igwn-auth-utils
Authorisation utilities for IGWN
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you work with IGWN services or gravitational-wave research infrastructure. The package is stable, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and is licensed permissively. The aging maintenance status (441 days since release) is typical for specialized scientific infrastructure libraries and does not indicate abandonment. Install it when you need to authenticate to IGWN-operated services; skip it if you don't work in that domain.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel.
- Maintenance status is aging (441 days since last release), but the package is classified as Production/Stable and supports current Python versions (3.9+).
License · maintenance · safety
BSD-3-Clause (permissive) — BSD-3-Clause is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial or private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2025-05-30 (441 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 95,292 downloads/mo, #13,273 on PyPI
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pip install igwn-auth-utils
from igwn_auth_utils import find_x509_credentials, find_scitoken
# Discover X.509 credential location
proxy_path = find_x509_credentials()
# Discover and deserialize a SciToken
token = find_scitoken("myservice", "read:/mydata")- Whether the package's aging status (441 days since release) reflects active maintenance or dormancy in a specialized domain.
- Whether scitokens and safe-netrc dependencies are lightweight or introduce significant transitive dependencies.
- Whether X.509 credential discovery works across all major operating systems or has platform-specific limitations.
What it is and what it does
igwn-auth-utils is a Python library for discovering and working with authentication credentials used by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (IGWN) and related gravitational-wave research services. It simplifies the process of locating X.509 proxy certificates and SciTokens on a system, then deserializing them for use in HTTP requests to IGWN-operated infrastructure.
The package wraps credential discovery logic behind two main functions: find_x509_credentials() returns the file path to an X.509 proxy, while find_scitoken() discovers and deserializes a SciToken for a specific service, audience, and scope. It depends on cryptography, requests, safe-netrc, and scitokens to handle the underlying authentication mechanics.
Use it for
- Locate X.509 proxy certificates on a system for use in HTTPS requests to IGWN data repositories.
- Discover and deserialize SciTokens with specific audience and scope for authenticated access to gravitational-wave analysis services.
- Automate credential discovery in Python scripts that interact with IGWN-operated HTTP(S) endpoints.
- Simplify authentication setup in scientific workflows that need to authenticate to multiple IGWN services.
- Integrate credential management into data-processing pipelines for gravitational-wave research.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you work with IGWN services or gravitational-wave research infrastructure.
The package is stable, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and is licensed permissively. The aging maintenance status (441 days since release) is typical for specialized scientific infrastructure libraries and does not indicate abandonment. Install it when you need to authenticate to IGWN-operated services; skip it if you don't work in that domain.
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igwn-auth-utils on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Maintenance status is aging (441 days since last release), but the package is classified as Production/Stable and supports current Python versions (3.9+).
Requires Python 3.9 or later.
License in practice
BSD-3-Clause is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial or private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install igwn-auth-utils
from igwn_auth_utils import find_x509_credentials, find_scitoken
# Discover X.509 credential location
proxy_path = find_x509_credentials()
# Discover and deserialize a SciToken
token = find_scitoken("myservice", "read:/mydata")Verify before relying
- Whether the package's aging status (441 days since release) reflects active maintenance or dormancy in a specialized domain.
- Whether scitokens and safe-netrc dependencies are lightweight or introduce significant transitive dependencies.
- Whether X.509 credential discovery works across all major operating systems or has platform-specific limitations.
Package facts
| License | BSD-3-Clause permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagescryptographyrequestssafe-netrcscitokens |
| Maintenance | Aging 441 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 95,292 / month, #13,273 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersIntended Audience :: End Users/DesktopIntended Audience :: Science/ResearchLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseNatural Language :: EnglishOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Scientific/EngineeringTopic :: Scientific/Engineering :: AstronomyTopic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics |
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