azure-servicebus

Microsoft Azure Service Bus Client Library for Python

azure-servicebus License unclear Active ★ 5,587 v7.14.3 released 2025-10-31

Install

azure-servicebus on PyPI

pip

pip install azure-servicebus

uv

uv add azure-servicebus

poetry

poetry add azure-servicebus

Package facts

License	not declared (unclear)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.9)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	3 — azure-core, isodate, typing-extensions
Maintenance	actively maintained — 286 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-13
First released	2015-08-24
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: azure_servicebus-7.14.3-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: azure, azure sdk

Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableProgramming 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 :: 3.9

About azure-servicebus

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Azure Service Bus client library for Python

Azure Service Bus is a high performance cloud-managed messaging service for providing real-time and fault-tolerant communication between distributed senders and receivers.

Service Bus provides multiple mechanisms for asynchronous highly reliable communication, such as structured first-in-first-out messaging, publish/subscribe capabilities, and the ability to easily scale as your needs grow.

Use the Service Bus client library for Python to communicate between applications and services and implement asynchronous messaging patterns.

Create Service Bus namespaces, queues, topics, and subscriptions, and modify their settings.
Send and receive messages within your Service Bus channels.
Utilize message locks, sessions, and dead letter functionality to implement complex messaging patterns.

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Azure Service Bus client library for Python that enables asynchronous, reliable messaging between distributed applications using queues, topics, and subscriptions with support for message locks, sessions, and dead-letter functionality.

Low install friction with three lightweight runtime dependencies (azure-core, isodate, typing-extensions). Package is actively maintained with recent releases and strong community adoption in the top 1000 PyPI packages.

Usage

pip install azure-servicebus

from azure.servicebus import ServiceBusClient, ServiceBusMessage

client = ServiceBusClient.from_connection_string("<connection_string>")
with client.get_queue_sender("<queue_name>") as sender:
    sender.send_messages(ServiceBusMessage("Hello"))

Requires Python 3.9 or later and an active Azure Service Bus namespace with valid connection credentials or Azure identity authentication setup.

Verdict: Production-stable Azure messaging client with active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and minimal dependencies. Suitable for applications requiring reliable cloud-based asynchronous communication, though license treatment is unclear and should be verified before use in proprietary contexts.

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