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id: alibabacloud-gpdb20160503
version: "5.10.2"
license: Apache License 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# alibabacloud-gpdb20160503 — Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL (20160503) SDK Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 92.7K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is an official Alibaba Cloud SDK that wraps the AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL API, allowing Python developers to programmatically manage and query GPDB instances hosted on Alibaba Cloud. It depends on alibabacloud-credentials for authentication and alibabacloud-tea-openapi for the underlying HTTP protocol layer, following Alibaba's standard SDK architecture.

The package is actively maintained and supports modern Python versions (3.7–3.12). It is positioned as a Beta-stage library for developers building applications that need to interact with Alibaba Cloud's managed PostgreSQL analytics service. No known security vulnerabilities are recorded.

Use it for:

- Automate GPDB cluster provisioning and lifecycle management from Python applications.
- Query and manage data in AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL without direct SQL connections.
- Build monitoring or admin dashboards that interact with GPDB via the cloud API.
- Integrate GPDB operations into data pipeline orchestration tools written in Python.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides a Python SDK for interacting with Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL (GPDB), enabling programmatic access to cloud database operations and management.

Yes, if you are building on Alibaba Cloud and need programmatic access to AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL. The SDK is actively maintained, has low install friction, and carries a permissive license. It is not useful outside the Alibaba Cloud ecosystem.

## Install

pip install alibabacloud-gpdb20160503
uv add alibabacloud-gpdb20160503
poetry add alibabacloud-gpdb20160503

## Installing alibabacloud-gpdb20160503

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained as of 2026-08-14 with recent release activity. Supports Python 3.7 through 3.12.

License in practice: Apache License 2.0 (permissive) allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, requiring only attribution and license inclusion in distributions.

Quickstart:

pip install alibabacloud_gpdb20160503

from alibabacloud_gpdb20160503 import Client
# Instantiate client with credentials from alibabacloud-credentials
client = Client(config)

Requires Alibaba Cloud credentials (typically via alibabacloud-credentials configuration) and Python >= 3.7.

Verify before relying:

- Specific API endpoints and operations supported by this SDK version relative to current GPDB service capabilities.
- Whether the 20160503 API version designation reflects current or legacy service endpoints.
- Performance characteristics and connection pooling behavior under load.

## Package facts

- License: Apache License 2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 92.7K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

alibaba cloud gpdb sdk, analyticdb postgresql client, alibaba cloud database api, gpdb python library, cloud database management sdk, alibaba analyticdb connector, alibaba-cloud, database-client

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