{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/2"},{"label":"Libraries","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Consumes Server-Sent Events (SSE) from remote APIs with synchronous and experimental async implementations, supporting exponential backoff retries and custom HTTP configuration.","skillfed_tags":["streaming","event-driven","http-client"],"use_cases":["Consume feature flag updates from LaunchDarkly's streaming API in a Python backend service.","Build a real-time event listener that processes server-sent events with automatic reconnection and backoff.","Integrate SSE streams into asyncio applications using the experimental AsyncSSEClient for non-blocking event consumption.","Stream configuration or notification updates from a remote HTTP endpoint with custom retry and timeout policies.","Monitor and react to server events in a long-running daemon process with resilient connection handling."],"what_it_does":"LaunchDarkly-eventsource is a Python library for consuming Server-Sent Events (SSE) from remote HTTP endpoints. It provides both a synchronous implementation (SSEClient) that blocks the caller's thread and an experimental async variant (AsyncSSEClient) for asyncio-based applications. The library implements the SSE specification with extensions like exponential backoff retry logic, configurable read timeouts, custom headers, and the ability to retry on HTTP error statuses\u2014behaviors beyond the standard EventSource specification.\n\nThe package is designed primarily to support the LaunchDarkly SDK for Python but works independently for any SSE consumption use case. It uses urllib3 by default for HTTP requests but can be configured to read from arbitrary input streams. The async implementation is explicitly marked experimental and not recommended for production; the synchronous implementation is the stable, recommended path for most users.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and solves a clear problem\u2014consuming SSE streams with production-grade retry logic. Use the synchronous SSEClient for stable, reliable event streaming. Avoid the async variant in production unless you have tested it thoroughly in your specific use case, as it is explicitly experimental."},"id":"launchdarkly-eventsource","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/launchdarkly-eventsource","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/launchdarkly-eventsource.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/launchdarkly-eventsource/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-22","license_spdx":"Apache-2.0","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"launchdarkly-eventsource","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"LaunchDarkly SSE Client"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":12014706,"position":1348,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.7.2"}