---
id: chargehound
version: "2.5.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# chargehound — Chargehound Python Bindings

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 98.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

Chargehound is a Python client library for the Chargehound payment dispute management service. It wraps the Chargehound REST API, allowing developers to submit disputes, retrieve dispute status, and manage chargeback responses programmatically. The library handles JSON parsing automatically and returns Python objects with HTTP status codes attached.

The package has no external runtime dependencies, making installation straightforward, but it has not been maintained since 2021-02-08. This gap raises questions about compatibility with current Python releases and whether the underlying Chargehound API has evolved in ways the library no longer supports.

Use it for:

- Automate submission of payment disputes to Chargehound with customer details and supporting information.
- Retrieve and monitor the status of disputes programmatically to track resolution progress.
- Integrate dispute management into a payment processing or billing system that uses Chargehound.
- Batch process multiple disputes by scripting API calls through the Python bindings.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Chargehound provides Python bindings to interact with the Chargehound API for managing payment disputes, allowing you to submit and retrieve dispute information programmatically.

No. The package is abandoned (status: abandoned, last release 2021-02-08) with no indication of ongoing maintenance. While it has no known vulnerabilities and carries a permissive MIT license, the lack of updates creates serious risk around Python version compatibility and API drift. Unless you are maintaining legacy code already using this library, seek current integration guidance from Chargehound directly.

## Install

pip install chargehound
uv add chargehound
poetry add chargehound

## Installing chargehound

Before you install: High install friction with no runtime dependencies. The package has been abandoned for over 2013 days since its last release in February 2021, raising concerns about compatibility with current Python versions and API changes.

License in practice: MIT license permits free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, making it legally safe to adopt from a licensing perspective.

Quickstart:

pip install chargehound

import chargehound
chargehound.api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
dispute = chargehound.Disputes.submit('dp_123', fields={'customer_name': 'Susie'})

Requires a valid Chargehound API key; package has not been updated since 2021-02-08, so compatibility with current Python versions and the Chargehound API is uncertain.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works with modern Python versions given its last release date of 2021-02-08.
- Whether the Chargehound API itself remains active and unchanged since the package's last update.
- Current operational status of the Chargehound service.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 98.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

payment dispute management api, chargehound python client, dispute submission and tracking, payment chargeback handling, api bindings for disputes, payment-processing, abandoned

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