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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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The azure-eventhub-py skill provides the Python SDK for Azure Event Hubs. It enables developers to build producers and consumers for event streaming, manage partitions, and implement checkpointing using Azure Blob Storage. The skill includes guidance on authentication using DefaultAzureCredential, managing client lifecycles with context managers, and strategies for handling event batches and partition distribution.

What it does

  • Provides clients for producing and consuming events from Azure Event Hubs
  • Supports both synchronous and asynchronous programming models
  • Enables checkpointing of consumer progress using Azure Blob Storage
  • Facilitates partition management including direct, key-based, and round-robin routing
  • Offers methods to retrieve Event Hub and partition metadata
  • Integrates with Azure Identity for secure authentication

When to use it

  • When integrating Python applications with Azure Event Hubs
  • When building event-driven architectures requiring high-throughput ingestion
  • When implementing reliable consumer patterns with stateful checkpointing
  • When needing to distribute event processing across multiple consumers

Advantages

  • Supports consistent authentication patterns across local and cloud environments
  • Provides flexible partition selection strategies for ordered or distributed delivery
  • Includes built-in support for checkpointing to track processing progress
  • Offers consistent API design for both sync and async operations

Usage examples

“How do I send events to an Azure Event Hub using Python?”
The agent provides a code example using EventHubProducerClient, demonstrating how to create a batch, add events, and send them to the hub.
“How can I implement a consumer that tracks progress with a checkpoint store?”
The agent provides a code snippet using EventHubConsumerClient configured with a BlobCheckpointStore to update checkpoints after processing events.
“How do I route events to a specific partition in Event Hubs?”
The agent explains how to use partition_id or partition_key within the create_batch method to control event distribution.
“What is the recommended way to authenticate with Azure Event Hubs?”
The agent explains the use of DefaultAzureCredential to handle authentication across local development and production environments.

Install

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    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/microsoft/azure-eventhub-py/download
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    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip azure-eventhub-py.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Microsoft

Azure Event Hubs SDK for Python

Big data streaming platform for high-throughput event ingestion.

Installation

pip install azure-eventhub azure-identity
# For checkpointing with blob storage
pip install azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio

Environment Variables

EVENT_HUB_FULLY_QUALIFIED_NAMESPACE=<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net  # Required for all auth methods
EVENT_HUB_NAME=my-eventhub  # Required for all auth methods
STORAGE_ACCOUNT_URL=https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net  # Required for checkpoint storage
CHECKPOINT_CONTAINER=checkpoints  # Required for checkpoint storage
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production

Authentication & Lifecycle

🔑 Two rules apply to every code sample below:

  1. 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: DefaultAzureCredential works as-is.

    • Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod (or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>) to constrain the credential chain to production-safe credentials.

  2. 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: and async with DefaultAzureCredential() as credential: (from azure.identity.aio)

Snippets may abbreviate this setup, but production code should always follow both rules.

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)
    ...

Client Types

ClientPurpose
EventHubProducerClientSend events to Event Hub
EventHubConsumerClientReceive events from Event Hub
BlobCheckpointStoreTrack consumer progress

Send Events

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)
Send to Specific Partition
# 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")

Receive Events

Simple Receive
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
    )
With Blob Checkpoint Store (Production)
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)

Async Client

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 Properties

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)

Get Event Hub Info

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']}")

Best Practices

  1. Pick sync OR async and stay consistent. Do not mix azure.xxx sync clients with azure.xxx.aio async clients in the same call path. Choose one mode per module.

  2. Always use context managers for clients and async credentials. Wrap every client in 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.

  3. Use DefaultAzureCredential for portable auth across local dev and Azure (avoid connection strings / API keys when possible).

  4. Use batches for sending multiple events

  5. Use checkpoint store in production for reliable processing

  6. Use async client for high-throughput scenarios

  7. Use partition keys for ordered delivery within a partition

  8. Handle batch size limits — catch ValueError when batch is full

  9. Set appropriate consumer groups for different applications

Reference Files

FileContents
references/checkpointing.mdCheckpoint store patterns, blob checkpointing, checkpoint strategies
references/partitions.mdPartition management, load balancing, starting positions
scripts/setup_consumer.pyCLI for Event Hub info, consumer setup, and event sending/receiving

Files

references/partitions.md

Partition Management with Azure Event Hubs

Patterns for working with partitions, load balancing, and event ordering.

Understanding Partitions

Partitions enable:

  • Parallel processing — Multiple consumers process different partitions

  • Ordered delivery — Events within a partition maintain order

  • Scalability — More partitions = higher throughput

Get Partition Information

from azure.eventhub import EventHubProducerClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

producer = EventHubProducerClient(
    fully_qualified_namespace="<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net",
    eventhub_name="my-eventhub",
    credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
)

with producer:
    # Get Event Hub properties
    eh_props = producer.get_eventhub_properties()
    print(f"Event Hub: {eh_props['name']}")
    print(f"Partitions: {eh_props['partition_ids']}")
    print(f"Created: {eh_props['created_at']}")
    
    # Get individual partition properties
    for partition_id in eh_props['partition_ids']:
        props = producer.get_partition_properties(partition_id)
        print(f"\nPartition {partition_id}:")
        print(f"  First sequence: {props['beginning_sequence_number']}")
        print(f"  Last sequence: {props['last_enqueued_sequence_number']}")
        print(f"  Last offset: {props['last_enqueued_offset']}")
        print(f"  Last enqueued: {props['last_enqueued_time_utc']}")
        print(f"  Is empty: {props['is_empty']}")

Sending to Specific Partitions

By Partition ID (Direct)
# Send to specific partition
batch = producer.create_batch(partition_id="0")
batch.add(EventData("Goes to partition 0"))
producer.send_batch(batch)
By Partition Key (Consistent Hashing)
# Same key always goes to same partition
batch = producer.create_batch(partition_key="user-123")
batch.add(EventData("All user-123 events in same partition"))
producer.send_batch(batch)

# Different keys may go to different partitions
for user_id in ["user-1", "user-2", "user-3"]:
    batch = producer.create_batch(partition_key=user_id)
    batch.add(EventData(f"Event for {user_id}"))
    producer.send_batch(batch)
Round-Robin (Default)
# No partition_id or partition_key = round-robin distribution
batch = producer.create_batch()
batch.add(EventData("Distributed across partitions"))
producer.send_batch(batch)

Partition Selection Strategies

StrategyUse CaseCode
Round-robinEven distribution, no ordering needscreate_batch()
Partition keyRelated events in same partitioncreate_batch(partition_key="...")
Explicit partitionDirect controlcreate_batch(partition_id="0")

Receiving from Partitions

All Partitions (Load Balanced)
from azure.eventhub import EventHubConsumerClient
from azure.eventhub.extensions.checkpointstoreblob import BlobCheckpointStore

checkpoint_store = BlobCheckpointStore(...)

consumer = EventHubConsumerClient(
    fully_qualified_namespace="<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net",
    eventhub_name="my-eventhub",
    consumer_group="$Default",
    credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
    checkpoint_store=checkpoint_store  # Required for load balancing
)

async def on_event(partition_context, event):
    print(f"Partition {partition_context.partition_id}: {event.body_as_str()}")
    await partition_context.update_checkpoint(event)

async with consumer:
    # Automatically distributes partitions across consumers
    await consumer.receive(on_event=on_event)
Specific Partition
async with consumer:
    await consumer.receive(
        on_event=on_event,
        partition_id="0"  # Only receive from partition 0
    )

Load Balancing Multiple Consumers

When multiple consumers share a consumer group with a checkpoint store, partitions are automatically distributed.

Example: 3 Consumers, 8 Partitions
Consumer 1: Partitions 0, 1, 2
Consumer 2: Partitions 3, 4, 5  
Consumer 3: Partitions 6, 7
Partition Ownership Events
async def on_partition_initialize(partition_context):
    """Called when consumer claims a partition."""
    print(f"Initialized partition {partition_context.partition_id}")

async def on_partition_close(partition_context, reason):
    """Called when consumer releases a partition."""
    print(f"Closed partition {partition_context.partition_id}: {reason}")

async with consumer:
    await consumer.receive(
        on_event=on_event,
        on_partition_initialize=on_partition_initialize,
        on_partition_close=on_partition_close
    )
Close Reasons
ReasonDescription
SHUTDOWNConsumer is closing normally
OWNERSHIP_LOSTAnother consumer claimed this partition

Partition Context Properties

async def on_event(partition_context, event):
    # Partition info
    print(f"Partition ID: {partition_context.partition_id}")
    print(f"Consumer Group: {partition_context.consumer_group}")
    print(f"Event Hub: {partition_context.eventhub_name}")
    print(f"Namespace: {partition_context.fully_qualified_namespace}")
    
    # Last enqueued event (if tracking enabled)
    if partition_context.last_enqueued_event_properties:
        props = partition_context.last_enqueued_event_properties
        print(f"Last sequence: {props.sequence_number}")
        print(f"Last offset: {props.offset}")
        print(f"Last enqueued: {props.enqueued_time}")

Track Partition Health

async def on_event(partition_context, event):
    props = partition_context.last_enqueued_event_properties
    
    if props:
        # Calculate lag
        current_seq = event.sequence_number
        last_seq = props.sequence_number
        lag = last_seq - current_seq
        
        if lag > 1000:
            print(f"WARNING: Partition {partition_context.partition_id} lag: {lag}")

Parallel Partition Processing

import asyncio
from azure.eventhub.aio import EventHubConsumerClient

async def process_partition(consumer, partition_id: str):
    """Process a single partition."""
    async def on_event(partition_context, event):
        await process_event(event)
        await partition_context.update_checkpoint(event)
    
    await consumer.receive(
        on_event=on_event,
        partition_id=partition_id
    )

async def parallel_consume():
    consumer = EventHubConsumerClient(...)
    
    async with consumer:
        # Get all partitions
        props = await consumer.get_eventhub_properties()
        
        # Start parallel tasks for each partition
        tasks = [
            process_partition(consumer, pid)
            for pid in props['partition_ids']
        ]
        
        await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

Partition-Aware Batching

class PartitionBatcher:
    """Batch events by partition for efficient sending."""
    
    def __init__(self, producer):
        self.producer = producer
        self.batches: dict[str, any] = {}
    
    async def add(self, event: EventData, partition_key: str):
        if partition_key not in self.batches:
            self.batches[partition_key] = await self.producer.create_batch(
                partition_key=partition_key
            )
        
        try:
            self.batches[partition_key].add(event)
        except ValueError:
            # Batch full, send and create new
            await self.producer.send_batch(self.batches[partition_key])
            self.batches[partition_key] = await self.producer.create_batch(
                partition_key=partition_key
            )
            self.batches[partition_key].add(event)
    
    async def flush(self):
        for batch in self.batches.values():
            if batch:
                await self.producer.send_batch(batch)
        self.batches.clear()

Starting Positions

from azure.eventhub import EventHubConsumerClient

# From beginning
await consumer.receive(
    on_event=on_event,
    starting_position="-1"  # Beginning of stream
)

# From end (new events only)
await consumer.receive(
    on_event=on_event,
    starting_position="@latest"
)

# From specific offset
await consumer.receive(
    on_event=on_event,
    starting_position="12345"  # Specific offset
)

# From specific time
from datetime import datetime, timezone
start_time = datetime(2024, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
await consumer.receive(
    on_event=on_event,
    starting_position=start_time
)

# Different positions per partition
await consumer.receive(
    on_event=on_event,
    starting_position={
        "0": "-1",      # Partition 0 from beginning
        "1": "@latest", # Partition 1 from end
        "2": "5000"     # Partition 2 from offset 5000
    }
)

Monitoring Partition Distribution

class PartitionMonitor:
    def __init__(self):
        self.owned_partitions: set[str] = set()
        self.event_counts: dict[str, int] = {}
    
    async def on_partition_initialize(self, partition_context):
        self.owned_partitions.add(partition_context.partition_id)
        print(f"Now own partitions: {self.owned_partitions}")
    
    async def on_partition_close(self, partition_context, reason):
        self.owned_partitions.discard(partition_context.partition_id)
        print(f"Released {partition_context.partition_id}: {reason}")
    
    async def on_event(self, partition_context, event):
        pid = partition_context.partition_id
        self.event_counts[pid] = self.event_counts.get(pid, 0) + 1
        
        # Log distribution every 1000 events
        total = sum(self.event_counts.values())
        if total % 1000 == 0:
            print(f"Event distribution: {self.event_counts}")

Best Practices

  1. Use partition keys for related events that need ordering

  2. Avoid explicit partition IDs unless you have a specific reason

  3. Scale consumers with partitions — aim for 1 consumer per partition max

  4. Monitor lag — track difference between enqueued and processed events

  5. Handle ownership changes — design for partitions moving between consumers

  6. Use checkpoint stores for automatic load balancing

  7. Start from checkpoint — let checkpoint store manage starting position

  8. Partition count is fixed — plan capacity upfront (cannot change after creation)

Partition Limits

LimitValue
Min partitions1
Max partitions (Standard)32
Max partitions (Premium/Dedicated)100+
Max throughput per partition~1 MB/s or ~1000 events/s

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