{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Manages authentication credentials for Alibaba Cloud services, supporting multiple credential types including access keys, STS tokens, RAM roles, OIDC, and bearer tokens.","skillfed_tags":["alibaba-cloud","credential-management","authentication"],"use_cases":["Initialize SDK clients for Alibaba Cloud services using stored or environment-based credentials without hardcoding secrets.","Assume temporary RAM roles with session-based credentials for fine-grained access control in multi-tenant or federated environments.","Integrate OIDC identity providers for Kubernetes or other federated identity systems accessing Alibaba Cloud.","Rotate and refresh STS tokens automatically during long-running application lifecycles.","Support multiple credential strategies (access keys, bearer tokens, credentials URIs) in a single codebase for different deployment scenarios."],"what_it_does":"This package provides credential management for the Alibaba Cloud Python SDK, handling the authentication layer between your application and Alibaba Cloud services. It abstracts away the complexity of multiple credential types\u2014from simple access key pairs to temporary STS tokens, RAM role assumption, OIDC federation, and bearer tokens\u2014into a unified Config and Credentials interface.\n\nThe package depends on alibabacloud-tea (the core Alibaba Cloud SDK transport layer), alibabacloud-credentials-api (the credential interface contract), APScheduler (likely for token refresh scheduling), and aiofiles (for async file operations, possibly for reading OIDC token files). It's actively maintained, supports Python 3.7 through 3.12, and carries no known security vulnerabilities. Use it when building applications that integrate with Alibaba Cloud services and need flexible, secure credential handling.","worth_installing":"Yes. This is the official credential provider for Alibaba Cloud's Python SDK ecosystem\u2014actively maintained, permissively licensed, low install friction, and carrying zero known vulnerabilities. Install it if you are building applications that authenticate to Alibaba Cloud services; it is a required dependency for most Alibaba Cloud SDK packages."},"id":"alibabacloud-credentials","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/alibabacloud-credentials","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/alibabacloud-credentials.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/alibabacloud-credentials/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-07","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"alibabacloud-credentials","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"The alibabacloud credentials module of alibabaCloud Python SDK."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":8027926,"position":1671,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.11"}