lakefs-sdk
lakeFS API
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. Install it if you need to interact with lakeFS programmatically from Python—it is the official client and covers the full API surface. Skip it if you only use lakeFS via its UI or CLI.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a running lakeFS server and valid authentication credentials (basic auth, API key, or JWT token).
- Low install friction with four lightweight runtime dependencies.
- Actively maintained with a recent release (9 days old) and a well-established repository (5485 stars).
License · maintenance · safety
Apache 2.0 (permissive) — Licensed under Apache 2.0 (permissive), allowing free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for both open-source and commercial projects.
last release 2026-08-05 (9 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-05 · 5,485 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 469,861 downloads/mo, #6,484 on PyPI
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pip install lakefs-sdk
import lakefs_sdk
from lakefs_sdk.rest import ApiException
configuration = lakefs_sdk.Configuration(
host="/api/v1",
username="user",
password="pass"
)
with lakefs_sdk.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
api_instance = lakefs_sdk.ActionsApi(api_client)
response = api_instance.get_run("repo", "run_id")- Specific API endpoint coverage and completeness relative to lakeFS server version 1.0.0
- Whether all authentication methods (basic, cookie, OIDC, SAML, JWT) are fully functional in practice
- Performance characteristics and rate-limiting behavior when working with large repositories
What it is and what it does
lakefs-sdk is an auto-generated Python client for the lakeFS HTTP API, built from OpenAPI specifications. It wraps the full lakeFS API surface—including repositories, branches, commits, authentication, authorization, and actions—into typed Python classes and methods. The package depends on urllib3, python-dateutil, pydantic, and aenum to handle HTTP requests, date parsing, data validation, and enum support.
You use it to interact with a lakeFS server programmatically: configure authentication (basic auth, API keys, or JWT tokens), instantiate an API class (ActionsApi, AuthApi, etc.), and call methods to manage repositories, run actions, create users and groups, or query metadata. It is primarily useful when you need to automate lakeFS operations from Python code rather than using the web UI or CLI.
Use it for
- Automate repository operations (create branches, commit data, merge) in data pipelines or CI/CD workflows.
- Manage authentication and authorization programmatically—create users, groups, policies, and credentials.
- Query and monitor action runs and hook outputs to track automated workflows triggered by lakeFS events.
- Build custom tooling or dashboards that need to read lakeFS metadata and state via the HTTP API.
- Integrate lakeFS into larger Python applications that require version control for data assets.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. Install it if you need to interact with lakeFS programmatically from Python—it is the official client and covers the full API surface. Skip it if you only use lakeFS via its UI or CLI.
Install
lakefs-sdk on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with four lightweight runtime dependencies. Actively maintained with a recent release (9 days old) and a well-established repository (5485 stars). Supports Python 3.6+ and is distributed as a pure Python wheel.
Requires a running lakeFS server and valid authentication credentials (basic auth, API key, or JWT token).
License in practice
Licensed under Apache 2.0 (permissive), allowing free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for both open-source and commercial projects.
Quickstart
pip install lakefs-sdk
import lakefs_sdk
from lakefs_sdk.rest import ApiException
configuration = lakefs_sdk.Configuration(
host="/api/v1",
username="user",
password="pass"
)
with lakefs_sdk.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
api_instance = lakefs_sdk.ActionsApi(api_client)
response = api_instance.get_run("repo", "run_id")Verify before relying
- Specific API endpoint coverage and completeness relative to lakeFS server version 1.0.0
- Whether all authentication methods (basic, cookie, OIDC, SAML, JWT) are fully functional in practice
- Performance characteristics and rate-limiting behavior when working with large repositories
Package facts
| License | Apache 2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.6 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesurllib3python-dateutilpydanticaenum |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 9 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 469,861 / month, #6,484 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: lakefs_sdk-1.86.0-py3-none-any.whl
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