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# Codebase Summary: `google-cloud-storage`

This document provides a high-level overview of the main components of the Google Cloud Storage Python client library.

## Main Components

### 1. Client (`google/cloud/storage/client.py`)
The `Client` class is the entry point for interacting with the Google Cloud Storage API. It handles authentication and project configuration.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
- Authenticating with Google Cloud.
- Creating, retrieving, and listing buckets.
- Managing batch operations.
- Creating HMAC keys.

### 2. Bucket (`google/cloud/storage/bucket.py`)
The `Bucket` class represents a Google Cloud Storage bucket. It provides methods to manage the bucket itself and the objects (blobs) within it.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
- Creating and deleting the bucket.
- Configuring bucket properties (ACLs, lifecycle rules, versioning, CORS, website configuration, etc.).
- Creating, listing, getting, and deleting blobs.
- Managing IAM policies for the bucket.

### 3. Blob (`google/cloud/storage/blob.py`)
The `Blob` class represents an object (file) within a GCS bucket. It provides methods to upload, download, and manage the object.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
- Uploading data (from file, filename, or string).
- Downloading data (to file, filename, bytes, or text).
- Managing object metadata and ACLs.
- Deleting the object.
- Generating signed URLs for temporary access.

### 4. Batch (`google/cloud/storage/batch.py`)
The `Batch` class allows grouping multiple API calls into a single HTTP request. This is useful for performing multiple operations (like patching or deleting multiple blobs) efficiently.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
- Accumulating multiple requests.
- Sending them in a single `multipart/mixed` HTTP request.
- Processing the responses.

### 5. Transfer Manager (`google/cloud/storage/transfer_manager.py`)
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### 1. Client ([`google/cloud/storage/client.py`](google/cloud/storage/client.py))
The `Client` class is the entry point for interacting with the Google Cloud Storage API. It handles authentication and project configuration.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
    - Authenticating with Google Cloud.
    - Creating, retrieving, and listing buckets.
    - Managing batch operations.
    - Creating HMAC keys.

### 2. Bucket ([`google/cloud/storage/bucket.py`](google/cloud/storage/bucket.py))
The `Bucket` class represents a Google Cloud Storage bucket. It provides methods to manage the bucket itself and the objects (blobs) within it.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
    - Creating and deleting the bucket.
    - Configuring bucket properties (ACLs, lifecycle rules, versioning, CORS, website configuration, etc.).
    - Creating, listing, getting, and deleting blobs.
    - Managing IAM policies for the bucket.

### 3. Blob ([`google/cloud/storage/blob.py`](google/cloud/storage/blob.py))
The `Blob` class represents an object (file) within a GCS bucket. It provides methods to upload, download, and manage the object.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
    - Uploading data (from file, filename, or string).
    - Downloading data (to file, filename, bytes, or text).
    - Managing object metadata and ACLs.
    - Deleting the object.
    - Generating signed URLs for temporary access.

### 4. Batch ([`google/cloud/storage/batch.py`](google/cloud/storage/batch.py))
The `Batch` class allows grouping multiple API calls into a single HTTP request. This is useful for performing multiple operations (like patching or deleting multiple blobs) efficiently.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
    - Accumulating multiple requests.
    - Sending them in a single `multipart/mixed` HTTP request.
    - Processing the responses.

### 5. Transfer Manager ([`google/cloud/storage/transfer_manager.py`](google/cloud/storage/transfer_manager.py))

The `transfer_manager` module provides utilities for concurrent uploads and downloads, which can significantly improve performance for large numbers of files or large files.
- **Key Responsibilities**:
- `upload_many` / `upload_many_from_filenames`: Uploading multiple files concurrently.
- `download_many` / `download_many_to_path`: Downloading multiple blobs concurrently.
- `download_chunks_concurrently`: Downloading a single large file in chunks concurrently.
- `upload_chunks_concurrently`: Uploading a single large file in chunks concurrently (using XML Multi-Part Upload).

## Directory Structure

- `google/cloud/storage/`: Contains the source code for the library.
- `tests/`: Contains unit and system tests.
- `samples/`: Contains code samples demonstrating how to use the library.
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- `google/cloud/storage/`: Contains the source code for the library.
- `tests/`: Contains unit and system tests.
- `samples/`: Contains code samples demonstrating how to use the library.
- [`google/cloud/storage/`](google/cloud/storage/): Contains the source code for the library.
- [`tests/`](tests/): Contains unit and system tests.
- [`samples/`](samples/): Contains code samples demonstrating how to use the library.