---
id: vsts
version: "0.1.25"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# vsts — Python wrapper around the VSTS APIs

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 92.9K/mo

## What it is and what it does

The vsts package is a Python wrapper around Azure DevOps REST APIs, enabling developers to interact with Azure DevOps programmatically. It provides a connection abstraction that handles authentication via personal access tokens and exposes client objects for different Azure DevOps domains—core, work items, builds, and more. You establish a connection with your organization URL and credentials, then retrieve domain-specific clients to make API calls.

The package is designed as a thin wrapper, meaning it closely mirrors the REST API structure rather than providing high-level abstractions. It depends on msrest for HTTP authentication and request handling. The library was originally built to power the Azure DevOps Extension for Azure CLI, though its maintenance status is unclear given the long gap since the last release in January 2019.

Use it for:

- Automate project and team provisioning in Azure DevOps organizations.
- Query and update work items programmatically from Python scripts or applications.
- Retrieve build and release pipeline information for CI/CD orchestration.
- Bulk operations on Azure DevOps resources without manual UI interaction.
- Integrate Azure DevOps data into external reporting or analytics systems.

## Worth the install?

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

Provides Python bindings to the Azure DevOps REST API, allowing programmatic access to projects, teams, work items, builds, and other Azure DevOps resources.

Yes, with caution. The package works for basic Azure DevOps API access and has low install friction, but its aging status (last release January 2019) and targeting of end-of-life Python versions raise compatibility concerns. Before adopting, verify that it remains compatible with your Python version and current APIs, and check whether newer official alternatives exist. Suitable for legacy integrations or when newer options are unavailable.

## Install

pip install vsts
uv add vsts
poetry add vsts

## Installing vsts

Before you install: Low install friction with a single runtime dependency. However, the package is aging—last release was in January 2019. The repository remains active with recent commits, but the lack of version updates suggests limited ongoing maintenance.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive and poses no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in commercial or private projects.

Quickstart:

pip install vsts

from vsts.connection import Connection
from msrest.authentication import BasicAuthentication

credentials = BasicAuthentication('', 'YOUR_PAT')
connection = Connection(base_url='https://dev.azure.com/YOUR_ORG', creds=credentials)
core_client = connection.clients.get_core_client()
projects = core_client.get_projects()

Requires a valid personal access token and organization URL; the package targets Python 2.7 and 3.6, which are end-of-life versions.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package remains compatible with current API versions and modern Python releases.
- Whether msrest dependency receives active maintenance and security updates.
- Whether the package is actively used or has been superseded by newer official SDKs.
- Current compatibility status with Python versions beyond 3.6.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 92.9K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

azure devops python api, vsts python sdk, azure devops rest client, programmatic azure devops access, azure devops automation python, work item management api, azure devops project management, rest-api-client, legacy-maintenance

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