# Abseil Python Common Libraries

This repository is a collection of Python library code for building Python
applications. The code is collected from Google's own Python code base, and has
been extensively tested and used in production.

## Features

* Simple application startup
* Distributed commandline flags system
* Custom logging module with additional features
* Testing utilities

## Getting Started

### Installation

To install the package, simply run:

```bash
pip install absl-py
```

Or install from source:

```bash
python setup.py install
```

### Running Tests

To run Abseil tests, we use [bazel](https://bazel.build/):

```bash
bazel test absl/...
```

### Example Code

Please refer to [smoke_tests/smoke_test.py](smoke_tests/smoke_test.py) as an
example to get started.

## Documentation

Full documentation is forthcoming on https://abseil.io. For now, please refer
to the in-code Python docstrings.

## Future Releases

The current repository includes an initial set of libraries for early adoption.
More components and interoperability with Abseil C++ Common Libraries
will come in future releases.

## License

The Abseil Python library is licensed under the terms of the Apache
license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more information.

# Abseil Python Common Libraries

This repository is a collection of Python library code for building Python
applications. The code is collected from Google's own Python code base, and has
been extensively tested and used in production.

## Features

* Simple application startup
* Distributed commandline flags system
* Custom logging module with additional features
* Testing utilities

## Getting Started

### Installation

To install the package, simply run:

```bash
pip install absl-py
```

Or install from source:

```bash
python setup.py install
```

### Running Tests

To run Abseil tests, you can clone the git repo and run
[bazel](https://bazel.build/):

```bash
git clone git@github.com:abseil/abseil-py.git
cd abseil-py
bazel test absl/...
```

### Example Code

Please refer to [smoke_tests/smoke_test.py](smoke_tests/smoke_test.py) as an
example to get started.

## Documentation

Full documentation is forthcoming on https://abseil.io. For now, please refer
to the in-code Python docstrings.

## Future Releases

The current repository includes an initial set of libraries for early adoption.
More components and interoperability with Abseil C++ Common Libraries
will come in future releases.

## License

The Abseil Python library is licensed under the terms of the Apache
license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more information.

Make it clear that to run tests, you need to clone the repo and run bazel.
Make it clear that to run tests, you need to clone the repo and run bazel.

Fixes #40.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 188908518
