# Python Backend SDK

We're pleased to announce the release of our server-side [Python SDK](https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-python)!

With this launch, Python developers can more easily interface with the [Clerk Backend API](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api) to manage users, organizations, and sessions.

```python
import asyncio
from clerk_backend_api import Clerk

async def main():
    sdk = Clerk(
        bearer_auth="<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>",
    )
    res = await sdk.email_addresses.get_async(
        email_address_id="email_address_id_example"
    )
    if res is not None:
        # handle response
        pass

asyncio.run(main())
```

This release also makes it straightforward to authenticate backend requests in Django, Flask, and other Python web frameworks:

```python
import os
import httpx
from clerk_backend_api import Clerk
from clerk_backend_api.jwks_helpers import AuthenticateRequestOptions

def is_signed_in(request: httpx.Request):
    sdk = Clerk(bearer_auth=os.getenv('CLERK_SECRET_KEY'))
    request_state = sdk.authenticate_request(
        request,
        AuthenticateRequestOptions(
            authorized_parties=['https://example.com']
        )
    )
    return request_state.is_signed_in
```

You can `pip install` the new [`clerk-backend-api`](https://pypi.org/project/clerk-backend-api/) module in any Python 3.8+ application to get started. To help you from there, we've prepared [detailed reference documentation](https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-python/blob/main/README.md) in the SDK GitHub repository.

_Special thanks to [Speakeasy](https://www.speakeasy.com/) for partnering with us on this SDK release 🎉_!