{"categories":[{"label":"WWW/HTTP","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Adds Kerberos/GSSAPI authentication support to the requests HTTP library, enabling secure authentication against Kerberos-protected servers with optional mutual authentication.","skillfed_tags":["kerberos","enterprise-auth","windows-integration"],"use_cases":["Authenticate HTTP requests against Windows domain controllers or Kerberos-protected corporate APIs without embedding passwords in code.","Automate WinRM or other Windows service interactions from Python scripts in Active Directory environments.","Build integration tools that need to respect mutual authentication requirements from enterprise Kerberos realms.","Delegate credentials to downstream services while maintaining audit trails in Kerberos-managed networks.","Override hostname resolution for Kerberos authentication when connecting through load balancers or proxies with mismatched DNS names."],"what_it_does":"requests-kerberos is a handler that plugs Kerberos/GSSAPI authentication into the requests HTTP library. It allows you to make HTTP requests to Kerberos-protected servers (typically in enterprise Windows/Active Directory environments) by transparently handling the Kerberos authentication handshake. The package wraps requests' auth parameter and manages ticket acquisition, mutual authentication verification, and credential delegation.\n\nYou use it by instantiating HTTPKerberosAuth() and passing it to any requests method. It supports multiple authentication modes (REQUIRED, OPTIONAL, DISABLED mutual authentication), preemptive ticket presentation for persistent connections, hostname override for load-balanced services, explicit principal/password authentication, and credential delegation. The package depends on requests, cryptography, and pyspnego, and requires system-level Kerberos libraries on Linux.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need Kerberos authentication for HTTP requests in an enterprise environment. The package is stable and permissively licensed, but install friction is moderate on Linux (system libraries required) and maintenance is dormant\u2014verify compatibility with your Kerberos infrastructure before relying on it for new projects. No known vulnerabilities as of the query date."},"id":"requests-kerberos","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/requests-kerberos","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/requests-kerberos.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/requests-kerberos/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2024-06-03","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"requests-kerberos","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A Kerberos authentication handler for python-requests"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":5585191,"position":2067,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.15.0"}