kanidm 1.3.0

Kanidm client library

Kanidm

A Python module for interacting with Kanidm.

Currently in very very very early beta, please log an issue for feature requests and bugs.

Installation

python -m pip install kanidm

Documentation

Documentation can be generated by cloning the repository and running make docs/pykanidm/build. The documentation will appear in ./pykanidm/site. You'll need make and the uv package installed.

Testing

Set up your dev environment using uv - python -m pip install uv && uv sync.

Pytest it used for testing, if you don't have a live server to test against and config set up, use uv run pytest -m 'not network'.

OpenAPI client generation

The OpenAPI spec is served by the running Kanidm server. To generate/update the OpenAPI-based client package:

uv run kanidm_openapi_codegen

You can also point it at a local spec file or override the URL:

uv run kanidm_openapi_codegen --spec-file /path/to/openapi.json
uv run kanidm_openapi_codegen --spec-url https://localhost:8443/docs/v1/openapi.json

Programmatic code generation lives in kanidm.openapi_codegen, which is behind the optional feature openapi_codegen:

python -m pip install "kanidm[openapi_codegen]"

Programmatic use is also supported:

from pathlib import Path
from kanidm.openapi_codegen import generate_openapi_client

generate_openapi_client(
    spec_url="https://localhost:8443/docs/v1/openapi.json",
    verify_tls=True,
    ca_file=Path("/tmp/kanidm/ca.pem"),
    # season to taste
    output=Path("pykanidm/kanidm_openapi_client"), 
)

The generated client is packaged as kanidm_openapi_client.

KanidmClient now initializes an OpenAPI client by default at startup as client.openapi_client:

from kanidm import KanidmClient

client = KanidmClient(uri="https://localhost:8443")
openapi_client = client.openapi_client

You can still build one explicitly from config helpers in kanidm.openapi if needed.

OpenAPI structure

• kanidm_openapi_client/ contains the generated OpenAPI client (API classes, models, and transport).
• kanidm/openapi.py provides helpers to build an OpenAPI ApiClient from a KanidmClient/KanidmClientConfig.
• The generated package is included in the build via tool.pdm.build.includes.

OpenAPI spec tests

Networked OpenAPI tests are marked openapi and include both spec validation and generated-client GET calls. Run them with:

IDM_ADMIN_PASS=... uv run pytest -m openapi

OpenAPI tests regenerate kanidm_openapi_client once per pytest session before running marked tests. This uses kanidm.openapi_codegen and requires Docker to be available.

Optional environment overrides:

• KANIDM_CA_PATH (default: /tmp/kanidm/ca.pem if present)
• KANIDM_OPENAPI_URL (default: https://localhost:8443)
• IDM_ADMIN_PASS (required for auth'd OpenAPI tests; matches scripts/setup_dev_environment.sh)
• KANIDM_INSECURE (true/false, default: false) disables TLS verification for tests

Note: tests always verify TLS unless KANIDM_INSECURE=true. Provide a CA via KANIDM_CA_PATH (or use the default /tmp/kanidm/ca.pem) so the server cert validates.

Changelog

Version	Date	Notes
0.0.1	2022-08-16	Initial release
0.0.2	2022-08-16	Updated license, including test code in package
0.0.3	2022-08-17	Updated test suite to allow skipping of network tests
1.2.0	2025-05-13	Replaced poetry with uv for packaging
1.3.0	2026-02-19	Major rewrite to use openapi-generated codebase, based on 1.9.0 API