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The Go ("Golang":http://golang.org) SDK provides a generic set of wrappers so you can make API calls easily.

See "Arvados GoDoc":https://godoc.org/git.curoverse.com/arvados.git/sdk/go for detailed documentation.

h3. Installation

Use @go get git.curoverse.com/arvados.git/sdk/go/arvadosclient@.  The go tools will fetch the relevant code and dependencies for you.

<notextile>{% code 'example_sdk_go_imports' as go %}</notextile>

If you need pre-release client code, you can use the latest version from the repo by following "these instructions.":https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Go#Using-Go-with-Arvados