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Installation

The Atlan Application SDK is available on PyPI and can be installed with your preferred Python package manager.

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Requirements

Python 3.11 or higher is required. The SDK supports Python 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13.

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Install the SDK

pip install atlan-application-sdk
This installs the core SDK with essential dependencies including:
  • FastAPI for the web server
  • Pydantic for data validation
  • PyAtlan for Atlan API access
  • DuckDB for local data processing
  • Loguru for logging

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Optional dependencies

The SDK provides optional extras for specific functionality:

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Workflow orchestration

Required for Temporal workflow support: 
pip install atlan-application-sdk[workflows]
Includes:
  • Temporal Python SDK
  • Dapr SDK
  • orjson for fast JSON serialization

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SQL database support

For SQLAlchemy-based database connections: 
pip install atlan-application-sdk[sqlalchemy]

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Cloud provider support

For AWS IAM authentication and Secrets Manager:
pip install atlan-application-sdk[iam_auth]
Includes boto3 for AWS SDK access.

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Data processing

Pandas and PyArrow are included in the base installation for data processing.
For distributed data processing with Daft:
pip install atlan-application-sdk[daft]

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Development and testing

For test utilities and validation:
pip install atlan-application-sdk[tests]
Includes pytest-order and pandera for data validation.
For Redis-based distributed locks:
pip install atlan-application-sdk[distributed_lock]
For Model Context Protocol integration:
pip install atlan-application-sdk[mcp]

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Install all extras

To install the SDK with all optional dependencies: 
pip install atlan-application-sdk[workflows,sqlalchemy,iam_auth,azure,daft,tests,distributed_lock,mcp]

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Docker images

Pre-built Docker images are available from the Atlan Harbor registry: 
# Latest version
docker pull registry.atlan.com/public/application-sdk:main-latest

# Specific version
docker pull registry.atlan.com/public/application-sdk:main-2.5.0

# Commit-specific image
docker pull registry.atlan.com/public/application-sdk:sha-49c027f
Docker images include all dependencies and are ready for production deployment.

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Verify installation

Verify the installation by checking the version: 
from application_sdk import __version__

print(__version__)  # Should print: 2.5.0

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