diff --git a/kms/api-client/asymmetric.py b/kms/api-client/asymmetric.py
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+++ b/kms/api-client/asymmetric.py
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+#!/bin/python
+# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+#
+# 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.rom googleapiclient import discovery
+
+import base64
+import hashlib
+
+from cryptography.exceptions import InvalidSignature
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ec, padding, utils
+
+
+# [START kms_get_asymmetric_public]
+def getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path):
+    """Retrieves the public key from a saved asymmetric key pair on Cloud KMS
+    """
+    request = client.projects() \
+                    .locations() \
+                    .keyRings() \
+                    .cryptoKeys() \
+                    .cryptoKeyVersions() \
+                    .getPublicKey(name=key_path)
+    response = request.execute()
+    key_txt = response['pem'].encode('ascii')
+    key = serialization.load_pem_public_key(key_txt, default_backend())
+    return key
+# [END kms_get_asymmetric_public]
+
+
+# [START kms_decrypt_rsa]
+def decryptRSA(ciphertext, client, key_path):
+    """Decrypt a given ciphertext using an RSA private key stored on Cloud KMS
+    """
+    request = client.projects() \
+                    .locations() \
+                    .keyRings() \
+                    .cryptoKeys() \
+                    .cryptoKeyVersions() \
+                    .asymmetricDecrypt(name=key_path,
+                                       body={'ciphertext': ciphertext})
+    response = request.execute()
+    plaintext = base64.b64decode(response['plaintext']).decode('utf-8')
+    return plaintext
+# [END kms_decrypt_rsa]
+
+
+# [START kms_encrypt_rsa]
+def encryptRSA(message, client, key_path):
+    """Encrypt message locally using an RSA public key retrieved from Cloud KMS
+    """
+    public_key = getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path)
+    pad = padding.OAEP(mgf=padding.MGF1(algorithm=hashes.SHA256()),
+                       algorithm=hashes.SHA256(),
+                       label=None)
+    ciphertext = public_key.encrypt(message.encode('ascii'), pad)
+    ciphertext = base64.b64encode(ciphertext).decode('utf-8')
+    return ciphertext
+# [END kms_encrypt_rsa]
+
+
+# [START kms_sign_asymmetric]
+def signAsymmetric(message, client, key_path):
+    """Create a signature for a message using a private key stored on Cloud KMS
+    """
+    digest_bytes = hashlib.sha256(message.encode('ascii')).digest()
+    digest64 = base64.b64encode(digest_bytes)
+
+    digest_JSON = {'sha256': digest64.decode('utf-8')}
+    request = client.projects() \
+                    .locations() \
+                    .keyRings() \
+                    .cryptoKeys() \
+                    .cryptoKeyVersions() \
+                    .asymmetricSign(name=key_path,
+                                    body={'digest': digest_JSON})
+    response = request.execute()
+    return response.get('signature', None)
+# [END kms_sign_asymmetric]
+
+
+# [START kms_verify_signature_rsa]
+def verifySignatureRSA(signature, message, client, key_path):
+    """Verify the validity of an 'RSA_SIGN_PSS_2048_SHA256' signature
+    for the specified plaintext message
+    """
+    public_key = getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path)
+
+    digest_bytes = hashlib.sha256(message.encode('ascii')).digest()
+    sig_bytes = base64.b64decode(signature)
+
+    try:
+        # Attempt verification
+        public_key.verify(sig_bytes,
+                          digest_bytes,
+                          padding.PSS(mgf=padding.MGF1(hashes.SHA256()),
+                                      salt_length=32),
+                          utils.Prehashed(hashes.SHA256()))
+        # No errors were thrown. Verification was successful
+        return True
+    except InvalidSignature:
+        return False
+# [END kms_verify_signature_rsa]
+
+
+# [START kms_verify_signature_ec]
+def verifySignatureEC(signature, message, client, key_path):
+    """Verify the validity of an 'EC_SIGN_P224_SHA256' signature
+    for the specified plaintext message
+    """
+    public_key = getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path)
+
+    digest_bytes = hashlib.sha256(message.encode('ascii')).digest()
+    sig_bytes = base64.b64decode(signature)
+
+    try:
+        # Attempt verification
+        public_key.verify(sig_bytes,
+                          digest_bytes,
+                          ec.ECDSA(utils.Prehashed(hashes.SHA256())))
+        # No errors were thrown. Verification was successful
+        return True
+    except InvalidSignature:
+        return False
+# [END kms_verify_signature_ec]
diff --git a/kms/api-client/asymmetric_test.py b/kms/api-client/asymmetric_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20119ce590ac
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+++ b/kms/api-client/asymmetric_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#!/bin/python
+# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+
+from os import environ
+from time import sleep
+
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl.ec import _EllipticCurvePublicKey
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl.rsa import _RSAPublicKey
+from googleapiclient import discovery
+from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
+import sample
+
+
+def create_key_helper(key_id, key_path, purpose, algorithm, t):
+    try:
+        t.client.projects() \
+                .locations() \
+                .keyRings() \
+                .cryptoKeys() \
+                .create(parent='{}/keyRings/{}'.format(t.parent, t.keyring),
+                        body={'purpose': purpose,
+                              'versionTemplate': {
+                                  'algorithm': algorithm
+                                  }
+                              },
+                        cryptoKeyId=key_id) \
+                .execute()
+        return True
+    except HttpError:
+        # key already exists
+        return False
+
+
+def setup_module(module):
+    """
+    Set up keys in project if needed
+    """
+    t = TestKMSSamples()
+    try:
+        # create keyring
+        t.client.projects() \
+                .locations() \
+                .keyRings() \
+                .create(parent=t.parent, body={}, keyRingId=t.keyring) \
+                .execute()
+    except HttpError:
+        # keyring already exists
+        pass
+    s1 = create_key_helper(t.rsaDecryptId, t.rsaDecrypt, 'ASYMMETRIC_DECRYPT',
+                           'RSA_DECRYPT_OAEP_2048_SHA256', t)
+    s2 = create_key_helper(t.rsaSignId, t.rsaSign, 'ASYMMETRIC_SIGN',
+                           'RSA_SIGN_PSS_2048_SHA256', t)
+    s3 = create_key_helper(t.ecSignId, t.ecSign, 'ASYMMETRIC_SIGN',
+                           'EC_SIGN_P224_SHA256', t)
+    if s1 or s2 or s3:
+        # leave time for keys to initialize
+        sleep(20)
+
+
+class TestKMSSamples:
+
+    project_id = environ['GCLOUD_PROJECT']
+    keyring = 'kms-asymmetric-samples4'
+    parent = 'projects/{}/locations/global'.format(project_id)
+
+    rsaSignId = 'rsa-sign'
+    rsaDecryptId = 'rsa-decrypt'
+    ecSignId = 'ec-sign'
+
+    rsaSign = '{}/keyRings/{}/cryptoKeys/{}/cryptoKeyVersions/1' \
+              .format(parent, keyring, rsaSignId)
+    rsaDecrypt = '{}/keyRings/{}/cryptoKeys/{}/cryptoKeyVersions/1' \
+                 .format(parent, keyring, rsaDecryptId)
+    ecSign = '{}/keyRings/{}/cryptoKeys/{}/cryptoKeyVersions/1' \
+             .format(parent, keyring, ecSignId)
+
+    message = 'test message 123'
+
+    client = discovery.build('cloudkms', 'v1')
+
+    def test_get_public_key(self):
+        rsa_key = sample.getAsymmetricPublicKey(self.client, self.rsaDecrypt)
+        assert isinstance(rsa_key, _RSAPublicKey), 'expected RSA key'
+        ec_key = sample.getAsymmetricPublicKey(self.client, self.ecSign)
+        assert isinstance(ec_key, _EllipticCurvePublicKey), 'expected EC key'
+
+    def test_rsa_encrypt_decrypt(self):
+        ciphertext = sample.encryptRSA(self.message,
+                                       self.client,
+                                       self.rsaDecrypt)
+        # ciphertext should be 344 characters with base64 and RSA 2048
+        assert len(ciphertext) == 344, \
+            'ciphertext should be 344 chars; got {}'.format(len(ciphertext))
+        assert ciphertext[-2:] == '==', 'cipher text should end with =='
+        plaintext = sample.decryptRSA(ciphertext, self.client, self.rsaDecrypt)
+        assert plaintext == self.message
+
+    def test_rsa_sign_verify(self):
+        sig = sample.signAsymmetric(self.message, self.client, self.rsaSign)
+        # ciphertext should be 344 characters with base64 and RSA 2048
+        assert len(sig) == 344, \
+            'sig should be 344 chars; got {}'.format(len(sig))
+        assert sig[-2:] == '==', 'sig should end with =='
+        success = sample.verifySignatureRSA(sig,
+                                            self.message,
+                                            self.client,
+                                            self.rsaSign)
+        assert success is True, 'RSA verification failed'
+        success = sample.verifySignatureRSA(sig,
+                                            self.message+'.',
+                                            self.client,
+                                            self.rsaSign)
+        assert success is False, 'verify should fail with modified message'
+
+    def test_ec_sign_verify(self):
+        sig = sample.signAsymmetric(self.message, self.client, self.ecSign)
+        assert len(sig) > 50 and len(sig) < 300, \
+            'sig outside expected length range'
+        success = sample.verifySignatureEC(sig,
+                                           self.message,
+                                           self.client,
+                                           self.ecSign)
+        assert success is True, 'EC verification failed'
+        success = sample.verifySignatureEC(sig,
+                                           self.message+'.',
+                                           self.client,
+                                           self.ecSign)
+        assert success is False, 'verify should fail with modified message'
diff --git a/kms/api-client/requirements.txt b/kms/api-client/requirements.txt
index e5f3a6c5cd6b..e18999655f7f 100644
--- a/kms/api-client/requirements.txt
+++ b/kms/api-client/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 google-api-python-client==1.6.6
 google-auth==1.4.1
 google-auth-httplib2==0.0.3
+cryptography==2.3.1