Remove dependencies on httplib2 and google-auth-httplib2

[hiranya911]

This library still has dependencies on httplib2 and google-auth-httplib2. Most of the other Google Python libs have migrated away from these. Specifically, httplib2 has known thread-safety problems, and google-auth-httplib2 seems to have been developed as a backward compat package. Are there any plans for migrating these dependencies out?

[busunkim96]

Hi @hiranya911,

We're looking at putting something related to this (moving off of httplib2) on our 2021 Q1 OKRs. We'll update this issue when we have more concrete plans.

[GabrieleCalarota]

Any update on this? I'm having trouble with firebase send multicast message (SSL and thread safety of httplib2)

[busunkim96]

This work was deprioritized in favor of investments on the modern google-cloud-* clients. @hiranya911 If you have issues from customers please do share them with us internally.

[hiranya911]

Internal issue for future reference: 181689506

[mroblesm]

Is there any update on this issue? We use Google API Client to interact with Dataflow API, and couldn't find any reference to dataflow support on Google Cloud Client...

[parthea]

Hi @mroblesm,

I've filed a bug internally to inquire about the status of a Google Cloud Client for dataflow. Googlers see b/190586207

[GabrieleCalarota]

Thanks for investigating guys! Very appreciated ;)

[taiki-okano]

I think this issue is important. I am using Google Drive API with this library, but when I try to copy a folder which contains multiple files, it is super slow. Sometimes it takes about 5 minutes. So, I changed it to execute in parallel, but I needed to authenticate before every single request.

I hope geniuses in Google realize this issue and do something for this...

[GabrieleCalarota]

Any update on this?

[ZupoLlask]

Any update on this? @dhermes @theacodes