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+## Python Samples for Google Cloud Key Management Service
+
+This directory contains samples for Google Cloud Key Management Service, which may be used as a refererence for how to use Google Cloud Key Management Service.
+The Google Cloud KMS API is a service that allows you to keep encryption keys centrally in the cloud, for direct use by cloud services. More info about Cloud KMS can be found at https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/
+Samples, quickstarts, and other documentation are available at cloud.google.com.
+
+
+### Quickstart
+
+This quickstart shows you how to create and use encryption keys with Cloud Key Management Service.
+
+
+
+
+
+To run this sample:
+
+1. If this is your first time working with GCP products, you will need to set up [the Cloud SDK][cloud_sdk] or utilize [Google Cloud Shell][gcloud_shell]. This sample may [require authetication][authentication] and you will need to [enable billing][enable_billing].
+
+1. Make a fork of this repo and clone the branch locally, then navigate to the sample directory you want to use.
+
+1. Install the dependencies needed to run the samples.
+
+ pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+1. Run the sample using
+
+ python quickstart.py
+
+
+More information about the Cloud KMS quickstart is available at https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/quickstart
+
+## Additional Information
+
+These samples use the [Google Cloud Client Library for Python][client_library_python].
+You can read the documentation for more details on API usage and use GitHub
+to [browse the source][source] and [report issues][issues].
+
+### Contributing
+For [contributing guidelines][contrib_guide], the [Python style guide][py_style], and more information on prerequisite steps to contribute, view the source code at googleapis/python-kms.
+
+[authentication]: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started
+[enable_billing]:https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/getting-started#enabling_billing
+[client_library_python]: https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-python/
+[source]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python
+[issues]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python/issues
+[contrib_guide]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+[py_style]: http://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html
+[cloud_sdk]: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs
+[gcloud_shell]: https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs
+[gcloud_shell]: https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs
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-Google Cloud KMS API Python Samples
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-This directory contains samples for Google Cloud KMS API. The `Google Cloud KMS API`_ is a service that allows you to keep encryption keys centrally in the cloud, for direct use by cloud services.
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-.. _Google Cloud KMS API: https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/
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-Setup
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-Authentication
-++++++++++++++
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-This sample requires you to have authentication setup. Refer to the
-`Authentication Getting Started Guide`_ for instructions on setting up
-credentials for applications.
-
-.. _Authentication Getting Started Guide:
- https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started
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-Install Dependencies
-++++++++++++++++++++
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-#. Clone python-docs-samples and change directory to the sample directory you want to use.
-
- .. code-block:: bash
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- $ git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples.git
-
-#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them. You may want to refer to the `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform for instructions.
-
- .. _Python Development Environment Setup Guide:
- https://cloud.google.com/python/setup
-
-#. Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 3.6+.
-
- .. code-block:: bash
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- $ virtualenv env
- $ source env/bin/activate
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-#. Install the dependencies needed to run the samples.
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- .. code-block:: bash
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- $ pip install -r requirements.txt
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-.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io/
-.. _virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/
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-To run this sample:
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-.. code-block:: bash
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- $ python quickstart.py
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-.. _Google Cloud SDK: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/
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