diff --git a/gcloud/search/__init__.py b/gcloud/search/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Google Cloud Search API wrapper."""
+
+from gcloud.search.client import Client
+from gcloud.search.connection import Connection
+
+
+SCOPE = Connection.SCOPE
diff --git a/gcloud/search/client.py b/gcloud/search/client.py
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+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Client for interacting with the Google Cloud search API."""
+
+
+from gcloud.client import JSONClient
+from gcloud.search.connection import Connection
+
+
+class Client(JSONClient):
+    """Client to bundle configuration needed for API requests.
+
+    :type project: string
+    :param project: the project which the client acts on behalf of. Will be
+                    passed when creating a zone.  If not passed,
+                    falls back to the default inferred from the environment.
+
+    :type credentials: :class:`oauth2client.client.OAuth2Credentials` or
+                       :class:`NoneType`
+    :param credentials: The OAuth2 Credentials to use for the connection
+                        owned by this client. If not passed (and if no ``http``
+                        object is passed), falls back to the default inferred
+                        from the environment.
+
+    :type http: :class:`httplib2.Http` or class that defines ``request()``.
+    :param http: An optional HTTP object to make requests. If not passed, an
+                 ``http`` object is created that is bound to the
+                 ``credentials`` for the current object.
+    """
+
+    _connection_class = Connection
diff --git a/gcloud/search/connection.py b/gcloud/search/connection.py
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+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Create / interact with gcloud search connections."""
+
+from gcloud import connection as base_connection
+
+
+class Connection(base_connection.JSONConnection):
+    """A connection to Google Cloud Search via the JSON REST API."""
+
+    API_BASE_URL = 'https://cloudsearch.googleapis.com'
+    """The base of the API call URL."""
+
+    API_VERSION = 'v1'
+    """The version of the API, used in building the API call's URL."""
+
+    API_URL_TEMPLATE = '{api_base_url}/{api_version}{path}'
+    """A template for the URL of a particular API call."""
+
+    SCOPE = ('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.cloudsearch',)
+    """The scopes required for authenticating as a Cloud Search consumer."""
diff --git a/gcloud/search/test_client.py b/gcloud/search/test_client.py
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+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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 unittest2
+
+
+class TestClient(unittest2.TestCase):
+
+    def _getTargetClass(self):
+        from gcloud.search.client import Client
+        return Client
+
+    def _makeOne(self, *args, **kw):
+        return self._getTargetClass()(*args, **kw)
+
+    def test_ctor(self):
+        from gcloud.search.connection import Connection
+        PROJECT = 'PROJECT'
+        creds = _Credentials()
+        http = object()
+        client = self._makeOne(project=PROJECT, credentials=creds, http=http)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(client.connection, Connection))
+        self.assertTrue(client.connection.credentials is creds)
+        self.assertTrue(client.connection.http is http)
+
+
+class _Credentials(object):
+
+    _scopes = None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_scoped_required():
+        return True
+
+    def create_scoped(self, scope):
+        self._scopes = scope
+        return self
diff --git a/gcloud/search/test_connection.py b/gcloud/search/test_connection.py
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+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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 unittest2
+
+
+class TestConnection(unittest2.TestCase):
+
+    def _getTargetClass(self):
+        from gcloud.search.connection import Connection
+        return Connection
+
+    def _makeOne(self, *args, **kw):
+        return self._getTargetClass()(*args, **kw)
+
+    def test_build_api_url_no_extra_query_params(self):
+        conn = self._makeOne()
+        URI = '/'.join([
+            conn.API_BASE_URL,
+            conn.API_VERSION,
+            'foo',
+        ])
+        self.assertEqual(conn.build_api_url('/foo'), URI)
+
+    def test_build_api_url_w_extra_query_params(self):
+        from six.moves.urllib.parse import parse_qsl
+        from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit
+        conn = self._makeOne()
+        uri = conn.build_api_url('/foo', {'bar': 'baz'})
+        scheme, netloc, path, qs, _ = urlsplit(uri)
+        self.assertEqual('%s://%s' % (scheme, netloc), conn.API_BASE_URL)
+        self.assertEqual(path,
+                         '/'.join(['', conn.API_VERSION, 'foo']))
+        parms = dict(parse_qsl(qs))
+        self.assertEqual(parms['bar'], 'baz')