Python

Dapr offers a variety of packages to help with the development of Python applications. Using them you can create Python clients, servers, and virtual actors with Dapr.

Available packages

• Dapr client for writing Python applications to interact with the Dapr sidecar and other Dapr applications
• Dapr actor for creating and interacting with stateful virtual actors in Python
• Extensions for adding Dapr capabilities to other Python frameworks
  • gRPC extension for creating a gRPC server with Dapr
  • FastAPI extension for adding Dapr actor capabilities to FastAPI applications
  • Flask extension for adding Dapr actor capabilities to Flask applications

Install the Dapr module

• Stable
• Development

pip install dapr

Note

The development package will contain features and behavior that will be compatible with the pre-release version of the Dapr runtime. Make sure to uninstall any stable versions of the Python SDK before installing the dapr-dev package.

pip install dapr-dev

Try it out

Clone the Python SDK repo to try out some of the examples.

git clone https://github.com/dapr/python-sdk.git

More information

• Python Package Index (PyPI)
• Dapr SDK serialization