cruds 1.6.0

A lightweight Python client for REST APIs — create, read, update, and delete with zero boilerplate

CRUDs

CRUDs is a lightweight Python client for REST APIs — create, read, update, and delete with zero boilerplate.

import cruds

api = cruds.Client("https://api.example.com", auth="your-token")

# Create a resource
user = api.create("users", data={"name": "Ada", "role": "engineer"})

# Read it back
user = api.read(f"users/{user['id']}")

# Update it
api.update(f"users/{user['id']}", data={"role": "lead"})

# Delete it
api.delete(f"users/{user['id']}")

No response objects to unpack. No manual JSON parsing. No boilerplate retry logic. Just your data.

Quickstart

pip install cruds

import cruds

catfacts = cruds.Client("catfact.ninja")
fact = catfacts.read("fact")
print(fact["fact"])

Why CRUDs over requests/httpx?

You get	Without writing
Semantic CRUD methods	HTTP method boilerplate
Automatic JSON SerDes	.json() / .raise_for_status() calls
Retry with backoff	HTTPAdapter / Retry setup
Bearer, Basic & OAuth2 auth	Manual header management
SSL verification	certifi wiring

# requests — 6 lines of ceremony
import requests
response = requests.get("https://api.example.com/users",
                        headers={"Authorization": "Bearer token"})
response.raise_for_status()
users = response.json()

# CRUDs — 2 lines of intent
import cruds
users = cruds.Client("api.example.com", auth="token").read("users")

Features

• Authentication — Bearer tokens, username/password, and OAuth2 (Client Credentials, Resource Owner Password, Authorization Code with CSRF protection)
• JSON Serialization — Send and receive Python dicts and lists directly
• Multipart File Uploads — Upload files with multipart/form-data via a simple files parameter
• Retries with backoff — Configurable retry count, backoff factor, and status codes (429, 500–504, etc.)
• Error handling — Automatic exceptions for 4xx/5xx responses
• SSL verification — Enabled by default via certifi
• Logging — Built-in INFO/DEBUG logging for monitoring
• Interfaces — Build SDKs with YAML configuration (ships with a full Planhat interface)

Documentation

Full user guide, API reference, and examples at cruds.readthedocs.io.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Credits

• urllib3 Team