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id: microsoft-kiota-abstractions
version: "1.11.9"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# microsoft-kiota-abstractions — Core abstractions for kiota generated libraries in Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 13.9M/mo

## What it is and what it does

Microsoft Kiota Abstractions is a foundational library that defines the base classes, interfaces, and utilities that Kiota-generated SDKs rely on to operate. When you generate a Python SDK from an OpenAPI definition using Kiota, the resulting code imports from this package to handle HTTP requests, serialization, authentication middleware, and other core SDK behaviors. It is not meant to be used directly in application code, but rather as a required dependency that generated SDKs bring in automatically.

The package depends on std-uritemplate for URI template handling and opentelemetry libraries for observability instrumentation. It maintains active development with support for Python 3.10 through 3.14, and carries no known security vulnerabilities. Installation is straightforward with low friction.

Use it for:

- Ensure a Kiota-generated Microsoft Graph SDK or other OpenAPI-based SDK has the abstractions it needs to run
- Extend or customize request handling behavior in a generated SDK by working with the base request adapter classes
- Enable observability in generated SDKs through the included OpenTelemetry instrumentation hooks

## Worth the install?

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

Provides core abstractions and base classes that Kiota-generated SDKs depend on to function, including request handling, serialization, and HTTP middleware patterns.

Yes—but only as a transitive dependency of a Kiota-generated SDK. Do not install directly unless you are developing or customizing a generated SDK. If you are using a Kiota-generated library, this package will be pulled in automatically and requires no action. The active maintenance, permissive license, low install friction, and zero known vulnerabilities make it safe and reliable.

## Install

pip install microsoft-kiota-abstractions
uv add microsoft-kiota-abstractions
poetry add microsoft-kiota-abstractions

## Installing microsoft-kiota-abstractions

Before you install: Low friction install with three lightweight runtime dependencies (std-uritemplate, opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-sdk). Active maintenance with a release on 2026-08-14 and 3802 repository stars.

License in practice: Permissive license treatment allows use in most projects without restriction.

Quickstart:

pip install microsoft-kiota-abstractions

from microsoft_kiota_abstractions import RequestAdapter
# Use in a Kiota-generated SDK that depends on this package

Requires Python 3.10 or later; intended as a dependency of generated SDKs rather than direct application code.

Verify before relying:

- What specific request patterns or middleware hooks the abstractions expose beyond what the description implies
- Whether the opentelemetry dependencies are optional or always required

## Package facts

- License: not declared (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 13.9M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

kiota sdk abstractions, openapi code generation python, kiota generated library base, microsoft graph sdk foundation, kiota request handling, kiota, openapi, sdk-foundation

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