ibm-cloud-sdk-core

What it is and what it does

IBM Cloud SDK Core is the foundation library for Python SDKs generated by IBM's OpenAPI SDK Generator. It handles the plumbing that generated service clients need: authentication (Basic, Bearer Token, IAM with apikey or assume grant types, Container, VPC Instance, Cloud Pak for Data), HTTP request/response lifecycle management via requests and urllib3, and service configuration. The library is not meant to be used standalone but rather as a dependency of generated IBM Cloud service SDKs.

It provides a logging facility using Python's built-in logging module, with a dedicated logger named `ibm-cloud-sdk-core` that can emit debug-level HTTP request and response details. The package supports modern Python versions (3.10 through 3.14) and is in production/stable status, with active maintenance and no known security vulnerabilities.

Use it for:

• Authenticate to IBM Cloud services using IAM API keys or service credentials in generated Python SDKs.
• Configure and manage HTTP connections to IBM Cloud APIs with automatic token refresh and retry logic.
• Enable detailed debug logging of authentication flows and HTTP traffic for troubleshooting SDK integrations.
• Support multiple authentication mechanisms (Container, VPC, Cloud Pak) without modifying generated service code.
• Provide a consistent base for all IBM Cloud Python SDKs to ensure uniform behavior across services.

Worth the install?

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Provides core authentication, HTTP request handling, and service configuration infrastructure for IBM Cloud SDKs generated by the OpenAPI SDK Generator.

Yes, if you are using an IBM Cloud Python SDK generated by the OpenAPI SDK Generator—it is a required dependency. Do not install directly unless you are building or extending such an SDK. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and carries a permissive license.

Install

ibm-cloud-sdk-core on PyPI

pip install ibm-cloud-sdk-core

uv add ibm-cloud-sdk-core

poetry add ibm-cloud-sdk-core

Installing ibm-cloud-sdk-core

Before you install

Low friction install with four lightweight runtime dependencies. Actively maintained with a recent release (29 days old) and ongoing repository activity.

License in practice

Licensed under Apache 2.0 (permissive), allowing use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart

pip install ibm-cloud-sdk-core

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format='%(asctime)s [%(name)s:%(levelname)s] %(message)s')

Requires Python 3.10 or later.

Verify before relying

• Whether the package works with Python 3.14 in practice (classifier lists support but version is future-dated).
• Performance characteristics under high-concurrency token refresh scenarios.

Package facts

Evidence: ibm_cloud_sdk_core-3.26.0-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: ibm, cloud, ibm cloud services

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