---
id: pyodata
version: "1.12.0"
license: Apache License Version 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# pyodata — Enterprise ready Python OData client

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 176.9K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pyodata is a Python OData client that wraps the complexity of the OData V2 protocol, letting you work with remote data services through simple Python method calls instead of hand-crafted HTTP requests. It takes a Session Object and a service URL, then provides a Pythonic interface to query and manipulate data exposed by OData endpoints—commonly used with SAP and other enterprise systems that publish OData interfaces.

The library handles protocol marshalling, request construction, and response parsing internally. You supply the session and endpoint; pyodata manages query building and result deserialization. It requires Python >= 3.10 and depends only on lxml for XML parsing, making it lightweight and straightforward to integrate into existing Python applications.

Use it for:

- Query SAP systems or other enterprise OData services without writing raw HTTP requests or XML parsing code.
- Build data pipelines that fetch records from OData endpoints and transform them in Python.
- Integrate legacy enterprise APIs using OData V2 into modern Python applications with minimal boilerplate.
- Automate data synchronization between OData-based systems and Python-driven workflows.

## Worth the install?

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

pyodata is a Python client library that abstracts away OData protocol details, allowing you to query and interact with OData V2 services through a straightforward Python interface.

Yes. pyodata is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with minimal friction, and is licensed permissively. Install it if you need to interact with OData V2 services from Python. Skip it only if you're working exclusively with REST APIs that don't use OData, or if your target service uses a different OData version.

## Install

pip install pyodata
uv add pyodata
poetry add pyodata

## Installing pyodata

Before you install: Low friction: pure Python wheel with a single runtime dependency (lxml). Actively maintained with a recent release and no known vulnerabilities. Supports Python 3.10 through 3.14.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache License Version 2.0 (permissive). You can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and open-source projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

import pyodata

SERVICE_URL = 'http://services.odata.org/V2/Northwind/Northwind.svc/'

# Create instance of OData client
client = pyodata.Client(SERVICE_URL, session_object)

Requires Python >= 3.10 and a Session Object compatible with the requests library interface to communicate with an OData service endpoint.

Verify before relying:

- Specific OData V2 protocol features supported (filtering, expansion, pagination details)
- Performance characteristics with large result sets or complex queries
- Authentication mechanisms supported beyond what a Session Object provides

## Package facts

- License: Apache License Version 2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 176.9K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

odata client python, odata v2 python, sap odata integration, enterprise data access python, odata service client, python odata query, odata protocol wrapper, odata, enterprise-integration, sap

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