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Azure Event Hubs SDK for Python streaming. Use for high-throughput event ingestion, producers, consumers, and checkpointing. Triggers: "event hubs", "EventHubProducerClient", "EventHubConsumerClient", "streaming", "partitions".
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Big data streaming platform for high-throughput event ingestion.
🔑 Two rules apply to every code sample below:
- Prefer
DefaultAzureCredential. It works locally (Azure CLI / VS Code / Developer CLI) and in Azure (managed identity, workload identity) with no code change. Avoid connection strings, account/API keys — they bypass Entra audit and rotation.
- Local dev:
DefaultAzureCredentialworks as-is.- Production: set
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod(orAZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>) to constrain the credential chain to production-safe credentials.- Wrap every client in a context manager so HTTP transports, sockets, and token caches are released deterministically:
- Sync:
with <Client>(...) as client:- Async:
async with <Client>(...) as client:andasync with DefaultAzureCredential() as credential:(fromazure.identity.aio)Snippets may abbreviate this setup, but production code should always follow both rules.
| Client | Purpose |
|---|---|
EventHubProducerClient | Send events to Event Hub |
EventHubConsumerClient | Receive events from Event Hub |
BlobCheckpointStore | Track consumer progress |
azure.xxx sync clients with azure.xxx.aio async clients in the same call path. Choose one mode per module.with Client(...) as client: (sync) or async with Client(...) as client: (async) for proper cleanup. For async DefaultAzureCredential from azure.identity.aio, also use async with credential: so tokens and transports are cleaned up.DefaultAzureCredential for portable auth across local dev and Azure (avoid connection strings / API keys when possible).| File | Contents |
|---|---|
| references/checkpointing.md | Checkpoint store patterns, blob checkpointing, checkpoint strategies |
| references/partitions.md | Partition management, load balancing, starting positions |
| scripts/setup_consumer.py | CLI for Event Hub info, consumer setup, and event sending/receiving |
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential, ManagedIdentityCredential
from azure.eventhub import EventHubProducerClient, EventHubConsumerClient
# Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>
credential = DefaultAzureCredential(require_envvar=True)
# Or use a specific credential directly in production:
# See https://learn.microsoft.com/python/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-python#credential-classes
# credential = ManagedIdentityCredential()
namespace = "<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net"
eventhub_name = "my-eventhub"
# Producer
with EventHubProducerClient(
fully_qualified_namespace=namespace,
eventhub_name=eventhub_name,
credential=credential
) as producer:
# Use producer here (see following sections for operations)
...
# Consumer
with EventHubConsumerClient(
fully_qualified_namespace=namespace,
eventhub_name=eventhub_name,
consumer_group="$Default",
credential=credential
) as consumer:
# Use consumer here (see following sections for operations)
...from azure.eventhub import EventHubProducerClient, EventData
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
with EventHubProducerClient(
fully_qualified_namespace="<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net",
eventhub_name="my-eventhub",
credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
) as producer:
# Create batch (handles size limits)
event_data_batch = producer.create_batch()
for i in range(10):
try:
event_data_batch.add(EventData(f"Event {i}"))
except ValueError:
# Batch is full, send and create new one
producer.send_batch(event_data_batch)
event_data_batch = producer.create_batch()
event_data_batch.add(EventData(f"Event {i}"))
# Send remaining
producer.send_batch(event_data_batch)# By partition ID
event_data_batch = producer.create_batch(partition_id="0")
# By partition key (consistent hashing)
event_data_batch = producer.create_batch(partition_key="user-123")from azure.eventhub import EventHubConsumerClient
def on_event(partition_context, event):
print(f"Partition: {partition_context.partition_id}")
print(f"Data: {event.body_as_str()}")
partition_context.update_checkpoint(event)
with EventHubConsumerClient(
fully_qualified_namespace="<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net",
eventhub_name="my-eventhub",
consumer_group="$Default",
credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
) as consumer:
consumer.receive(
on_event=on_event,
starting_position="-1", # Beginning of stream
)from azure.eventhub import EventHubConsumerClient
from azure.eventhub.extensions.checkpointstoreblob import BlobCheckpointStore
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
checkpoint_store = BlobCheckpointStore(
blob_account_url="https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net",
container_name="checkpoints",
credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
)
with EventHubConsumerClient(
fully_qualified_namespace="<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net",
eventhub_name="my-eventhub",
consumer_group="$Default",
credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
checkpoint_store=checkpoint_store
) as consumer:
def on_event(partition_context, event):
print(f"Received: {event.body_as_str()}")
# Checkpoint after processing
partition_context.update_checkpoint(event)
consumer.receive(on_event=on_event)from azure.eventhub.aio import EventHubProducerClient, EventHubConsumerClient
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
import asyncio
async def send_events():
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
async with EventHubProducerClient(
fully_qualified_namespace="<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net",
eventhub_name="my-eventhub",
credential=credential
) as producer:
batch = await producer.create_batch()
batch.add(EventData("Async event"))
await producer.send_batch(batch)
async def receive_events():
async def on_event(partition_context, event):
print(event.body_as_str())
await partition_context.update_checkpoint(event)
async with EventHubConsumerClient(
fully_qualified_namespace="<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net",
eventhub_name="my-eventhub",
consumer_group="$Default",
credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
) as consumer:
await consumer.receive(on_event=on_event)
asyncio.run(send_events())event = EventData("My event body")
# Set properties
event.properties = {"custom_property": "value"}
event.content_type = "application/json"
# Read properties (on receive)
print(event.body_as_str())
print(event.sequence_number)
print(event.offset)
print(event.enqueued_time)
print(event.partition_key)with producer:
info = producer.get_eventhub_properties()
print(f"Name: {info['name']}")
print(f"Partitions: {info['partition_ids']}")
for partition_id in info['partition_ids']:
partition_info = producer.get_partition_properties(partition_id)
print(f"Partition {partition_id}: {partition_info['last_enqueued_sequence_number']}")