googleapis/google-http-java-client
Google HTTP Client Library for Java
Is googleapis/google-http-java-client beginner-friendly?
We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to googleapis/google-http-java-client to say how often they are merged. 5 beginner-friendly issues are open now.
- Stars
- 1.4k
- Forks
- 476
- Open beginner issues
- 5
- Indexed issues
- 59
- Avg merge
- 10h 47m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 3
- Dominant language
- Java
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last GitHub push
- Oct 22, 2026
- Latest indexed
- Sep 17, 2026
- Contributing guide
- Contributing guide
- Code of conduct
- Code of conduct
- Beginner labels
- help wanted
How to contribute to googleapis/google-http-java-client
- Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
- Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
- Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
- Pick one of the 5 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date
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Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 40/100
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
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priority: p3 type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#2100 · 2 comments ·
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priority: p3 type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
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type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
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priority: p3 type: feature request
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1880 · 3 reactions ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1843 · 3 comments ·
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priority: p3 type: cleanup
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1832 · 1 comment ·
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priority: p2 type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 40/100
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priority: p3 type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
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priority: p3 type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1800 · 3 comments ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
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type: feature request
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100
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type: feature request
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1776 · 1 reaction ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100
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type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1760 · 4 comments ·
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Core: `SecurityUtils.createMtlsKeyStore` should use a fixed algorithm for creating the `PrivateKey`Openpriority: p3
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1675 · 2 comments ·
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priority: p3 type: feature request
Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100
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priority: p2 type: feature request
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1483 · 10 comments · 7 reactions ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1445 · 1 reaction ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1442 · 1 comment ·
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priority: p3 semver: patch type: feature request
Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1419 · 2 comments ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
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type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
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type: cleanup
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1402 · 5 comments ·
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priority: p3 type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1353 · 8 comments ·
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priority: p2 type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1316 · 4 comments · 2 reactions ·
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Dependency DashboardOpentype: process
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100
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type: cleanup
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
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type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1205 · 8 comments · 2 reactions ·
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lang: java priority: p2 samples type: cleanup
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100
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type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#1107 · 3 comments ·
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type: process
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#963 · 2 comments ·
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Remove src/main/java/com/google/api/client/extensions/android/http/AndroidHttp.javaMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openpriority: p2 semver: major type: cleanup
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100
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semver: major type: cleanup
Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 50/100
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type: cleanup
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100
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type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
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org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory is deprecatedMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openpriority: p2 type: cleanup
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100
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semver: minor status: blocked type: cleanup
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#776 · 1 comment ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#740 · 1 comment · 2 reactions ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#604 · 1 comment · 3 reactions ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#603 · 1 comment ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#586 · 1 comment ·
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HttpResponseException.getContent() should return an InputStreamMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Opentype: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#491 · 2 comments ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#297 · 8 comments ·
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type: feature request
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
googleapis/google-http-java-client#251 · 4 comments · 3 reactions ·
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Core: Authorization and Cookie headers leaked to cross-origin servers on HTTP redirectPossibly taken @insaf021 claimed this 106 days ago. Openpriority: p3
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100
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Core: Validate header names and values to prevent CRLF injectionPossibly taken @insaf021 claimed this 106 days ago. Openpriority: p3
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100
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Core: XmlPullParser processes external DTD entities (XXE) — disable FEATURE_PROCESS_DOCDECL in Xml#createParser()Possibly taken @insaf021 claimed this 106 days ago. Openpriority: p3
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 84/100