{"categories":[{"label":"XML","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/text-processing-markup-xml"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Python bindings for XML Security Library, enabling cryptographic signing and verification of XML documents.","skillfed_tags":["xml-security","cryptography"],"use_cases":["Sign and verify XML documents in enterprise messaging systems","Validate digitally signed XML in protocol implementations","Implement XML encryption and decryption for sensitive data transport","Verify XML signatures in web service communications","Build systems requiring cryptographic proof of XML document authenticity"],"what_it_does":"xmlsec is a Python wrapper around the XML Security Library, a C library for cryptographic operations on XML documents. It lets you sign XML documents with digital certificates, verify signatures, and perform related cryptographic tasks. The package depends on lxml and requires system-level installation of libxml2 and libxmlsec1 before use.\n\nThe library is production-stable and actively maintained. It supports Python 3.9 through 3.14 and provides prebuilt wheels for most common platforms, though building from source on less common architectures may require manual compilation. Use it when you need to add XML signature or verification capabilities to applications handling XML-based security protocols.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need XML cryptographic operations. The package is production-stable, actively maintained, and has no known vulnerabilities. Install friction is moderate due to native library dependencies, but prebuilt wheels for common platforms ease deployment. Permissive MIT license poses no legal friction. Verify that libxml2 >= 2.9.1 and libxmlsec1 >= 1.2.33 are available on your target systems before committing."},"id":"xmlsec","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/xmlsec","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/xmlsec.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/xmlsec/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-11-11","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"xmlsec","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Python bindings for the XML Security Library"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":11978017,"position":1350,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.3.17"}