# alibabacloud-credentials > The alibabacloud credentials module of alibabaCloud Python SDK. - **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/alibabacloud-credentials - **Author**: Alibaba Cloud - **Category**: Frameworks - **Latest version**: `1.0.8` (2026-04-21) - **License**: Apache License 2.0 - **Source**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python - **Language**: Python - **GitHub**: 9 stars, 12 forks - **Registry**: pypi (`alibabacloud-credentials`) - **Tags**: `alibabacloud`, `pypi`, `sdk`, `tea` ## Description English | [简体中文](README-CN.md) ![Alibaba Cloud Logo](https://aliyunsdk-pages.alicdn.com/icons/AlibabaCloud.svg) # Alibaba Cloud Credentials for Python [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/alibabacloud_credentials.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/alibabacloud_credentials) [![Python Test](https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/actions/workflows/testPython.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/actions/workflows/testPython.yml) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/aliyun/credentials-python/graph/badge.svg?token=Y0J1E7T35I)](https://codecov.io/gh/aliyun/credentials-python) ## Important Updates - Starting from version 1.0rc1, the package `alibabacloud-credentials` only supports Python 3.7 and above. ## Installation - **Install with pip** Python SDK uses a common package management tool named `pip`. If pip is not installed, see the [pip user guide](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/ "pip User Guide") to install pip. ```bash # Install the alibabacloud-credentials pip install alibabacloud-credentials ``` ## Usage Before you begin, you need to sign up for an Alibaba Cloud account and retrieve your [Credentials](https://usercenter.console.aliyun.com/#/manage/ak). ### **Parameters** of the **Credentials tool** ----------------------------------------------------------- The parameters of the Credentials tool are defined in the `Config` class of the `alibabacloud_credentials.models` module. The credential type is determined by the value of `type`, which is a required parameter in the configurations. After you determine a credential type, configure parameters based on the credential type. The following table describes the valid values of `type` and the parameters supported by each credential type. In the table, a check mark (`✓`) indicates that the parameter is required, a hyphen (`-`) indicates that the parameter is optional, and an X mark (`×`) indicates that the parameter is not supported. **Note** We recommend that you do not use parameters that are not listed in the following table. | **type** | **access_key** | **sts** | **ram_role_arn** | **ecs_ram_role** | **oidc_role_arn** | **credentials_uri** | **bearer** | | --- | --- | ---- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | access_key_id: the AccessKey ID. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | × | | access_key_secret: the AccessKey secret. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | × | | security_token: Security Token Service (STS) token. | × | ✓ | - | × | × | × | × | | role_arn: the Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) of the Resource Access Management (RAM) role. | × | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | × | | role_session_name: the name of the custom session. The default format is `credentials-java-The current timestamp`. | × | × | - | × | - | × | × | | role_name: specifies the name of the RAM role. | × | × | × | - | × | × | × | | disable_imds_v1: specifies whether to forcibly use the security hardening mode (IMDSv2). If you set this parameter to true, the security hardening mode (IMDSv2) is used. Default value: `false`. | × | × | × | - | × | × | × | | bearer_token: a bearer token. | × | × | × | × | × ## Recent releases | Version | Date | Urgency | Changes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `1.0.8` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (1.0.8) | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | | `v1.0.8` | 2026-03-11 | Low | ## What's Changed * feat: support oauth credential without refresh token by @yndu13 in https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/pull/81 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aliyun/credentials-python/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8 | ## Dependency audit - **Score**: 98/100 - **Total deps**: 0 - **Resolved**: 0 - **Unresolved**: 0 - **License conflicts**: 0 - **Warnings**: 1 - **Scanned**: 2026-05-18 ## Citation - HTML: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/alibabacloud-credentials - Markdown: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/alibabacloud-credentials.md - Dependencies JSON: https://www.freshcrate.ai/api/projects/alibabacloud-credentials/deps _Generated by freshcrate.ai. 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