Upgrade python/google-api-python-client to v1.8.1 am: cf97e39f87 am: b4903596ac am: 4fd3d4c4ba am: c17cb82fa9

Change-Id: I804f78d0df0775e30e70b1d35cf4d160516ba1d2

29 files changed, 563 insertions, 210 deletions

diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index 3d44f3e4b..7d3526577 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -11,23 +11,33 @@ Thanks for stopping by to let us know something could be better!
 Please run down the following list and make sure you've tried the usual "quick fixes":
 
   - Search the issues already opened: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues
-  - If you have a question, post on Stackoverflow under the `google-api` tag.
-  - If you are reporting an issue or requesting a feature for a G Suite API, please use their [public issue tracker](https://gsuite-developers.googleblog.com/2017/03/a-new-issue-tracker-for-g-suite.html)
+  - Search StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-cloud-platform+python
 
 If you are still having issues, please be sure to include as much information as possible:
 
 #### Environment details
 
-  - OS:
-  - Python version:
-  - pip version:
-  - `google-api-python-client` version:
+  - OS type and version:
+  - Python version: `python --version`
+  - pip version: `pip --version`
+  - `google-api-python-client` version: `pip show google-api-python-client`
 
 #### Steps to reproduce
 
   1. ?
   2. ?
 
+#### Code example
+
+```python
+# example
+```
+
+#### Stack trace
+```
+# example
+```
+
 Making sure to follow these steps will guarantee the quickest resolution possible.
 
 Thanks!
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24c6fa88f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Thank you for opening a Pull Request! Before submitting your PR, there are a few things you can do to make sure it goes smoothly:
+- [ ] Make sure to open an issue as a [bug/issue](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/new/choose) before writing your code!  That way we can discuss the change, evaluate designs, and agree on the general idea
+- [ ] Ensure the tests and linter pass
+- [ ] Code coverage does not decrease (if any source code was changed)
+- [ ] Appropriate docs were updated (if necessary)
+
+Fixes #<issue_number_goes_here> 🦕
diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4507ad059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+releaseType: python
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf2c4a698..1637b1d3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build/
 dist/
 
 # Test files
-.tox/
+.nox/
 
 # Coverage files
 .coverage
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index e0c966b5a..ab8cebb4b 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 
 set -eo pipefail
 
@@ -7,7 +20,20 @@ cd github/google-api-python-client
 # Disable buffering, so that the logs stream through.
 export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade tox
+# Debug: show build environment
+env | grep KOKORO
 
-# Run tests
-tox
+# Setup service account credentials.
+export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/service-account.json
+
+# Setup project id.
+export PROJECT_ID=$(cat "${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/project-id.json")
+
+# Remove old nox
+python3.6 -m pip uninstall --yes --quiet nox-automation
+
+# Install nox
+python3.6 -m pip install --upgrade --quiet nox
+python3.6 -m nox --version
+
+python3.6 -m nox
diff --git a/.kokoro/common.cfg b/.kokoro/common.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index c21dc6d4f..000000000
--- a/.kokoro/common.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
-
-# Download trampoline resources.
-gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/trampoline"
-
-# Use the trampoline script to run in docker.
-build_file: "google-api-python-client/.kokoro/trampoline.sh"
-
-# Configure the docker image for kokoro-trampoline.
-env_vars: {
-    key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
-    value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/python-multi"
-}
-
-# Tell the trampoline which build file to use.
-env_vars: {
-    key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
-    value: "github/google-api-python-client/.kokoro/build.sh"
-}
diff --git a/.kokoro/continuous/continuous.cfg b/.kokoro/continuous/continuous.cfg
index 18a4c3532..8f43917d9 100644
--- a/.kokoro/continuous/continuous.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/continuous/continuous.cfg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/presubmit/presubmit.cfg b/.kokoro/presubmit/presubmit.cfg
index 18a4c3532..8f43917d9 100644
--- a/.kokoro/presubmit/presubmit.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/presubmit/presubmit.cfg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/release.sh b/.kokoro/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b4756d089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# Start the releasetool reporter
+python3 -m pip install gcp-releasetool
+python3 -m releasetool publish-reporter-script > /tmp/publisher-script; source /tmp/publisher-script
+
+# Ensure that we have the latest versions of Twine, Wheel, and Setuptools.
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade twine wheel setuptools
+
+# Disable buffering, so that the logs stream through.
+export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Move into the package, build the distribution and upload.
+TWINE_PASSWORD=$(cat "${KOKORO_KEYSTORE_DIR}/73713_google_cloud_pypi_password")
+cd github/google-api-python-client
+python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+twine upload --username gcloudpypi --password "${TWINE_PASSWORD}" dist/*
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/common.cfg b/.kokoro/release/common.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a8864b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/release/common.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+# Build logs will be here
+action {
+  define_artifacts {
+    regex: "**/*sponge_log.xml"
+  }
+}
+
+# Download trampoline resources.
+gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/trampoline"
+
+# Use the trampoline script to run in docker.
+build_file: "google-api-python-client/.kokoro/trampoline.sh"
+
+# Configure the docker image for kokoro-trampoline.
+env_vars: {
+    key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
+    value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/python-multi"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
+    value: "github/google-api-python-client/.kokoro/release.sh"
+}
+
+# Fetch the token needed for reporting release status to GitHub
+before_action {
+  fetch_keystore {
+    keystore_resource {
+      keystore_config_id: 73713
+      keyname: "yoshi-automation-github-key"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Fetch PyPI password
+before_action {
+  fetch_keystore {
+    keystore_resource {
+      keystore_config_id: 73713
+      keyname: "google_cloud_pypi_password"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Fetch magictoken to use with Magic Github Proxy 
+before_action {
+  fetch_keystore {
+    keystore_resource {
+      keystore_config_id: 73713
+      keyname: "releasetool-magictoken"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Fetch api key to use with Magic Github Proxy 
+before_action {
+  fetch_keystore {
+    keystore_resource {
+      keystore_config_id: 73713
+      keyname: "magic-github-proxy-api-key"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/release.cfg b/.kokoro/release/release.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f43917d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/release/release.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/trampoline.sh b/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
index 0efc3be38..e8c4251f3 100755
--- a/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+
 set -eo pipefail
-# Always run the cleanup script, regardless of the success of bouncing into
-# the container.
-function cleanup() {
-    chmod +x ${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/trampoline_cleanup.sh
-    ${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/trampoline_cleanup.sh
-    echo "cleanup";
-}
-trap cleanup EXIT
-python3 "${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/trampoline_v1.py"
+
+python3 "${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/trampoline_v1.py"  || ret_code=$?
+
+chmod +x ${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/trampoline_cleanup.sh
+${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/trampoline_cleanup.sh || true
+
+exit ${ret_code}
diff --git a/.repo-metadata.json b/.repo-metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b810b0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.repo-metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+  
+{
+    "name": "google-api-python-client",
+    "name_pretty": "Google API Python Client",
+    "client_documentation": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/tree/master/docs#google-api-client-library-for-python-docs",
+    "issue_tracker": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues",
+    "release_level": "ga",
+    "language": "python",
+    "repo": "googleapis/google-api-python-client",
+    "distribution_name": "google-api-python-client"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92b744e57..b0eb4fb1d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
-v1.7.12
+# Changelog
+
+### [1.8.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1) (2020-04-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Adding ConnectionError to retry mechanism ([#822](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/822)) ([c7516a2](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/commit/c7516a2ea2c229479633690c109f8763dc0b30ed)), closes [googleapis#558](https://www.github.com/googleapis/googleapis/issues/558)
+* replace '-' in method names with '_' ([#863](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/863)) ([8ed729f](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/commit/8ed729f1d868a8713ab442bf0bf59e77ba36afb6))
+
+### v1.8.0
+  Version 1.8.0
+
+  Release to support API endpoint override.
+
+  New Features
+  - Add api endpoint override. ([#829](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/829))
+
+  Implementation Changes
+  - Don't set http.redirect_codes if the attr doesn't exist and allow more httplib2 versions. ([#841](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/841))
+
+### v1.7.12
   Version 1.7.12
   
   Bugfix release
@@ -28,7 +49,7 @@ v1.7.12
   - Blacken ([#772](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/722))
   - Move kokoro configs ([#832](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/832))
   
-v1.7.11
+### v1.7.11
   Version 1.7.11
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -40,7 +61,7 @@ v1.7.11
   - Fix typo in filename used in 'docs/auth.md' ([#736](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/736))
 
   
-v1.7.10
+### v1.7.10
   Version 1.7.10
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -62,21 +83,21 @@ v1.7.10
   - tox.ini: Look for Python syntax errors and undefined names ([#721](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/721))
 
 
-v1.7.9
+### v1.7.9
   Version 1.7.9
 
   Bugfix release
   - Remove Django Samples. ([#657](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/657))
   - Call request_orig with kwargs ([#658](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/658))
 
-v1.7.8
+### v1.7.8
   Version 1.7.8
 
   Bugfix release
   - Convert '$' in method name to '_' ([#616](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/616))
   - Alias unitest2 import as unittest in test__auth.py ([#613](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/613))
 
-v1.7.7
+### v1.7.7
   Version 1.7.7
 
     Bugfix release
@@ -89,28 +110,28 @@ v1.7.7
 
     - Add badges ([#455](https://github.com/google/google-api-python-client/pull/455))
 
-v1.7.6
+### v1.7.6
   Version 1.7.6
 
   Bugfix release
 
   - Add client-side limit for batch requests (#585)
 
-v1.7.5
+### v1.7.5
   Version 1.7.5
 
   Bugfix release
 
   - Fix the client to respect the passed in developerKey and credentials
 
-v1.7.4
+### v1.7.4
   Version 1.7.4
 
   Bugfix release
 
   - Catch ServerNotFoundError to retry the request (#532)
 
-v1.7.3
+### v1.7.3
   Version 1.7.3
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -118,21 +139,21 @@ v1.7.3
   - Make apiclient.sample_tools gracefully fail to import (#525).
 
 
-v1.7.2
+### v1.7.2
   Version 1.7.2
 
   Bugfix release
 
   - Remove unnecessary check in apiclient/__ini__.py (#522).
 
-v1.7.1
+### v1.7.1
   Version 1.7.1
 
   Bugfix release
 
   - Remove unnecessary check in setup.py (#518).
 
-v1.7.0
+### v1.7.0
   Version 1.7.0
 
   This release drops the hard requirement on oauth2client and installs
@@ -142,7 +163,7 @@ v1.7.0
   - Drop oauth2client dependency (#499)
   - Include tests in source distribution (#514)
 
-v1.6.7
+### v1.6.7
   Version 1.6.7
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -159,7 +180,7 @@ v1.6.7
   - discovery.py: remove unused oauth2client import. (#492)
   - Update README to reference GCP API client libraries. (#490)
 
-v1.6.6
+### v1.6.6
   Version 1.6.6
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -168,7 +189,7 @@ v1.6.6
   - Increase the default media chunksize to 100MB. (#482)
   - Remove unnecessary parsing of mime headers in HttpRequest.__init__ (#467)
 
-v1.6.5
+### v1.6.5
   Version 1.6.5
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -187,14 +208,14 @@ v1.6.5
   - Handle variant error format gracefully. (#459)
   - Avoid testing against Django >= 2.0.0 on Python 2. (#460)
 
-v1.6.4
+### v1.6.4
   Version 1.6.4
 
   Bugfix release
 
   - Warn when google-auth credentials are used but google-auth-httplib2 isn't available. (#443)
 
-v1.6.3
+### v1.6.3
   Version 1.6.3
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -210,7 +231,7 @@ v1.6.3
   - Don't treat httplib2.Credentials as oauth credentials. (#425)
   - Various fixes to the Django sample. (#413)
 
-v1.6.2
+### v1.6.2
   Version 1.6.2
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -219,14 +240,14 @@ v1.6.2
     when a developerKey was specified. (#347)
   - Official support for Python 3.5 and 3.6. (#341)
  
-v1.6.1
+### v1.6.1
   Version 1.6.1
 
   Bugfix release
 
   - Fixed a bug where using google-auth with scoped credentials would fail. (#328)
 
-v1.6.0
+### v1.6.0
   Version 1.6.0
 
   Release to drop support for Python 2.6 and add support for google-auth.
@@ -247,7 +268,7 @@ v1.6.0
   - Fixed resumable upload failure when receiving a 308 response. (#312)
   - Clarified the support versions of Python 3. (#316)
 
-v1.5.5
+### v1.5.5
   Version 1.5.5
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -257,7 +278,7 @@ v1.5.5
   - Refresh all discovery docs, not just the preferred ones. (#298)
   - Update minimum httplib2 dependency to >=0.9.2.
 
-v1.5.4
+### v1.5.4
   Version 1.5.4
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -267,14 +288,14 @@ v1.5.4
   - Allow oauth2client 4.0.0, with the caveat that file-based discovery
     caching is disabled.
 
-v1.5.3
+### v1.5.3
   Version 1.5.3
 
   Bugfix release
 
   - Fixed import error with oauth2client >= 3.0.0. (#270)
 
-v1.5.2
+### v1.5.2
   Version 1.5.2
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -285,7 +306,7 @@ v1.5.2
   - Obtain access token if necessary in BatchHttpRequest.execute(). (#232)
   - Warn when running tests using HttpMock without having a cache. (#261)
 
-v1.5.1
+### v1.5.1
   Version 1.5.1
 
   Bugfix release
@@ -298,7 +319,7 @@ v1.5.1
   - Use named loggers instead of the root logger. (#206)
   - New search console example. (#212)
 
-v1.5.0
+### v1.5.0
   Version 1.5.0
 
   Release to support oauth2client >= 2.0.0.
@@ -309,22 +330,22 @@ v1.5.0
   - Handle SSL errors with retries (#160)
   - Fix incompatibility with oauth2client v2.0.0 (#182)
 
-v1.4.2
+### v1.4.2
   Version 1.4.2
 
   Add automatic caching for the discovery docs.
 
-v1.4.1
+### v1.4.1
   Version 1.4.1
 
   Add the googleapiclient.discovery.Resource.new_batch_http_request method.
 
-v1.4.0
+### v1.4.0
   Version 1.4.0
 
   Python 3 support.
 
-v1.3.2
+### v1.3.2
   Version 1.3.2
 
   Small bugfix release.
@@ -334,12 +355,12 @@ v1.3.2
   - Better handling of `content-length` in media requests.
   - Add support for methodPath entries containing colon.
 
-v1.3.1
+### v1.3.1
   Version 1.3.1
 
   Quick release for a fix around aliasing in v1.3.
 
-v1.3
+### v1.3
   Version 1.3
 
   Add support for the Google Application Default Credentials.
@@ -358,7 +379,7 @@ v1.3
       setup.py attempts to detect this and prevents it. Simply remove
       the previous version and reinstall to fix this.
 
-v1.2
+### v1.2
   Version 1.2
 
   The use of the gflags library is now deprecated, and is no longer a
@@ -384,7 +405,7 @@ v1.2
   - Update AdExchange Buyer API examples to version v1.2.
 
 
-v1.1
+### v1.1
   Version 1.1
 
   Add PEM support to SignedJWTAssertionCredentials (used to only support
@@ -412,12 +433,12 @@ v1.1
   - Ensure that dataWrapper feature is checked before using the 'data' value.
   - HMAC verification does not use a constant time algorithm.
 
-v1.0
+### v1.0
  Version 1.0
 
   - Changes to the code for running tests and building releases.
 
-v1.0c3
+### v1.0c3
  Version 1.0 Release Candidate 3
 
   - In samples and oauth2 decorator, escape untrusted content before displaying it.
@@ -440,7 +461,7 @@ v1.0c3
   - oauth2client support for URL-encoded format of exchange token response (e.g.  Facebook)
   - Build cleaner and easier to read docs for dynamic surfaces.
 
-v1.0c2
+### v1.0c2
  Version 1.0 Release Candidate 2
 
   - Parameter values of None should be treated as missing. Fixes issue #144.
@@ -448,7 +469,7 @@ v1.0c2
   - Move all remaining samples over to client_secrets.json. Fixes issue #156.
   - Make locked_file.py understand win32file primitives for better awesomeness.
 
-v1.0c1
+### v1.0c1
  Version 1.0 Release Candidate 1
 
  - Documentation for the library has switched to epydoc:
@@ -473,7 +494,7 @@ v1.0c1
    * new analytics api samples. Reviewed here: http://codereview.appspot.com/5494058/
  - Convert all inline samples to the Farm API for consistency.
 
-v1.0beta8
+### v1.0beta8
  - Updated meda upload support.
  - Many fixes for batch requests.
  - Better handling for requests that don't require a body.
@@ -488,7 +509,7 @@ v1.0beta8
       'body' parameter in your call. The solution is to remove the unneeded
       body={} parameter.
 
-v1.0beta7
+### v1.0beta7
  - Support for batch requests.  http://code.google.com/p/google-api-python-client/wiki/Batch
  - Support for media upload.  http://code.google.com/p/google-api-python-client/wiki/MediaUpload
  - Better handling for APIs that return something other than JSON.
diff --git a/METADATA b/METADATA
index 440c5d9cb..cd76b0c4d 100644
--- a/METADATA
+++ b/METADATA
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ third_party {
     type: GIT
     value: "https://github.com/google/google-api-python-client"
   }
-  version: "v1.7.12"
+  version: "v1.8.1"
   last_upgrade_date {
     year: 2020
-    month: 3
-    day: 11
+    month: 4
+    day: 20
   }
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee38961d6..1ed3078f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ These client libraries are officially supported by Google.  However, the librari
 
 See the [docs folder](docs/README.md) for more detailed instructions and additional documentation.
 
-## Google Cloud Platform / Google Ads
+## Other Google API libraries
 
 For Google Cloud Platform APIs such as Datastore, Cloud Storage or Pub/Sub, we recommend using [Cloud Client Libraries for Python](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python).
 
 For Google Ads API, we recommend using [Google Ads API Client Library for Python](https://github.com/googleads/google-ads-python/).
 
+For Google Firebase Admin API, we recommend using [Firebase Admin Python SDK](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-admin-python).
+
 ## Installation
 
 Install this library in a [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) using pip. virtualenv is a tool to
diff --git a/googleapiclient/__init__.py b/googleapiclient/__init__.py
index 140b946fb..c9218dd85 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/__init__.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/__init__.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "1.7.12"
-
 # Set default logging handler to avoid "No handler found" warnings.
 import logging
 
diff --git a/googleapiclient/discovery.py b/googleapiclient/discovery.py
index 87403b9e8..66d4927aa 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/discovery.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/discovery.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import re
 # Third-party imports
 import httplib2
 import uritemplate
+import google.api_core.client_options
 
 # Local imports
 from googleapiclient import _auth
@@ -130,10 +131,10 @@ def fix_method_name(name):
     name: string, method name.
 
   Returns:
-    The name with '_' appended if the name is a reserved word and '$' 
+    The name with '_' appended if the name is a reserved word and '$' and '-'
     replaced with '_'. 
   """
-    name = name.replace("$", "_")
+    name = name.replace("$", "_").replace("-", "_")
     if keyword.iskeyword(name) or name in RESERVED_WORDS:
         return name + "_"
     else:
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ def build(
     credentials=None,
     cache_discovery=True,
     cache=None,
+    client_options=None,
 ):
     """Construct a Resource for interacting with an API.
 
@@ -202,6 +204,8 @@ def build(
     cache_discovery: Boolean, whether or not to cache the discovery doc.
     cache: googleapiclient.discovery_cache.base.CacheBase, an optional
       cache object for the discovery documents.
+    client_options: Dictionary or google.api_core.client_options, Client options to set user
+      options on the client. API endpoint should be set through client_options.
 
   Returns:
     A Resource object with methods for interacting with the service.
@@ -228,6 +232,7 @@ def build(
                 model=model,
                 requestBuilder=requestBuilder,
                 credentials=credentials,
+                client_options=client_options
             )
         except HttpError as e:
             if e.resp.status == http_client.NOT_FOUND:
@@ -304,6 +309,7 @@ def build_from_document(
     model=None,
     requestBuilder=HttpRequest,
     credentials=None,
+    client_options=None
 ):
     """Create a Resource for interacting with an API.
 
@@ -328,6 +334,8 @@ def build_from_document(
     credentials: oauth2client.Credentials or
       google.auth.credentials.Credentials, credentials to be used for
       authentication.
+    client_options: Dictionary or google.api_core.client_options, Client options to set user
+      options on the client. API endpoint should be set through client_options.
 
   Returns:
     A Resource object with methods for interacting with the service.
@@ -350,7 +358,16 @@ def build_from_document(
         )
         raise InvalidJsonError()
 
-    base = urljoin(service["rootUrl"], service["servicePath"])
+    # If an API Endpoint is provided on client options, use that as the base URL
+    base = urljoin(service['rootUrl'], service["servicePath"])
+    if client_options:
+        if type(client_options) == dict:
+            client_options = google.api_core.client_options.from_dict(
+                client_options
+            )
+        if client_options.api_endpoint:
+            base = client_options.api_endpoint
+
     schema = Schemas(service)
 
     # If the http client is not specified, then we must construct an http client
diff --git a/googleapiclient/http.py b/googleapiclient/http.py
index 719664de1..41256668b 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/http.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/http.py
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SEC = 60
 
 _LEGACY_BATCH_URI = "https://www.googleapis.com/batch"
 
+if six.PY2:
+    # That's a builtin python3 exception, nonexistent in python2.
+    # Defined to None to avoid NameError while trying to catch it
+    ConnectionError = None
+
 
 def _should_retry_response(resp_status, content):
     """Determines whether a response should be retried.
@@ -177,6 +182,10 @@ def _retry_request(
             # It's important that this be before socket.error as it's a subclass
             # socket.timeout has no errorcode
             exception = socket_timeout
+        except ConnectionError as connection_error:
+            # Needs to be before socket.error as it's a subclass of
+            # OSError (socket.error)
+            exception = connection_error
         except socket.error as socket_error:
             # errno's contents differ by platform, so we have to match by name.
             if socket.errno.errorcode.get(socket_error.errno) not in {
@@ -1751,16 +1760,18 @@ class HttpMockSequence(object):
         connection_type=None,
     ):
         resp, content = self._iterable.pop(0)
-        if content == "echo_request_headers":
+        content = six.ensure_binary(content)
+
+        if content == b"echo_request_headers":
             content = headers
-        elif content == "echo_request_headers_as_json":
+        elif content == b"echo_request_headers_as_json":
             content = json.dumps(headers)
-        elif content == "echo_request_body":
+        elif content == b"echo_request_body":
             if hasattr(body, "read"):
                 content = body.read()
             else:
                 content = body
-        elif content == "echo_request_uri":
+        elif content == b"echo_request_uri":
             content = uri
         if isinstance(content, six.text_type):
             content = content.encode("utf-8")
@@ -1891,6 +1902,13 @@ def build_http():
     # for Resumable Uploads rather than Permanent Redirects.
     # This asks httplib2 to exclude 308s from the status codes
     # it treats as redirects
-    http.redirect_codes = http.redirect_codes - {308}
+    try:
+      http.redirect_codes = http.redirect_codes - {308}
+    except AttributeError:
+      # Apache Beam tests depend on this library and cannot
+      # currently upgrade their httplib2 version
+      # http.redirect_codes does not exist in previous versions
+      # of httplib2, so pass
+      pass
 
     return http
diff --git a/googleapiclient/model.py b/googleapiclient/model.py
index 554056e3e..f58549c49 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/model.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/model.py
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ __author__ = "jcgregorio@google.com (Joe Gregorio)"
 import json
 import logging
 import platform
+import pkg_resources
 
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-from googleapiclient import __version__
 from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
 
+_LIBRARY_VERSION = pkg_resources.get_distribution("google-api-python-client").version
 _PY_VERSION = platform.python_version()
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ class BaseModel(Model):
         else:
             headers["x-goog-api-client"] = ""
         headers["x-goog-api-client"] += "gdcl/%s gl-python/%s" % (
-            __version__,
+            _LIBRARY_VERSION,
             _PY_VERSION,
         )
 
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ class BaseModel(Model):
                 return self.no_content_response
             return self.deserialize(content)
         else:
-            LOGGER.debug("Content from bad request was: %s" % content)
+            LOGGER.debug("Content from bad request was: %r" % content)
             raise HttpError(resp, content)
 
     def serialize(self, body_value):
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..438ff41c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import nox
+
+test_dependencies = [
+    "google-auth",
+    "google-auth-httplib2",
+    "mox",
+    "pyopenssl",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "webtest",
+    "coverage",
+    "unittest2",
+    "mock",
+]
+
+
+@nox.session(python=["3.7"])
+def lint(session):
+    session.install("flake8")
+    session.run(
+        "flake8",
+        "googleapiclient",
+        "tests",
+        "--count",
+        "--select=E9,F63,F7,F82",
+        "--show-source",
+        "--statistics",
+    )
+
+
+@nox.parametrize(
+    "oauth2client",
+    [
+        "oauth2client<2dev",
+        "oauth2client>=2,<=3dev",
+        "oauth2client>=3,<=4dev",
+        "oauth2client>=4,<=5dev",
+    ],
+)
+@nox.session(python=["2.7", "3.5", "3.6", "3.7"])
+def unit(session, oauth2client):
+    session.install(*test_dependencies)
+    session.install(oauth2client)
+    if session.python < "3.0":
+        session.install("django<2.0.0")
+    else:
+        session.install("django>=2.0.0")
+
+    session.install('.')
+
+    # Run py.test against the unit tests.
+    session.run(
+        "py.test",
+        "--quiet",
+        "--cov=googleapiclient",
+        "--cov=tests",
+        "--cov-append",
+        "--cov-config=.coveragerc",
+        "--cov-report=",
+        "--cov-fail-under=85",
+        "tests",
+        *session.posargs,
+    )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f45d8f110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "extends": [
+    "config:base"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 617515bd1..60974fbdf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,31 +28,40 @@ if (3, 1) <= sys.version_info < (3, 4):
     print("google-api-python-client requires python3 version >= 3.4.", file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)
 
+import io
+import os
 from setuptools import setup
 
 packages = ["apiclient", "googleapiclient", "googleapiclient/discovery_cache"]
 
 install_requires = [
-    "httplib2>=0.17.0,<1dev",
+    # NOTE: Apache Beam tests depend on this library and cannot
+    # currently upgrade their httplib2 version.
+    # Please see https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/pull/841
+    "httplib2>=0.9.2,<1dev",
     "google-auth>=1.4.1",
     "google-auth-httplib2>=0.0.3",
+    "google-api-core>=1.13.0,<2dev",
     "six>=1.6.1,<2dev",
     "uritemplate>=3.0.0,<4dev",
 ]
 
-long_desc = """The Google API Client for Python is a client library for
-accessing the Plus, Moderator, and many other Google APIs."""
+package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
-import googleapiclient
+readme_filename = os.path.join(package_root, "README.md")
+with io.open(readme_filename, encoding="utf-8") as readme_file:
+    readme = readme_file.read()
 
-version = googleapiclient.__version__
+version = "1.8.1"
 
 setup(
     name="google-api-python-client",
     version=version,
     description="Google API Client Library for Python",
-    long_description=long_desc,
-    author="Google Inc.",
+    long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+    author="Google LLC",
+    author_email="googleapis-packages@google.com",
     url="http://github.com/google/google-api-python-client/",
     install_requires=install_requires,
     python_requires=">=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*",
@@ -64,7 +73,6 @@ setup(
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d06a0f15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "updateTime": "2020-03-30T20:47:31.469660Z",
+  "sources": [
+    {
+      "git": {
+        "name": "synthtool",
+        "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
+        "sha": "f5e8c88d9870d8aa4eb43fa0b39f07e02bfbe4df"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synth.py b/synth.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..017717db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import synthtool as s
+from synthtool import gcp
+
+common = gcp.CommonTemplates()
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Add templated files
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+templated_files = common.py_library()
+
+# Copy kokoro configs.
+# Docs are excluded as repo docs cannot currently be generated using sphinx.
+s.move(templated_files / '.kokoro', excludes=['**/docs/*', 'publish-docs.sh'])
+
+# Also move issue templates
+s.move(templated_files / '.github')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_discovery.py b/tests/test_discovery.py
index f85035ef4..6400f2147 100644
--- a/tests/test_discovery.py
+++ b/tests/test_discovery.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ class DiscoveryFromDocument(unittest.TestCase):
         plus = build_from_document(
             discovery, base=base, credentials=self.MOCK_CREDENTIALS
         )
-        self.assertEquals("https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/", plus._baseUrl)
+        self.assertEqual("https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/", plus._baseUrl)
 
     def test_building_with_optional_http_with_authorization(self):
         discovery = open(datafile("plus.json")).read()
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ class DiscoveryFromDocument(unittest.TestCase):
         plus = build_from_document(
             discovery, base="https://www.googleapis.com/", http=http
         )
-        self.assertEquals(plus._http, http)
+        self.assertEqual(plus._http, http)
 
     def test_building_with_developer_key_skips_adc(self):
         discovery = open(datafile("plus.json")).read()
@@ -515,6 +515,25 @@ class DiscoveryFromDocument(unittest.TestCase):
         # application default credentials were used.
         self.assertNotIsInstance(plus._http, google_auth_httplib2.AuthorizedHttp)
 
+    def test_api_endpoint_override_from_client_options(self):
+        discovery = open(datafile("plus.json")).read()
+        api_endpoint = "https://foo.googleapis.com/"
+        options = google.api_core.client_options.ClientOptions(
+            api_endpoint=api_endpoint
+        )
+        plus = build_from_document(discovery, client_options=options)
+
+        self.assertEqual(plus._baseUrl, api_endpoint)
+
+    def test_api_endpoint_override_from_client_options_dict(self):
+        discovery = open(datafile("plus.json")).read()
+        api_endpoint = "https://foo.googleapis.com/"
+        plus = build_from_document(
+            discovery, client_options={"api_endpoint": api_endpoint}
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(plus._baseUrl, api_endpoint)
+
 
 class DiscoveryFromHttp(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -588,6 +607,39 @@ class DiscoveryFromHttp(unittest.TestCase):
         zoo = build("zoo", "v1", http=http, cache_discovery=False)
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(zoo, "animals"))
 
+    def test_api_endpoint_override_from_client_options(self):
+        http = HttpMockSequence(
+            [
+                ({"status": "404"}, "Not found"),
+                ({"status": "200"}, open(datafile("zoo.json"), "rb").read()),
+            ]
+        )
+        api_endpoint = "https://foo.googleapis.com/"
+        options = google.api_core.client_options.ClientOptions(
+            api_endpoint=api_endpoint
+        )
+        zoo = build(
+            "zoo", "v1", http=http, cache_discovery=False, client_options=options
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(zoo._baseUrl, api_endpoint)
+
+    def test_api_endpoint_override_from_client_options_dict(self):
+        http = HttpMockSequence(
+            [
+                ({"status": "404"}, "Not found"),
+                ({"status": "200"}, open(datafile("zoo.json"), "rb").read()),
+            ]
+        )
+        api_endpoint = "https://foo.googleapis.com/"
+        zoo = build(
+            "zoo",
+            "v1",
+            http=http,
+            cache_discovery=False,
+            client_options={"api_endpoint": api_endpoint},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(zoo._baseUrl, api_endpoint)
+
 
 class DiscoveryFromAppEngineCache(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_appengine_memcache(self):
@@ -928,8 +980,8 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         self.http = HttpMock(datafile("zoo.json"), {"status": "200"})
         zoo = build("zoo", "v1", http=self.http)
         request = zoo.animals().crossbreed(media_body=datafile("small.png"))
-        self.assertEquals("image/png", request.headers["content-type"])
-        self.assertEquals(b"PNG", request.body[1:4])
+        self.assertEqual("image/png", request.headers["content-type"])
+        self.assertEqual(b"PNG", request.body[1:4])
 
     def test_simple_media_raise_correct_exceptions(self):
         self.http = HttpMock(datafile("zoo.json"), {"status": "200"})
@@ -952,8 +1004,8 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         zoo = build("zoo", "v1", http=self.http)
 
         request = zoo.animals().insert(media_body=datafile("small.png"))
-        self.assertEquals("image/png", request.headers["content-type"])
-        self.assertEquals(b"PNG", request.body[1:4])
+        self.assertEqual("image/png", request.headers["content-type"])
+        self.assertEqual(b"PNG", request.body[1:4])
         assertUrisEqual(
             self,
             "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/zoo/v1/animals?uploadType=media&alt=json",
@@ -973,8 +1025,8 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         request = zoo.animals().insert(
             media_body=datafile("small-png"), media_mime_type="image/png"
         )
-        self.assertEquals("image/png", request.headers["content-type"])
-        self.assertEquals(b"PNG", request.body[1:4])
+        self.assertEqual("image/png", request.headers["content-type"])
+        self.assertEqual(b"PNG", request.body[1:4])
         assertUrisEqual(
             self,
             "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/zoo/v1/animals?uploadType=media&alt=json",
@@ -1045,13 +1097,13 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         media_upload = MediaFileUpload(datafile("small.png"), resumable=True)
         request = zoo.animals().insert(media_body=media_upload, body={})
         self.assertTrue(request.headers["content-type"].startswith("application/json"))
-        self.assertEquals('{"data": {}}', request.body)
-        self.assertEquals(media_upload, request.resumable)
+        self.assertEqual('{"data": {}}', request.body)
+        self.assertEqual(media_upload, request.resumable)
 
-        self.assertEquals("image/png", request.resumable.mimetype())
+        self.assertEqual("image/png", request.resumable.mimetype())
 
         self.assertNotEquals(request.body, None)
-        self.assertEquals(request.resumable_uri, None)
+        self.assertEqual(request.resumable_uri, None)
 
         http = HttpMockSequence(
             [
@@ -1078,32 +1130,32 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(None, body)
+        self.assertEqual(None, body)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(status, MediaUploadProgress))
-        self.assertEquals(0, status.resumable_progress)
+        self.assertEqual(0, status.resumable_progress)
 
         # Two requests should have been made and the resumable_uri should have been
         # updated for each one.
-        self.assertEquals(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/2")
-        self.assertEquals(media_upload, request.resumable)
-        self.assertEquals(0, request.resumable_progress)
+        self.assertEqual(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/2")
+        self.assertEqual(media_upload, request.resumable)
+        self.assertEqual(0, request.resumable_progress)
 
         # This next chuck call should upload the first chunk
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/3")
-        self.assertEquals(media_upload, request.resumable)
-        self.assertEquals(13, request.resumable_progress)
+        self.assertEqual(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/3")
+        self.assertEqual(media_upload, request.resumable)
+        self.assertEqual(13, request.resumable_progress)
 
         # This call will upload the next chunk
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/4")
-        self.assertEquals(media_upload.size() - 1, request.resumable_progress)
-        self.assertEquals('{"data": {}}', request.body)
+        self.assertEqual(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/4")
+        self.assertEqual(media_upload.size() - 1, request.resumable_progress)
+        self.assertEqual('{"data": {}}', request.body)
 
         # Final call to next_chunk should complete the upload.
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(body, {"foo": "bar"})
-        self.assertEquals(status, None)
+        self.assertEqual(body, {"foo": "bar"})
+        self.assertEqual(status, None)
 
     def test_resumable_media_good_upload(self):
         """Not a multipart upload."""
@@ -1112,12 +1164,12 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
 
         media_upload = MediaFileUpload(datafile("small.png"), resumable=True)
         request = zoo.animals().insert(media_body=media_upload, body=None)
-        self.assertEquals(media_upload, request.resumable)
+        self.assertEqual(media_upload, request.resumable)
 
-        self.assertEquals("image/png", request.resumable.mimetype())
+        self.assertEqual("image/png", request.resumable.mimetype())
 
-        self.assertEquals(request.body, None)
-        self.assertEquals(request.resumable_uri, None)
+        self.assertEqual(request.body, None)
+        self.assertEqual(request.resumable_uri, None)
 
         http = HttpMockSequence(
             [
@@ -1143,26 +1195,26 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(None, body)
+        self.assertEqual(None, body)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(status, MediaUploadProgress))
-        self.assertEquals(13, status.resumable_progress)
+        self.assertEqual(13, status.resumable_progress)
 
         # Two requests should have been made and the resumable_uri should have been
         # updated for each one.
-        self.assertEquals(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/2")
+        self.assertEqual(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/2")
 
-        self.assertEquals(media_upload, request.resumable)
-        self.assertEquals(13, request.resumable_progress)
+        self.assertEqual(media_upload, request.resumable)
+        self.assertEqual(13, request.resumable_progress)
 
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/3")
-        self.assertEquals(media_upload.size() - 1, request.resumable_progress)
-        self.assertEquals(request.body, None)
+        self.assertEqual(request.resumable_uri, "http://upload.example.com/3")
+        self.assertEqual(media_upload.size() - 1, request.resumable_progress)
+        self.assertEqual(request.body, None)
 
         # Final call to next_chunk should complete the upload.
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(body, {"foo": "bar"})
-        self.assertEquals(status, None)
+        self.assertEqual(body, {"foo": "bar"})
+        self.assertEqual(status, None)
 
     def test_resumable_media_good_upload_from_execute(self):
         """Not a multipart upload."""
@@ -1201,7 +1253,7 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
         body = request.execute(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(body, {"foo": "bar"})
+        self.assertEqual(body, {"foo": "bar"})
 
     def test_resumable_media_fail_unknown_response_code_first_request(self):
         """Not a multipart upload."""
@@ -1247,7 +1299,7 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             status.resumable_progress,
             7,
             "Should have first checked length and then tried to PUT more.",
@@ -1571,9 +1623,9 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         media_upload = MediaFileUpload(datafile("empty"), resumable=True)
         request = zoo.animals().insert(media_body=media_upload, body=None)
 
-        self.assertEquals(media_upload, request.resumable)
-        self.assertEquals(request.body, None)
-        self.assertEquals(request.resumable_uri, None)
+        self.assertEqual(media_upload, request.resumable)
+        self.assertEqual(request.body, None)
+        self.assertEqual(request.resumable_uri, None)
 
         http = HttpMockSequence(
             [
@@ -1590,9 +1642,9 @@ class Discovery(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
         status, body = request.next_chunk(http=http)
-        self.assertEquals(None, body)
+        self.assertEqual(None, body)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(status, MediaUploadProgress))
-        self.assertEquals(0, status.progress())
+        self.assertEqual(0, status.progress())
 
 
 class Next(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index 2bf5060c0..2c0756e6c 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -132,32 +132,31 @@ class HttpMockWithErrors(object):
     def request(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if not self.num_errors:
             return httplib2.Response(self.success_json), self.success_data
+        elif self.num_errors == 5 and PY3:
+            ex = ConnectionResetError  # noqa: F821
+        elif self.num_errors == 4:
+            ex = httplib2.ServerNotFoundError()
+        elif self.num_errors == 3:
+            ex = socket.error()
+            ex.errno = socket.errno.EPIPE
+        elif self.num_errors == 2:
+            ex = ssl.SSLError()
         else:
-            self.num_errors -= 1
-            if self.num_errors == 1:  # initial == 2
-                raise ssl.SSLError()
-            if self.num_errors == 3:  # initial == 4
-                raise httplib2.ServerNotFoundError()
-            else:  # initial != 2,4
-                if self.num_errors == 2:
-                    # first try a broken pipe error (#218)
-                    ex = socket.error()
-                    ex.errno = socket.errno.EPIPE
+            # Initialize the timeout error code to the platform's error code.
+            try:
+                # For Windows:
+                ex = socket.error()
+                ex.errno = socket.errno.WSAETIMEDOUT
+            except AttributeError:
+                # For Linux/Mac:
+                if PY3:
+                    ex = socket.timeout()
                 else:
-                    # Initialize the timeout error code to the platform's error code.
-                    try:
-                        # For Windows:
-                        ex = socket.error()
-                        ex.errno = socket.errno.WSAETIMEDOUT
-                    except AttributeError:
-                        # For Linux/Mac:
-                        if PY3:
-                            ex = socket.timeout()
-                        else:
-                            ex = socket.error()
-                            ex.errno = socket.errno.ETIMEDOUT
-                # Now raise the correct error.
-                raise ex
+                    ex = socket.error()
+                    ex.errno = socket.errno.ETIMEDOUT
+
+        self.num_errors -= 1
+        raise ex
 
 
 class HttpMockWithNonRetriableErrors(object):
@@ -562,14 +561,14 @@ class TestMediaIoBaseDownload(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_media_io_base_download_retries_connection_errors(self):
         self.request.http = HttpMockWithErrors(
-            4, {"status": "200", "content-range": "0-2/3"}, b"123"
+            5, {"status": "200", "content-range": "0-2/3"}, b"123"
         )
 
         download = MediaIoBaseDownload(fd=self.fd, request=self.request, chunksize=3)
         download._sleep = lambda _x: 0  # do nothing
         download._rand = lambda: 10
 
-        status, done = download.next_chunk(num_retries=4)
+        status, done = download.next_chunk(num_retries=5)
 
         self.assertEqual(self.fd.getvalue(), b"123")
         self.assertEqual(True, done)
@@ -899,13 +898,13 @@ class TestHttpRequest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_retry_connection_errors_non_resumable(self):
         model = JsonModel()
         request = HttpRequest(
-            HttpMockWithErrors(4, {"status": "200"}, '{"foo": "bar"}'),
+            HttpMockWithErrors(5, {"status": "200"}, '{"foo": "bar"}'),
             model.response,
             u"https://www.example.com/json_api_endpoint",
         )
         request._sleep = lambda _x: 0  # do nothing
         request._rand = lambda: 10
-        response = request.execute(num_retries=4)
+        response = request.execute(num_retries=5)
         self.assertEqual({u"foo": u"bar"}, response)
 
     def test_retry_connection_errors_resumable(self):
@@ -918,7 +917,7 @@ class TestHttpRequest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         request = HttpRequest(
             HttpMockWithErrors(
-                4, {"status": "200", "location": "location"}, '{"foo": "bar"}'
+                5, {"status": "200", "location": "location"}, '{"foo": "bar"}'
             ),
             model.response,
             u"https://www.example.com/file_upload",
@@ -927,7 +926,7 @@ class TestHttpRequest(unittest.TestCase):
         )
         request._sleep = lambda _x: 0  # do nothing
         request._rand = lambda: 10
-        response = request.execute(num_retries=4)
+        response = request.execute(num_retries=5)
         self.assertEqual({u"foo": u"bar"}, response)
 
     def test_retry(self):
@@ -1122,7 +1121,7 @@ class TestBatch(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_id_to_from_content_id_header(self):
         batch = BatchHttpRequest()
-        self.assertEquals("12", batch._header_to_id(batch._id_to_header("12")))
+        self.assertEqual("12", batch._header_to_id(batch._id_to_header("12")))
 
     def test_invalid_content_id_header(self):
         batch = BatchHttpRequest()
@@ -1646,7 +1645,7 @@ class TestHttpBuild(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_build_http_default_timeout_can_be_set_to_zero(self):
         socket.setdefaulttimeout(0)
         http = build_http()
-        self.assertEquals(http.timeout, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(http.timeout, 0)
     
     def test_build_http_default_308_is_excluded_as_redirect(self):
         http = build_http()
diff --git a/tests/test_json_model.py b/tests/test_json_model.py
index 0064f3fd7..68578039e 100644
--- a/tests/test_json_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_json_model.py
@@ -26,17 +26,19 @@ __author__ = "jcgregorio@google.com (Joe Gregorio)"
 import copy
 import json
 import os
+import pkg_resources
 import platform
 import unittest2 as unittest
 import httplib2
 import googleapiclient.model
 
-from googleapiclient import __version__
 from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
 from googleapiclient.model import JsonModel
 
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import parse_qs
 
+_LIBRARY_VERSION = pkg_resources.get_distribution("google-api-python-client").version
+
 
 class Model(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_json_no_body(self):
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ class Model(unittest.TestCase):
             headers["x-goog-api-client"],
             "gccl/1.23.4"
             + " gdcl/"
-            + __version__
+            + _LIBRARY_VERSION
             + " gl-python/"
             + platform.python_version(),
         )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d9bc1391..000000000
--- a/tox.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-envlist = py{27,34,35,36,37}-oauth2client{1,2,3,4}
-
-[testenv]
-deps =
-       oauth2client1: oauth2client<2dev
-       oauth2client2: oauth2client>=2,<=3dev
-       oauth2client3: oauth2client>=3,<=4dev
-       oauth2client4: oauth2client>=4,<=5dev
-       google-auth
-       google-auth-httplib2
-       mox
-       pyopenssl
-       django<2.0.0; python_version < '3.0.0'
-       django>=2.0.0; python_version > '3.0.0'
-       flake8
-       webtest
-       nose
-       coverage>=3.6,<3.99
-       unittest2
-       mock
-commands =
-       flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-       nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=googleapiclient --nocapture --cover-erase --cover-tests --cover-branches --cover-min-percentage=85 []