{"categories":[{"label":"WWW/HTTP","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides an authentication handler for HTTP requests using Akamai's EdgeGrid Authentication scheme, integrating with the requests library to sign API calls.","skillfed_tags":["request-signing","authentication"],"use_cases":["Authenticate requests to APIs from a Python application or script using EdgeGrid credentials.","Build automation tools that interact with identity management, configuration, or reporting endpoints.","Integrate API calls into a larger Python service without manually computing EdgeGrid signatures.","Debug and log API interactions during development using the built-in logging support.","Deploy credential-based API clients that read authentication from .edgerc files for multi-environment setups."],"what_it_does":"EdgeGrid for Python is an authentication handler that integrates with the requests library to sign HTTP requests using the EdgeGrid Authentication scheme. It allows you to authenticate API calls by managing credentials (client token, client secret, access token) and automatically computing request signatures with timestamps. The library reads credentials from a local .edgerc configuration file or accepts them as constructor arguments, then attaches the computed authentication headers to outgoing requests.\n\nThe package is designed for developers building Python applications that interact with APIs requiring EdgeGrid authentication. It handles the cryptographic signing and header construction transparently, so you work with requests as normal\u2014passing headers, query parameters, and request bodies\u2014while the authentication layer manages signing. It supports multipart form data via requests_toolbelt and file-like objects for request bodies, and includes debugging facilities for logging request details.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with low friction, and is the standard way to authenticate EdgeGrid API requests from Python. Install it if you need to call EdgeGrid-authenticated APIs from a Python application."},"id":"edgegrid-python","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/edgegrid-python","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/edgegrid-python.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/edgegrid-python/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-05-19","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"edgegrid-python","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"{OPEN} client authentication protocol for python-requests"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":878769,"position":4825,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.0.7"}