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title: Documentation for the python Generator
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## METADATA

| Property | Value | Notes |
| -------- | ----- | ----- |
| generator name | python | pass this to the generate command after -g |
| generator stability | STABLE | |
| generator type | CLIENT | |
| generator language | Python | |
| generator language version | 3.7+ | |
| generator default templating engine | mustache | |
| helpTxt | Generates a Python client library. | |

## CONFIG OPTIONS
These options may be applied as additional-properties (cli) or configOptions (plugins). Refer to [configuration docs](https://openapi-generator.tech/docs/configuration) for more details.

| Option | Description | Values | Default |
| ------ | ----------- | ------ | ------- |
|dateFormat|date format for query parameters| |%Y-%m-%d|
|datetimeFormat|datetime format for query parameters| |%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z|
|disallowAdditionalPropertiesIfNotPresent|If false, the 'additionalProperties' implementation (set to true by default) is compliant with the OAS and JSON schema specifications. If true (default), keep the old (incorrect) behaviour that 'additionalProperties' is set to false by default.|<dl><dt>**false**</dt><dd>The 'additionalProperties' implementation is compliant with the OAS and JSON schema specifications.</dd><dt>**true**</dt><dd>Keep the old (incorrect) behaviour that 'additionalProperties' is set to false by default.</dd></dl>|true|
|generateSourceCodeOnly|Specifies that only a library source code is to be generated.| |false|
|hideGenerationTimestamp|Hides the generation timestamp when files are generated.| |true|
|library|library template (sub-template) to use: asyncio, tornado (deprecated), urllib3| |urllib3|
|mapNumberTo|Map number to Union[StrictFloat, StrictInt], StrictStr or float.| |Union[StrictFloat, StrictInt]|
|packageName|python package name (convention: snake_case).| |openapi_client|
|packageUrl|python package URL.| |null|
|packageVersion|python package version.| |1.0.0|
|projectName|python project name in setup.py (e.g. petstore-api).| |null|
|recursionLimit|Set the recursion limit. If not set, use the system default value.| |null|
|useOneOfDiscriminatorLookup|Use the discriminator's mapping in oneOf to speed up the model lookup. IMPORTANT: Validation (e.g. one and only one match in oneOf's schemas) will be skipped.| |false|

## IMPORT MAPPING

| Type/Alias | Imports |
| ---------- | ------- |


## INSTANTIATION TYPES

| Type/Alias | Instantiated By |
| ---------- | --------------- |


## LANGUAGE PRIMITIVES

<ul class="column-ul">
<li>Dict</li>
<li>List</li>
<li>bool</li>
<li>bytearray</li>
<li>bytes</li>
<li>date</li>
<li>datetime</li>
<li>decimal.Decimal</li>
<li>dict</li>
<li>float</li>
<li>int</li>
<li>list</li>
<li>none_type</li>
<li>object</li>
<li>str</li>
</ul>

## RESERVED WORDS

<ul class="column-ul">
<li>all_params</li>
<li>and</li>
<li>as</li>
<li>assert</li>
<li>async</li>
<li>auth_settings</li>
<li>await</li>
<li>base64</li>
<li>body_params</li>
<li>break</li>
<li>class</li>
<li>continue</li>
<li>date</li>
<li>def</li>
<li>del</li>
<li>elif</li>
<li>else</li>
<li>except</li>
<li>exec</li>
<li>false</li>
<li>field</li>
<li>finally</li>
<li>float</li>
<li>for</li>
<li>form_params</li>
<li>from</li>
<li>global</li>
<li>header_params</li>
<li>if</li>
<li>import</li>
<li>in</li>
<li>is</li>
<li>json</li>
<li>lambda</li>
<li>local_var_files</li>
<li>none</li>
<li>nonlocal</li>
<li>not</li>
<li>or</li>
<li>pass</li>
<li>path_params</li>
<li>print</li>
<li>property</li>
<li>query_params</li>
<li>raise</li>
<li>resource_path</li>
<li>return</li>
<li>schema</li>
<li>self</li>
<li>true</li>
<li>try</li>
<li>while</li>
<li>with</li>
<li>yield</li>
</ul>

## FEATURE SET


### Client Modification Feature
| Name | Supported | Defined By |
| ---- | --------- | ---------- |
|BasePath|✗|ToolingExtension
|Authorizations|✗|ToolingExtension
|UserAgent|✗|ToolingExtension
|MockServer|✗|ToolingExtension

### Data Type Feature
| Name | Supported | Defined By |
| ---- | --------- | ---------- |
|Custom|✗|OAS2,OAS3
|Int32|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Int64|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Float|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Double|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Decimal|✓|ToolingExtension
|String|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Byte|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Binary|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Boolean|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Date|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|DateTime|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Password|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|File|✓|OAS2
|Uuid|✗|
|Array|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Null|✗|OAS3
|AnyType|✗|OAS2,OAS3
|Object|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Maps|✓|ToolingExtension
|CollectionFormat|✓|OAS2
|CollectionFormatMulti|✓|OAS2
|Enum|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|ArrayOfEnum|✓|ToolingExtension
|ArrayOfModel|✓|ToolingExtension
|ArrayOfCollectionOfPrimitives|✓|ToolingExtension
|ArrayOfCollectionOfModel|✓|ToolingExtension
|ArrayOfCollectionOfEnum|✓|ToolingExtension
|MapOfEnum|✓|ToolingExtension
|MapOfModel|✓|ToolingExtension
|MapOfCollectionOfPrimitives|✓|ToolingExtension
|MapOfCollectionOfModel|✓|ToolingExtension
|MapOfCollectionOfEnum|✓|ToolingExtension

### Documentation Feature
| Name | Supported | Defined By |
| ---- | --------- | ---------- |
|Readme|✓|ToolingExtension
|Model|✓|ToolingExtension
|Api|✓|ToolingExtension

### Global Feature
| Name | Supported | Defined By |
| ---- | --------- | ---------- |
|Host|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|BasePath|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Info|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Schemes|✗|OAS2,OAS3
|PartialSchemes|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Consumes|✓|OAS2
|Produces|✓|OAS2
|ExternalDocumentation|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Examples|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|XMLStructureDefinitions|✗|OAS2,OAS3
|MultiServer|✗|OAS3
|ParameterizedServer|✗|OAS3
|ParameterStyling|✗|OAS3
|Callbacks|✗|OAS3
|LinkObjects|✗|OAS3

### Parameter Feature
| Name | Supported | Defined By |
| ---- | --------- | ---------- |
|Path|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Query|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Header|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Body|✓|OAS2
|FormUnencoded|✓|OAS2
|FormMultipart|✓|OAS2
|Cookie|✗|OAS3

### Schema Support Feature
| Name | Supported | Defined By |
| ---- | --------- | ---------- |
|Simple|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Composite|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Polymorphism|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|Union|✗|OAS3
|allOf|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|anyOf|✓|OAS3
|oneOf|✓|OAS3
|not|✗|OAS3

### Security Feature
| Name | Supported | Defined By |
| ---- | --------- | ---------- |
|BasicAuth|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|ApiKey|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|OpenIDConnect|✗|OAS3
|BearerToken|✓|OAS3
|OAuth2_Implicit|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|OAuth2_Password|✗|OAS2,OAS3
|OAuth2_ClientCredentials|✗|OAS2,OAS3
|OAuth2_AuthorizationCode|✗|OAS2,OAS3
|SignatureAuth|✓|OAS3
|AWSV4Signature|✗|ToolingExtension

### Wire Format Feature
| Name | Supported | Defined By |
| ---- | --------- | ---------- |
|JSON|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|XML|✓|OAS2,OAS3
|PROTOBUF|✗|ToolingExtension
|Custom|✓|OAS2,OAS3
