requests-oauth
Hook for adding Open Authentication support to Python-requests HTTP library.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. The package is abandoned (last release 2012-06-21) with no declared runtime dependencies and unspecified Python support, making compatibility with modern Python and requests versions highly uncertain. If you must use OAuth 1.0, verify this package works with your specific environment first before committing to it.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Package is abandoned with no declared runtime dependencies; compatibility with modern requests and Python versions is unverified.
- High install friction with no runtime dependencies declared.
- Package is abandoned since 2012 with last release on 2012-06-21 and no commits for over 5000 days, creating significant uncertainty about compatibility with modern Python and requests versions.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD (permissive) — BSD license is permissive and poses no restriction on use, modification, or distribution in proprietary or open-source projects.
last release 2012-06-21 (5167 days) · last repo commit 2022-10-15 · 187 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 1,841,324 downloads/mo, #3,497 on PyPI
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pip install requests-oauth
from requests_oauth import OAuthHook
import requests
oauth_hook = OAuthHook(access_token, access_token_secret, consumer_key, consumer_secret, header_auth=True)
client = requests.session(hooks={'pre_request': oauth_hook})
response = client.get('http://api.example.com/endpoint')- Whether this package works with current versions of requests library
- Python version compatibility (requires_python is unspecified)
- Whether OAuth 1.0 is appropriate for your target API (OAuth 2.0 is now standard)
- Security review status given abandonment since 2012-06-21
What it is and what it does
requests-oauth is a plugin that integrates OAuth 1.0 authentication into the requests HTTP library. It provides a hook mechanism to automatically sign requests with OAuth credentials, supporting both Authorization header and URL-encoded authentication methods. The package allows you to initialize OAuth credentials once and reuse them across multiple requests by attaching the hook to a requests session, and supports the three-legged OAuth flow for obtaining user authorization and access tokens.
However, the package has been abandoned since its last release on 2012-06-21, with no updates for over 5000 days. This raises serious concerns about compatibility with modern Python and requests versions, as well as whether the codebase has received any security review in recent years. OAuth 1.0 itself is rarely used in modern APIs.
Use it for
- Integrating with legacy OAuth 1.0 APIs that require OAuth 1.0 authentication and still support this older standard
- Automating OAuth token exchange and request signing for applications using the three-legged OAuth flow
- Building HTTP clients that need to sign requests with OAuth 1.0 credentials without manually constructing Authorization headers
Worth the install?
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No.
The package is abandoned (last release 2012-06-21) with no declared runtime dependencies and unspecified Python support, making compatibility with modern Python and requests versions highly uncertain. If you must use OAuth 1.0, verify this package works with your specific environment first before committing to it.
Install
requests-oauth on PyPI
Before you install
High install friction with no runtime dependencies declared. Package is abandoned since 2012 with last release on 2012-06-21 and no commits for over 5000 days, creating significant uncertainty about compatibility with modern Python and requests versions.
Package is abandoned with no declared runtime dependencies; compatibility with modern requests and Python versions is unverified.
License in practice
BSD license is permissive and poses no restriction on use, modification, or distribution in proprietary or open-source projects.
Quickstart
pip install requests-oauth
from requests_oauth import OAuthHook
import requests
oauth_hook = OAuthHook(access_token, access_token_secret, consumer_key, consumer_secret, header_auth=True)
client = requests.session(hooks={'pre_request': oauth_hook})
response = client.get('http://api.example.com/endpoint')Verify before relying
- Whether this package works with current versions of requests library
- Python version compatibility (requires_python is unspecified)
- Whether OAuth 1.0 is appropriate for your target API (OAuth 2.0 is now standard)
- Security review status given abandonment since 2012-06-21
Package facts
| License | BSD permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | High. Source build required |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 5,167 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,841,324 / month, #3,497 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonTopic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTPTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: requests-oauth-0.4.1.tar.gz
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