azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-qnamaker
Microsoft Azure QnA Maker Client Library for Python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. Do not install this package for new projects—use azure-ai-language-questionanswering instead. The package is explicitly unmaintained as of August 2024 and will not receive updates or security patches. Only consider it if you are maintaining existing code that already depends on it and cannot yet migrate.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- This package is no longer maintained.
- Microsoft recommends migrating to azure-ai-language-questionanswering for ongoing support and compatibility with current Azure services.
- Low install friction with stable dependencies (msrest, azure-common, azure-mgmt-core, azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-nspkg), but the package is explicitly marked inactive and no longer maintained as of version 0.3.1 (2024-08-13).
License · maintenance · safety
MIT License (permissive) — Licensed under MIT (permissive), so you may use, modify, and distribute it freely with minimal restrictions.
last release 2024-08-14 (730 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 5,588 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 73,713 downloads/mo, #14,943 on PyPI
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# Install
pip install azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-qnamaker
# Import and use (example)
from azure.cognitiveservices.knowledge.qnamaker import QnAMakerClient
from msrest.authentication import CognitiveServicesCredentials
credentials = CognitiveServicesCredentials('<your-api-key>')
client = QnAMakerClient(endpoint='<your-endpoint>', credentials=credentials)- Whether existing code using this package will continue to work with current Azure QnA Maker API versions after the package's maintenance ended.
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.10 or with modern dependency versions of msrest and azure-common.
What it is and what it does
This package provides a Python SDK for the Azure QnA Maker service, a cloud-based question-answering platform. It offers both authoring (knowledge base creation and management) and runtime (query answering) capabilities through the QnAMakerClient class. The library wraps Azure's REST API, handling authentication and serialization through its dependencies on msrest and azure-common.
However, the package is no longer actively maintained. Microsoft has migrated QnA Maker functionality into the broader azure-ai-language-questionanswering package, and this library should not be used for new projects. Existing codebases depending on it will need to migrate to the replacement package to receive updates, bug fixes, and compatibility with current Azure services.
Use it for
- Querying an existing Azure QnA Maker knowledge base from a Python application (runtime operations).
- Building or updating QnA Maker knowledge bases programmatically via the authoring API.
- Maintaining legacy Python applications that were built against this SDK before the migration to azure-ai-language-questionanswering.
Worth the install?
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No.
Do not install this package for new projects—use azure-ai-language-questionanswering instead. The package is explicitly unmaintained as of August 2024 and will not receive updates or security patches. Only consider it if you are maintaining existing code that already depends on it and cannot yet migrate.
Install
azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-qnamaker on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with stable dependencies (msrest, azure-common, azure-mgmt-core, azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-nspkg), but the package is explicitly marked inactive and no longer maintained as of version 0.3.1 (2024-08-13). The repository remains active, but new development has ceased.
This package is no longer maintained. Microsoft recommends migrating to azure-ai-language-questionanswering for ongoing support and compatibility with current Azure services.
License in practice
Licensed under MIT (permissive), so you may use, modify, and distribute it freely with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
# Install
pip install azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-qnamaker
# Import and use (example)
from azure.cognitiveservices.knowledge.qnamaker import QnAMakerClient
from msrest.authentication import CognitiveServicesCredentials
credentials = CognitiveServicesCredentials('<your-api-key>')
client = QnAMakerClient(endpoint='<your-endpoint>', credentials=credentials)Verify before relying
- Whether existing code using this package will continue to work with current Azure QnA Maker API versions after the package's maintenance ended.
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.10 or with modern dependency versions of msrest and azure-common.
Package facts
| License | MIT License permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesmsrestazure-commonazure-mgmt-coreazure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-nspkg |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 730 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 73,713 / month, #14,943 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 7 - InactiveLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
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