azure-iot-hub

Microsoft Azure IoTHub Service Library

azure-iot-hub v2.7.0 433.2K downloads/30d#6,704 on PyPI★ 18

Permissive license MIT License Active released 2025-08-06

What it is and what it does

The Azure IoTHub Service SDK is a Python client library for interacting with Azure IoT Hub as a service-side application. It wraps the Azure IoT Hub REST and AMQP APIs to provide a Pythonic interface for managing IoT devices at scale. The primary use case is backend services that need to register, update, retrieve, or delete devices in an IoT Hub, and to query service-level statistics and device state.

The package depends on msrest for HTTP operations, uamqp for AMQP protocol support, and azure-core for common Azure SDK patterns. It is actively maintained, supports both Python 2.7 and modern Python 3.x versions, and carries no known security vulnerabilities. Installation is straightforward via pip with low friction.

Use it for:

Bulk device provisioning or registration workflows in IoT Hub from a backend service
Querying device properties, status, and statistics for monitoring or reporting dashboards
Updating device metadata, authentication keys, or enabled/disabled state in the device registry
Building admin or management portals that interact with IoT Hub device inventory
Automating device lifecycle operations (create, read, update, delete) in CI/CD pipelines

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Provides CRUD operations and service management for Azure IoT Hub devices, including device registry operations and service statistics retrieval.

Yes. The package is actively maintained, carries no known vulnerabilities, has low install friction, and is the official Microsoft SDK for Azure IoT Hub service-side operations. Install it if you are building a backend service that needs to manage IoT devices in Azure IoT Hub; skip it if you are building device firmware or client-side IoT applications.

Install

azure-iot-hub on PyPI

pip

pip install azure-iot-hub

uv

uv add azure-iot-hub

poetry

poetry add azure-iot-hub

Installing azure-iot-hub

Before you install

Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Actively maintained as of 2025-08-06 with recent commits; supports a broad range of Python versions from 2.7 through 3.10.

License in practice

MIT License (permissive) allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; attribution required but no copyleft obligations.

Quickstart

pip install azure-iot-hub

from azure.iot.hub import IoTHubRegistryManager

# Instantiate with connection string and perform device operations
manager = IoTHubRegistryManager(connection_string)

Requires a valid Azure IoT Hub connection string and appropriate Azure credentials/permissions to authenticate.

Verify before relying

Whether uamqp (an AMQP client dependency) requires system-level libraries or compilation on all platforms
Specific Azure IoT Hub service tier or authentication requirements not documented in the excerpt

Package facts

License	MIT License (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (!=3.0.,!=3.1.,!=3.2.,!=3.3.,<4,>=2.7)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	3 — msrest, uamqp, azure-core
Maintenance	actively maintained — 373 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-07-28
First released	2019-10-16
Downloads	433,193/month — #6,704 on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-14)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14)

Evidence: azure_iot_hub-2.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

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