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+# Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+
+from setuptools import find_packages
+from setuptools import setup
+
+
+PACKAGE_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+with open(os.path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT, 'README.rst')) as file_obj:
+    README = file_obj.read()
+
+
+SETUP_BASE = {
+    'author': 'Google Cloud Platform',
+    'author_email': 'googleapis-publisher@google.com',
+    'scripts': [],
+    'url': 'https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python',
+    'license': 'Apache 2.0',
+    'platforms': 'Posix; MacOS X; Windows',
+    'include_package_data': True,
+    'zip_safe': False,
+    'classifiers': [
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Topic :: Internet',
+    ],
+}
+
+
+REQUIREMENTS = [
+    'googleapis-common-protos >= 1.5.3, < 2.0dev',
+    'protobuf >= 3.0.0',
+    'google-auth >= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0dev',
+    'requests >= 2.18.0, < 3.0.0dev',
+    'setuptools >= 34.0.0',
+    'six >= 1.10.0',
+]
+
+EXTRAS_REQUIREMENTS = {
+    ':python_version<"3.2"': ['futures >= 3.0.0'],
+    'grpc': ['grpcio >= 1.2.0, < 1.6dev'],
+}
+
+setup(
+    name='google-api-core',
+    version='0.1.0',
+    description='Core Google API Client Library',
+    long_description=README,
+    namespace_packages=['google'],
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests*',)),
+    install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
+    extras_require=EXTRAS_REQUIREMENTS,
+    **SETUP_BASE
+)