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| id: python |
| title: Pulsar Python client |
| sidebar_label: "Python client" |
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| You can use a Pulsar Python client to create Pulsar [producers](pathname:///docs/concepts-clients#producer), [consumers](pathname:///docs/concepts-clients#consumer), and [readers](pathname:///docs/concepts-clients#reader) in Python. All the methods in Pulsar Python clients are thread-safe. |
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| ## Get started |
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| 1. [Set up Python client library](python-setup.md) |
| 2. [Initialize a Python client](python-initialize.md) |
| 3. [Use a Python client](python-use.md) |
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| ## What's next? |
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| - [Work with clients](clients.md) |
| - [Work with producers](producers.md) |
| - [Work with consumers](consumers.md) |
| - [Work with readers](readers.md) |
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| ## Reference doc |
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| - [Python client API docs](@pulsar:apidoc:python@) |
| - [Client configurations](@pulsar:apidoc:python@/pulsar.Client.html#__init__) |
| - [Producer configurations](@pulsar:apidoc:python@/pulsar.Client.html#create_producer) |
| - [Consumer configurations](@pulsar:apidoc:python@/pulsar.Client.html#subscribe) |
| - [Reader configurations](@pulsar:apidoc:python@/pulsar.Client.html#create_reader) |
| - [Release notes](/release-notes/client-python) |
| - [Client feature matrix](/docs/client-libraries/feature-matrix) |
