---
id: azure-cosmos
version: "4.16.3"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-cosmos — Microsoft Azure Cosmos Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install azure-cosmos
uv add azure-cosmos
poetry add azure-cosmos

## Description

# Azure Cosmos DB SQL API client library for Python

## _Disclaimer_
_Azure SDK Python packages support for Python 2.7 has ended 01 January 2022. For more information and questions, please refer to https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/20691_

Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database service that supports document, key-value, wide-column, and graph databases.

Use the Azure Cosmos DB SQL API SDK for Python to manage databases and the JSON documents they contain in this NoSQL database service. High level capabilities are:

* Create Cosmos DB **databases** and modify their settings
* Create and modify **containers** to store collections of JSON documents
* Create, read, update, and delete the **items** (JSON documents) in your containers
* Query the documents in your database using **SQL-like syntax**

[SDK source code][source_code]
| [Package (PyPI)][cosmos_pypi]
| [Package (Conda)](https://anaconda.org/microsoft/azure-cosmos/)
| [API reference documentation][ref_cosmos_sdk]
| [Product documentation][cosmos_docs]
| [Samples][cosmos_samples]

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Python client library for Azure Cosmos DB SQL API, enabling creation and management of databases, containers, and JSON documents with SQL-like query support in a globally distributed NoSQL service.

Verdict: Well-maintained, production-grade SDK with minimal dependencies and no known vulnerabilities. MIT licensing and active development (release within 15 days) make it a solid choice for Python applications integrating with Azure Cosmos DB SQL API. Requires Python 3.9+ and valid Azure credentials.

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