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+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# 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 typing import Iterable
+
+# [START compute_firewall_list]
+# [START compute_firewall_create]
+# [START compute_firewall_patch]
+# [START compute_firewall_delete]
+import google.cloud.compute_v1 as compute_v1
+# [END compute_firewall_delete]
+# [END compute_firewall_patch]
+# [END compute_firewall_create]
+# [END compute_firewall_list]
+
+
+# [START compute_firewall_list]
+def list_firewall_rules(project_id: str) -> Iterable:
+    """
+    Return a list of all the firewall rules in specified project. Also prints the
+    list of firewall names and their descriptions.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
+
+    Returns:
+    A flat list of all firewall rules defined for given project.
+    """
+    firewall_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
+    firewalls_list = firewall_client.list(project=project_id)
+
+    for firewall in firewalls_list:
+        print(f" - {firewall.name}: {firewall.description}")
+
+    return firewalls_list
+# [END compute_firewall_list]
+
+
+def print_firewall_rule(project_id: str, firewall_rule_name: str):
+    firewall_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
+    print(firewall_client.get(project=project_id, firewall=firewall_rule_name))
+
+
+# [START compute_firewall_create]
+def create_firewall_rule(
+    project_id: str, firewall_rule_name: str, network: str = "global/networks/default"
+):
+    """
+    Creates a simple firewall rule allowing for incoming HTTP and HTTPS access from the entire Internet.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
+        firewall_rule_name: name of the rule that is created.
+        network: name of the network the rule will be applied to. Available name formats:
+            * https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network}
+            * projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network}
+            * global/networks/{network}
+    """
+    firewall_rule = compute_v1.Firewall()
+    firewall_rule.name = firewall_rule_name
+    firewall_rule.direction = compute_v1.Firewall.Direction.INGRESS
+
+    tcp_80_443_allowed = compute_v1.Allowed()
+    tcp_80_443_allowed.I_p_protocol = "tcp"
+    tcp_80_443_allowed.ports = ["80", "443"]
+
+    firewall_rule.allowed = [tcp_80_443_allowed]
+    firewall_rule.source_ranges = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+    firewall_rule.network = network
+    firewall_rule.description = "Allowing TCP traffic on port 80 and 443 from Internet."
+
+    # Note that the default value of priority for the firewall API is 1000.
+    # If you check the value of `firewall_rule.priority` at this point it
+    # will be equal to 0, however it is not treated as "set" by the library and thus
+    # the default will be applied to the new rule. If you want to create a rule that
+    # has priority == 0, you need to explicitly set it so:
+
+    # firewall_rule.priority = 0
+
+    firewall_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
+    op = firewall_client.insert(project=project_id, firewall_resource=firewall_rule)
+
+    op_client = compute_v1.GlobalOperationsClient()
+    op_client.wait(project=project_id, operation=op.name)
+
+    return
+# [END compute_firewall_create]
+
+
+# [START compute_firewall_patch]
+def patch_firewall_priority(project_id: str, firewall_rule_name: str, priority: int):
+    """
+    Modifies the priority of a given firewall rule.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
+        firewall_rule_name: name of the rule you want to modify.
+        priority: the new priority to be set for the rule.
+    """
+    firewall_rule = compute_v1.Firewall()
+    firewall_rule.priority = priority
+
+    # The patch operation doesn't require the full definition of a Firewall object. It will only update
+    # the values that were set in it, in this case it will only change the priority.
+    firewall_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
+    operation = firewall_client.patch(
+        project=project_id, firewall=firewall_rule_name, firewall_resource=firewall_rule
+    )
+
+    operation_client = compute_v1.GlobalOperationsClient()
+    operation_client.wait(project=project_id, operation=operation.name)
+    return
+# [END compute_firewall_patch]
+
+
+# [START compute_firewall_delete]
+def delete_firewall_rule(project_id: str, firewall_rule_name: str):
+    """
+    Deleted a firewall rule from the project.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
+        firewall_rule_name: name of the firewall rule you want to delete.
+    """
+    firewall_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
+    operation = firewall_client.delete(project=project_id, firewall=firewall_rule_name)
+
+    operation_client = compute_v1.GlobalOperationsClient()
+    operation_client.wait(project=project_id, operation=operation.name)
+    return
+# [END compute_firewall_delete]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import google.auth
+    import google.auth.exceptions
+
+    try:
+        default_project_id = google.auth.default()[1]
+        print(f"Using project {default_project_id}.")
+    except google.auth.exceptions.DefaultCredentialsError:
+        print(
+            "Please use `gcloud auth application-default login` "
+            "or set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS to use this script."
+        )
+    else:
+        import uuid
+
+        rule_name = "firewall-sample-" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
+        print(f"Creating firewall rule {rule_name}...")
+        # The rule will be created with default priority of 1000.
+        create_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name)
+        try:
+            print("Rule created:")
+            print_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name)
+            print("Updating rule priority to 10...")
+            patch_firewall_priority(default_project_id, rule_name, 10)
+            print("Rule updated: ")
+            print_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name)
+            print(f"Deleting rule {rule_name}...")
+        finally:
+            delete_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name)
+        print("Done.")
diff --git a/samples/snippets/test_sample_firewall.py b/samples/snippets/test_sample_firewall.py
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+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# 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 time
+import uuid
+
+import google.auth
+from google.cloud import compute_v1
+import pytest
+
+
+from sample_firewall import (
+    create_firewall_rule,
+    delete_firewall_rule,
+    list_firewall_rules,
+    patch_firewall_priority,
+)
+
+PROJECT = google.auth.default()[1]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def firewall_rule():
+    firewall_rule = compute_v1.Firewall()
+    firewall_rule.name = "firewall-sample-test" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
+    firewall_rule.direction = compute_v1.Firewall.Direction.INGRESS
+    tcp_80_443_allowed = compute_v1.Allowed()
+    tcp_80_443_allowed.I_p_protocol = "tcp"
+    tcp_80_443_allowed.ports = ["80"]
+    firewall_rule.allowed = [tcp_80_443_allowed]
+    firewall_rule.source_ranges = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+    firewall_rule.network = "global/networks/default"
+    firewall_rule.description = "Rule generated by Python sample test fixture."
+
+    firewall_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
+    op = firewall_client.insert(project=PROJECT, firewall_resource=firewall_rule)
+
+    op_client = compute_v1.GlobalOperationsClient()
+    op_client.wait(project=PROJECT, operation=op.name)
+
+    yield firewall_client.get(project=PROJECT, firewall=firewall_rule.name)
+
+    op = firewall_client.delete(project=PROJECT, firewall=firewall_rule.name)
+    op_client.wait(project=PROJECT, operation=op.name)
+
+
+def test_create_delete():
+    rule_name = "firewall-sample-test-" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
+    create_firewall_rule(PROJECT, rule_name)
+    assert any(rule.name == rule_name for rule in list_firewall_rules(PROJECT))
+    delete_firewall_rule(PROJECT, rule_name)
+    assert all(rule.name != rule_name for rule in list_firewall_rules(PROJECT))
+
+
+def test_patch_rule(firewall_rule):
+    fw_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
+    assert firewall_rule.priority == 1000
+    patch_firewall_priority(PROJECT, firewall_rule.name, 500)
+    time.sleep(2)
+    updated_firewall_rule = fw_client.get(project=PROJECT, firewall=firewall_rule.name)
+    assert updated_firewall_rule.priority == 500