---
id: azure-datalake-store
version: "1.0.1"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# azure-datalake-store — Azure Data Lake Store Filesystem Client Library for Python

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

## Install

pip install azure-datalake-store
uv add azure-datalake-store
poetry add azure-datalake-store

## Description

Microsoft Azure Data Lake Store Filesystem Library for Python
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This project is the Python filesystem library for Azure Data Lake Store.

INSTALLATION
============

To install from source instead of pip (for local testing and development):

.. code-block:: bash

    > pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
    > python setup.py develop

Usage: Sample Code
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To play with the code, here is a starting point:

.. code-block:: python

    from azure.datalake.store import core, lib, multithread
    token = lib.auth(tenant_id, username, password)
    adl = core.AzureDLFileSystem(token, store_name=store_name)

    # typical operations
    adl.ls('')
    adl.ls('tmp/', detail=True)
    adl.ls('tmp/', detail=True, invalidate_cache=True)
    adl.cat('littlefile')...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Provides a Python filesystem interface to Microsoft Azure Data Lake Store, enabling file operations like read, write, list, and delete on remote ADLS resources with support for multithreaded uploads and downloads.

Verdict: Stable, permissively licensed library with low install friction and no known vulnerabilities, suitable for ADLS integration in Python applications. However, aging maintenance (436 days since last release) and alpha development status suggest it may not receive active support for new Azure features or Python versions beyond 3.12.

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