---
id: huaweicloudsdkecs
version: "3.1.210"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# huaweicloudsdkecs — ECS

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 228.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is the Huawei Cloud Python SDK for Elastic Compute Service (ECS), a service client library that abstracts Huawei Cloud's ECS APIs into Python objects and methods. It depends on huaweicloudsdkcore for authentication, HTTP configuration, and exception handling. You use it by instantiating a client with credentials and region configuration, then calling methods like list_vpcs() to interact with ECS resources. The SDK handles request serialization, response parsing, and error translation so you don't write raw HTTP calls.

The package is designed for developers building applications that need to query, create, or manage compute instances on Huawei Cloud. It requires Python 3.6 or later and Huawei Cloud account credentials (Access Key and Secret Key). Authentication is configured through BasicCredentials, and the SDK supports environment variables, proxy configuration, SSL verification control, and request/response logging for debugging.

Use it for:

- Query and list ECS instances in a specific Huawei Cloud region for inventory or monitoring purposes.
- Automate ECS instance provisioning and lifecycle management in infrastructure-as-code workflows.
- Build management dashboards or CLI tools that interact with Huawei Cloud compute resources.
- Integrate Huawei Cloud ECS operations into Python applications without writing REST API calls.
- Configure advanced HTTP behavior like proxy settings, SSL verification, and request logging for enterprise deployments.

## Worth the install?

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

Python SDK for Huawei Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) that provides programmatic access to ECS APIs without handling low-level HTTP details.

Yes. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive Apache-2.0 license, and supports modern Python versions (3.6–3.12). It is the official Huawei Cloud ECS SDK and has no known vulnerabilities. Install it if you need to programmatically manage Huawei Cloud ECS resources from Python.

## Install

pip install huaweicloudsdkecs
uv add huaweicloudsdkecs
poetry add huaweicloudsdkecs

## Installing huaweicloudsdkecs

Before you install: Low install friction with a single core dependency. Active maintenance with a release dated 2026-08-13 and 160 repository stars. Supports Python 3.6 through 3.12.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install huaweicloudsdkecs

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkecs.v2 import EcsClient

credentials = BasicCredentials(
    os.getenv("HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_AK"),
    os.getenv("HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_SK")
)
client = EcsClient.new_builder().with_credentials(credentials).build()

Requires Huawei Cloud account with Access Key (AK) and Secret Key (SK) configured in environment variables HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_AK and HUAWEICLOUD_SDK_SK before use.

Verify before relying:

- Whether this package is actively maintained beyond the latest release date shown
- Specific ECS operations and API coverage compared to the full Huawei Cloud ECS API
- Performance characteristics and rate-limiting behavior for large-scale operations

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 228.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

huawei cloud ecs sdk, huaweicloud compute service api, python huawei cloud client, ecs instance management sdk, huawei cloud infrastructure api, cloud-sdk, huawei-cloud, infrastructure-as-code

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