---
id: pyats-utils
version: "26.7"
license: Apache 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# pyats.utils — pyATS Utils: Utilities Module

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 295.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pyats.utils is a sub-component of the pyATS testing framework that bundles utility functions and helpers for test automation. pyATS itself is an end-to-end testing ecosystem developed by Cisco, designed for data-driven and reusable testing in Agile environments. The utils package provides common operations—such as schema validation and data structure utilities—that complement the core pyATS framework.

This package is typically installed as part of a larger pyATS deployment or when you need specific utility functions for test scripts. It depends on distro, cryptography, pyats.datastructures, and pyats.topology, so installing it will pull in those runtime dependencies. The package is actively maintained, with recent releases and support for modern Python versions (3.10–3.14).

Use it for:

- Validate test data schemas within pyATS test cases using built-in schema utilities.
- Access common helper functions when building test automation scripts on top of pyATS.
- Integrate utilities into larger test suites that already depend on the pyATS ecosystem.
- Work with data structure operations in network testing and automation workflows.
- Extend test frameworks with reusable utility components from the Cisco pyATS project.

## Worth the install?

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

pyats.utils provides utility functions and helpers for the pyATS testing framework, including schema validation, data structure operations, and common testing utilities.

Yes, if you are already using pyATS or building test automation on the Cisco pyATS framework. The package is actively maintained, carries no known vulnerabilities, and is licensed permissively. Install friction is moderate due to compiled wheels, but wheels are available for common platforms. If you need pyATS utilities, this is the standard way to get them; if you're not using pyATS, this package alone is unlikely to be useful.

## Install

pip install pyats-utils
uv add pyats-utils
poetry add pyats-utils

## Installing pyats.utils

Before you install: Medium install friction due to compiled wheels across multiple Python versions and platforms. Package is actively maintained with a release 7 days ago, supporting Python 3.10–3.14 on Linux and macOS.

License in practice: Apache 2.0 is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install pyats.utils

from pyats import utils
# Use utilities from the pyats ecosystem

Requires Python 3.8+; Windows is not supported—Linux and macOS only.

Verify before relying:

- Specific utility functions and APIs available in version 26.7 beyond schema and data structure operations.
- Whether distro, cryptography, pyats.datastructures, and pyats.topology are all required at runtime or conditionally imported.

## Package facts

- License: Apache 2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: medium
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 295.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

pyats utilities, testing framework utilities, schema validation helpers, pyats data utilities, network testing tools, test automation utilities, pyats components, testing-framework, network-automation, cisco-pyats

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