---
id: conjur-client
version: "0.1.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# conjur-client — APIs for interacting with the Conjur v5 appliance

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 81.5K/mo

## What it is and what it does

conjur-client is a Python SDK for the Conjur OSS secrets management platform. It provides a Client class to authenticate with a Conjur server and perform operations like retrieving secrets, setting variable values, and managing policies through methods such as get(), set(), apply_policy_file(), and list(). The package also includes a CLI tool (conjur-cli) that wraps these API operations into command-line commands for scripting and automation.

The package depends on requests and urllib3 for HTTP communication, PyYAML for configuration parsing, and includes development dependencies like pylint and nose2. It is designed to work with Conjur v5 appliances and supports authentication via login credentials, API keys, or local .netrc/.conjurrc configuration files.

Use it for:

- Retrieve secrets and variables from a Conjur vault within Python applications for database credentials, API keys, and other sensitive data
- Automate policy management by applying or replacing Conjur policies programmatically from Python scripts
- Build command-line tools and deployment scripts using the included conjur-cli executable to interact with Conjur without writing Python code
- Integrate Conjur secret management into microservices and containerized applications running on Python 3.5 or later
- Manage privileged access and authentication across multiple services by centralizing secret retrieval through the Conjur client

## Worth the install?

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

Python SDK and CLI tool for interacting with Conjur OSS secrets management appliance, providing methods to get, set, and manage variables and policies.

No. The package is in Alpha with a warning that naming and APIs are subject to breaking changes, the repository is archived, and there have been no releases since 2020-11-05. For production use with Conjur, the maintainers recommend using versions from the latest Conjur OSS suite release rather than this abandoned package. Only consider it if you are locked to an old Conjur version and cannot upgrade.

## Install

pip install conjur-client
uv add conjur-client
poetry add conjur-client

## Installing conjur-client

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. However, the package is in Alpha status with breaking changes possible, and the repository is archived with no releases since 2020-11-05, indicating the project is no longer actively maintained.

License in practice: Licensed under MIT (permissive), allowing free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for both commercial and open-source projects.

Quickstart:

pip3 install conjur-client

from conjur import Client

client = Client(url='https://conjur.myorg.com',
                account='default',
                login_id='admin',
                password='mypassword')
value = client.get('conjur/my/variable')

Requires Python 3.5 or later; Conjur OSS server must be running and accessible at the specified URL.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package remains compatible with current Conjur OSS versions given the lack of recent updates
- Whether the Alpha status APIs have stabilized or if breaking changes remain likely
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.5 despite the 'supports_current' designation

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 81.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

conjur secrets management python, conjur api client sdk, conjur variable retrieval, conjur policy management, cyberark conjur integration, secrets vault python client, conjur cli tool, secrets-management, archived-project

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