azure-eventgrid
Microsoft Azure Event Grid Client Library for Python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, uses a permissive MIT License, and provides low-friction installation with minimal dependencies. It is the official client for Azure Event Grid and is suitable for any Python application that needs to publish or consume events via Azure's managed event routing service. Requires Python 3.10 or later and an Azure subscription with an Event Grid resource.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Python 3.10 or later required; an Azure subscription and an Event Grid Namespace or Event Grid Basic resource must exist before instantiating a client.
- Low install friction with three lightweight runtime dependencies.
- Active maintenance with a release 16 days ago; the repository is actively developed with recent commits.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT License (permissive) — MIT License permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for most projects.
last release 2026-07-29 (16 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 5,588 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 5,969,310 downloads/mo, #2,000 on PyPI
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pip install azure-eventgrid
from azure.eventgrid import EventGridPublisherClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
import os
endpoint = os.environ["EVENTGRID_TOPIC_ENDPOINT"]
topic_key = os.environ["EVENTGRID_TOPIC_KEY"]
credential = AzureKeyCredential(topic_key)
client = EventGridPublisherClient(endpoint, credential)- Whether the package supports async variants of publish and consume operations beyond what the description excerpt shows.
- Performance characteristics and throughput limits for high-volume event publishing or consumption scenarios.
- Date/time handling specifics provided by isodate dependency.
What it is and what it does
Azure Event Grid is a Python client library for Azure's managed event routing service. It provides two main client classes: EventGridPublisherClient for sending events to Event Grid topics, and EventGridConsumerClient for receiving, acknowledging, and managing events from Event Grid Namespaces. The library abstracts the HTTP communication and credential handling needed to interact with Azure Event Grid resources, supporting both key-based authentication (AzureKeyCredential) and token-based authentication via Azure AD. It handles two resource tiers: Event Grid Namespaces, which support both pull and push delivery models, and Event Grid Basic, which supports push-only delivery.
The package depends on azure-core for common Azure SDK patterns, isodate for date/time handling, and typing-extensions for runtime type hints. It requires Python 3.10 or later and is maintained as part of the official Azure SDK for Python. The library is production-ready (GA status) and actively maintained, with recent releases and an established repository.
Use it for
- Send custom events to an Event Grid Basic topic using key-based authentication for simple push-only event distribution.
- Publish events to an Event Grid Namespace topic using Azure AD credentials for enterprise identity-based access control.
- Consume events from an Event Grid Namespace subscription with pull-based delivery for reliable message processing.
- Acknowledge, release, or reject received events to manage subscription state and retry logic in namespace consumers.
- Generate and use SAS credentials for temporary, scoped access to Event Grid resources without sharing account keys.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, uses a permissive MIT License, and provides low-friction installation with minimal dependencies. It is the official client for Azure Event Grid and is suitable for any Python application that needs to publish or consume events via Azure's managed event routing service. Requires Python 3.10 or later and an Azure subscription with an Event Grid resource.
Install
azure-eventgrid on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with three lightweight runtime dependencies. Active maintenance with a release 16 days ago; the repository is actively developed with recent commits.
Python 3.10 or later required; an Azure subscription and an Event Grid Namespace or Event Grid Basic resource must exist before instantiating a client.
License in practice
MIT License permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for most projects.
Quickstart
pip install azure-eventgrid
from azure.eventgrid import EventGridPublisherClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
import os
endpoint = os.environ["EVENTGRID_TOPIC_ENDPOINT"]
topic_key = os.environ["EVENTGRID_TOPIC_KEY"]
credential = AzureKeyCredential(topic_key)
client = EventGridPublisherClient(endpoint, credential)Verify before relying
- Whether the package supports async variants of publish and consume operations beyond what the description excerpt shows.
- Performance characteristics and throughput limits for high-volume event publishing or consumption scenarios.
- Date/time handling specifics provided by isodate dependency.
Package facts
| License | MIT License permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesisodateazure-coretyping-extensions |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 16 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 5,969,310 / month, #2,000 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14 |
Evidence: azure_eventgrid-4.22.1-py3-none-any.whl
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