Maps Datasets API client libraries
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This page shows how to get started with the client libraries for
Maps Datasets API.
Read more about the client libraries in Client Libraries
Explained.
Install the client library
Set up authentication
When you use client libraries, you use
Application Default Credentials (ADC)
to authenticate. For information about setting up ADC, see
Provide credentials for Application Default Credentials.
For information about using ADC with client libraries, see
Authenticate using client libraries.
Use the client library
Additional resources
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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Set up Application Default Credentials (ADC) for authentication. Node.js and Python code examples show creating a dataset by instantiating a client, constructing a request, and making the request. 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For information about setting up ADC, see\n[Provide credentials for Application Default Credentials](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/provide-credentials-adc).\nFor information about using ADC with client libraries, see\n[Authenticate using client libraries](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/client-libraries).\n\nUse the client library \n\nNode.js \n[View on GitHub](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/blob/main/packages/google-maps-mapsplatformdatasets/samples/generated/v1/maps_platform_datasets.create_dataset.js) \n\n /**\n * This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a code template only.\n * It will require modifications to work.\n * It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization.\n * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.\n */\n /**\n * Required. Parent project that will own the dataset.\n * Format: projects/{project}\n */\n // const parent = 'abc123'\n /**\n * Required. The dataset version to create.\n */\n // const dataset = {}\n\n // Imports the Mapsplatformdatasets library\n const {MapsPlatformDatasetsClient} = require('@googlemaps/maps-platform-datasets').v1;\n\n // Instantiates a client\n const mapsplatformdatasetsClient = new MapsPlatformDatasetsClient();\n\n async function callCreateDataset() {\n // Construct request\n const request = {\n parent,\n dataset,\n };\n\n // Run request\n const response = await mapsplatformdatasetsClient.createDataset(request);\n console.log(response);\n }\n\n callCreateDataset();\n\nPython \n[View on GitHub](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/packages/google-maps-mapsplatformdatasets/samples/generated_samples/mapsplatformdatasets_v1_generated_maps_platform_datasets_create_dataset_sync.py) \n\n # This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a\n # code template only.\n # It will require modifications to work:\n # - It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization.\n # - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service\n # client as shown in:\n # https://googleapis.dev/python/google-api-core/latest/client_options.html\n from google.maps import mapsplatformdatasets_v1\n\n\n def sample_create_dataset():\n # Create a client\n client = mapsplatformdatasets_v1.MapsPlatformDatasetsClient()\n\n # Initialize request argument(s)\n request = mapsplatformdatasets_v1.CreateDatasetRequest(\n parent=\"parent_value\",\n )\n\n # Make the request\n response = client.create_dataset(request=request)\n\n # Handle the response\n print(response)\n\nAdditional resources \n\nNode.js\n\n- [Source Code](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/tree/main/packages/google-maps-mapsplatformdatasets)\n- [GitHub Issue Tracker](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues)\n- [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-geocoding-api+node.js)\n\nPython\n\n- [Source Code](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/google-maps-mapsplatformdatasets)\n- [GitHub Issue Tracker](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues)\n- [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-geocoding-api+python)"]]