{"categories":[{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/11"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides a collection of utilities for Python developers covering file downloading, data retrieval, JSON/YAML handling, date operations, text processing, hashing, logging, and URL manipulation.","skillfed_tags":["data-utilities","file-handling"],"use_cases":["Download files from URLs with built-in support for authentication, streaming, and hash verification","Load and save JSON or YAML data while maintaining key order across Python versions","Parse and manipulate tabular data using frictionless and Excel libraries","Set up structured logging and error handling quickly without boilerplate","Process and validate text, URLs, UUIDs, and other common data formats"],"what_it_does":"HDX Python Utilities is a general-purpose library that bundles common utility functions for data handling, file operations, and text processing. It wraps or provides helpers around tasks like downloading files with authentication and hashing, loading and saving JSON and YAML while preserving order, date/time manipulation, dictionary and list operations, HTML parsing, logging setup, and URL handling.\n\nThe library is designed for developers who need these utilities without building them from scratch. It brings together 15 runtime dependencies including frictionless, openpyxl, requests-file, ruamel-yaml, and others to provide a cohesive interface for common operations. It's part of the Humanitarian Data Exchange project but explicitly notes these utilities are not HDX-specific.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need a grab-bag of utility functions for data handling and file operations. The library is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and installs with low friction. The MIT license is permissive. However, its 15 runtime dependencies mean you're pulling in a substantial dependency tree; evaluate whether you need the full suite or could use smaller, focused libraries instead."},"id":"hdx-python-utilities","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/hdx-python-utilities","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/hdx-python-utilities.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/hdx-python-utilities/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-16","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"hdx-python-utilities","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"HDX Python Utilities for streaming tabular data, date and time handling and other helpful functions"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":561011,"position":5999,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"4.1.2"}