securewithtrace 0.3.2

Python SDK for the Trace security platform

Trace Python SDK

The Trace Python SDK provides convenient access to webhook event parsing and signature verification for the Trace security platform.

Installation

# pip
pip install securewithtrace

# uv
uv add securewithtrace

# poetry
poetry add securewithtrace

Requirements

Python 3.12+

Usage

Webhook Verification

Verify and parse incoming webhook events from Trace. The SDK validates HMAC-SHA256 signatures and parses the payload into strongly-typed dataclasses.

from securewithtrace import WebhookHandler, WebhookVerificationError, WebhookParseError

handler = WebhookHandler(secret="whsec_your_webhook_secret")

# In your webhook endpoint handler:
def handle_webhook(request):
    try:
        event = handler.verify_and_parse(
            payload=request.body,
            signature=request.headers["X-Trace-Signature"],
            event_type=request.headers["X-Trace-Event"],
        )
    except WebhookVerificationError:
        return Response(status=401)  # Invalid signature
    except WebhookParseError:
        return Response(status=400)  # Malformed payload

    match event.type:
        case "vulnerability.detected":
            print(f"New vulnerability: {event.data.title} ({event.data.severity.value})")
        case "vulnerability.fixed":
            print(f"Fixed: {event.data.title}")
        case "vulnerability.reopened":
            print(f"Reopened: {event.data.title}")
        case "vulnerability.status_updated":
            print(f"Status changed: {event.data.old_status.value} -> {event.data.new_status.value}")
        case "vulnerability.severity_changed":
            print(f"Severity changed: {event.data.old_severity.value} -> {event.data.new_severity.value}")

    return Response(status=200)

Signature Verification Only

If you need to verify the signature without parsing:

handler = WebhookHandler(secret="whsec_your_webhook_secret")

is_valid = handler.verify_signature(
    payload=request.body,
    signature=request.headers["X-Trace-Signature"],
)

Event Types

The SDK provides typed dataclasses for all webhook event types:

Event Type	Class
vulnerability.detected	VulnerabilityDetectedEvent
vulnerability.fixed	VulnerabilityFixedEvent
vulnerability.reopened	VulnerabilityReopenedEvent
vulnerability.status_updated	VulnerabilityStatusUpdatedEvent
vulnerability.severity_changed	VulnerabilitySeverityChangedEvent

Exception Handling

from securewithtrace import WebhookVerificationError, WebhookParseError

try:
    event = handler.verify_and_parse(payload, signature, event_type)
except WebhookVerificationError:
    # Signature mismatch — reject the request
    ...
except WebhookParseError:
    # Payload could not be parsed — unknown event type, missing fields, etc.
    ...

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.