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-This library is built on top of google-gax as its transport layer. To customize the common behavior of this client library (timeout, retry, etc), see [Client Library Howto](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/blob/main/client-libraries.md).
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 ## Samples
 
 Samples are in the [`samples/`](https://github.com/{{  metadata['repo']['repo'] }}/tree/{{ metadata['repo']['default_branch'] }}/samples) directory. Each sample's `README.md` has instructions for running its sample.