public interface HasApiKey<O extends Api.ApiOptions>
Anything that has an ApiKey.
This is used to allow GoogleApi-based clients to be exposed via interface instead of subclass. Those interfaces can be declared as extending this, and GoogleApi's will automatically fulfill the interface.
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Last updated 2024-10-31 UTC.
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