. For details, see theGoogle Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2025-10-30 UTC.