diff --git a/dev-python/google-api-python-client/google-api-python-client-2.38.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/google-api-python-client/google-api-python-client-2.38.0-r1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Google API Client for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/httplib2-0.15[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/httplib2-1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/google-api-core[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/google-auth-1.35.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/google-auth-httplib2-0.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/uritemplate-3.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/uritemplate-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/oauth2client[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pandas[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/parameterized[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# require Internet access (and credentials)
+		tests/test_discovery.py::DiscoveryErrors::test_credentials_and_credentials_file_mutually_exclusive
+		tests/test_discovery.py::DiscoveryFromDocument::test_api_endpoint_override_from_client_options_mapping_object
+	)
+
+	epytest tests
+}