{"id":24828,"library":"webfinger","title":"python-webfinger","description":"Simple Python implementation of the WebFinger client protocol (RFC 7033). Version 1.0 is the current stable release. No update since 2012.","status":"active","version":"1.0","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"http://github.com/jcarbaugh/python-webfinger/","tags":["webfinger","client","protocol","rfc7033"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install webfinger","lang":"bash","label":"Install from PyPI"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"The library is a single module; the function is webfinger.webfinger().","wrong":"from webfinger import webfinger","symbol":"webfinger","correct":"import webfinger"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import webfinger\n\nresource = 'acct:user@example.com'\nresult = webfinger.webfinger(resource)\nprint(result)","lang":"python","description":"Look up a user's WebFinger resource."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Use 'import webfinger' and 'webfinger.webfinger()'.","message":"The module name and the only public function are both 'webfinger' — import webfinger then call webfinger.webfinger().","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"1.0"},{"fix":"Ensure your server supports both or handle JSON-only responses manually.","message":"The library uses the legacy XRD/XML format in addition to JSON. Some modern servers may return only JSON.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":"1.0"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run 'pip install webfinger'.","cause":"The package is not installed.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'webfinger'"},{"fix":"Use webfinger.webfinger(resource, host='example.com') instead of ssl_verify.","cause":"The library does not support custom SSL verification. Pass host directly without ssl_verify parameter.","error":"TypeError: webfinger() got an unexpected keyword argument 'ssl_verify'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}