plivo
A Python SDK to make voice calls & send SMS using Plivo and to generate Plivo XML
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Yes. Plivo is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with low friction, and is licensed permissively. Install it if you need to integrate Plivo's voice, SMS, or WhatsApp APIs into a Python application. The SDK is production-stable and suitable for commercial use.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Plivo account credentials (auth_id and auth_token) from https://manage.plivo.com/dashboard/ to authenticate API requests.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution.
- Actively maintained with a recent release (17 days old) and an active repository.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license (permissive) allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—suitable for most projects that can include a license notice.
last release 2026-07-28 (17 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-28 · 69 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 259,708 downloads/mo, #8,407 on PyPI
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pip install plivo
import plivo
client = plivo.RestClient(auth_id='your_auth_id', auth_token='your_auth_token')
message = client.messages.create(src='from_number', dst='to_number', text='Hello')- Whether all Python versions listed in classifiers (2.7, 3.4–3.13) are actively tested or only declared.
- Rate limits or quota constraints on API calls through this SDK.
- Whether WhatsApp messaging requires additional account setup beyond standard Plivo credentials.
What it is and what it does
Plivo is a Python client library for Plivo's cloud communications platform, wrapping REST API endpoints for voice calls, SMS, and WhatsApp messaging. It provides a consistent object-oriented interface for creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting communication resources, plus utilities for generating Plivo XML to control call flows and interactive messaging templates.
The SDK handles authentication via environment variables or explicit credentials, supports both synchronous request patterns and context managers for resource cleanup, and includes pagination helpers for listing resources. It depends on requests for HTTP transport, lxml for XML generation, PyJWT for token handling, and six for Python 2/3 compatibility—though Python 2.7 support is legacy.
Use it for
- Send SMS or WhatsApp messages programmatically from a web application or backend service.
- Initiate outbound voice calls with custom answer URLs to control call flow via Plivo XML.
- Build interactive WhatsApp bots using templated and free-form messaging with media support.
- Generate call-control XML responses for inbound call handling (IVR, call routing, etc.).
- Look up phone number metadata (carrier, type, validity) using the lookup API.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
Plivo is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with low friction, and is licensed permissively. Install it if you need to integrate Plivo's voice, SMS, or WhatsApp APIs into a Python application. The SDK is production-stable and suitable for commercial use.
Install
plivo on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained with a recent release (17 days old) and an active repository. Depends on five common libraries (requests, six, decorator, lxml, PyJWT) with no compiled dependencies.
Requires Plivo account credentials (auth_id and auth_token) from https://manage.plivo.com/dashboard/ to authenticate API requests.
License in practice
MIT license (permissive) allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—suitable for most projects that can include a license notice.
Quickstart
pip install plivo
import plivo
client = plivo.RestClient(auth_id='your_auth_id', auth_token='your_auth_token')
message = client.messages.create(src='from_number', dst='to_number', text='Hello')Verify before relying
- Whether all Python versions listed in classifiers (2.7, 3.4–3.13) are actively tested or only declared.
- Rate limits or quota constraints on API calls through this SDK.
- Whether WhatsApp messaging requires additional account setup beyond standard Plivo credentials.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagesrequestssixdecoratorlxmlPyJWT |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 17 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 259,708 / month, #8,407 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 :: Telecommunications IndustryLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Communications :: TelephonyTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: plivo-4.62.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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