---
id: alibabacloud-ram20150501
version: "1.2.1"
license: Apache License 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# alibabacloud-ram20150501 — Alibaba Cloud Resource Access Management (20150501) SDK Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 234.7K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package is the official Python SDK for Alibaba Cloud's Resource Access Management service, a cloud IAM system for managing user accounts, roles, and access policies. It wraps the RAM API (version 20150501) and exposes it through Python methods, allowing developers to programmatically create users, assign permissions, manage roles, and control access to Alibaba Cloud resources from Python applications.

The SDK is built on top of alibabacloud-tea-openapi and darabonba-core, Alibaba's internal SDK framework libraries. It supports Python 3.7 through 3.12 and is actively maintained. The package is in Beta status and carries no known security vulnerabilities, making it suitable for production use in environments where Alibaba Cloud IAM automation is needed.

Use it for:

- Automate user provisioning and deprovisioning workflows in Alibaba Cloud environments
- Programmatically manage IAM roles and permissions as part of infrastructure-as-code deployments
- Build multi-tenant access control systems that delegate permission management to Alibaba Cloud
- Integrate Alibaba Cloud identity management into custom authentication or authorization systems

## Worth the install?

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

Provides Python bindings to Alibaba Cloud's Resource Access Management (RAM) API, enabling programmatic control of user identities, permissions, and access policies within Alibaba Cloud infrastructure.

Yes, if you need to manage Alibaba Cloud IAM programmatically. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and is licensed permissively. It is the official SDK for this service and supports current Python versions. Install it only if you are already committed to Alibaba Cloud as your infrastructure provider.

## Install

pip install alibabacloud-ram20150501
uv add alibabacloud-ram20150501
poetry add alibabacloud-ram20150501

## Installing alibabacloud-ram20150501

Before you install: Low install friction with two lightweight runtime dependencies. Actively maintained as of the latest release, with consistent repository activity.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache License 2.0, a permissive open-source license that allows commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install alibabacloud_ram20150501

from alibabacloud_ram20150501 import client
# Create a client instance and call RAM API methods

Requires Python 3.7 or later; also requires valid Alibaba Cloud credentials and network access to Alibaba Cloud endpoints.

Verify before relying:

- Specific RAM API operations and method signatures available in this version
- Whether authentication setup (credentials, endpoint configuration) is documented in the package or requires external Alibaba Cloud documentation

## Package facts

- License: Apache License 2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 234.7K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

alibaba cloud ram api, alibaba cloud identity management, alibaba cloud access control, alibaba cloud iam sdk, alibaba cloud permission management, alibaba-cloud, iam, cloud-sdk

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