feat: drop support for python 3.8 and drops deprecated type aliases

Author: Andrew Omondi

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 5
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The Microsoft Graph Core Python Client Library contains core classes used by [Mi
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-    Python 3.8+
+    Python 3.9+
 
 This library doesn't support [older](https://devguide.python.org/versions/) versions of Python.
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ dependencies = [
     "microsoft-kiota-http >=1.0.0,<2.0.0",
     "httpx[http2] >=0.23.0",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["msgraph", "openAPI", "Microsoft", "Graph"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ httpx[http2]==0.28.1
 
 hyperframe==6.0.1 ; python_full_version >= '3.6.1'
 
-microsoft-kiota-abstractions==1.6.8
+microsoft-kiota-abstractions==1.7.0
 
-microsoft-kiota-authentication-azure==1.6.8
+microsoft-kiota-authentication-azure==1.7.0
 
-microsoft-kiota-http==1.6.8
+microsoft-kiota-http==1.7.0
 
 multidict==6.1.0 ; python_version >= '3.7'
 

src/msgraph_core/__init__.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from .authentication import AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider
 from .base_graph_request_adapter import BaseGraphRequestAdapter
 from .graph_client_factory import GraphClientFactory
-from .tasks import PageIterator
 from .models import PageResult
+from .tasks import PageIterator
 
 __version__ = SDK_VERSION

src/msgraph_core/authentication/azure_identity_authentication_provider.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Union
 
 from kiota_authentication_azure.azure_identity_authentication_provider import (
     AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider as KiotaAzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider,
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ class AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider(KiotaAzureIdentityAuthenticationProvid
     def __init__(
         self,
         credentials: Union["TokenCredential", "AsyncTokenCredential"],
-        options: Optional[Dict] = {},
-        scopes: List[str] = [],
-        allowed_hosts: List[str] = [nc.value for nc in NationalClouds]
+        options: Optional[dict] = {},
+        scopes: list[str] = [],
+        allowed_hosts: list[str] = [nc.value for nc in NationalClouds]
     ) -> None:
         """[summary]
 
         Args:
             credentials (Union["TokenCredential", "AsyncTokenCredential"]): The
                 tokenCredential implementation to use for authentication.
             options (Optional[dict]): The options to use for authentication.
-            scopes (List[str]): The scopes to use for authentication.
+            scopes (list[str]): The scopes to use for authentication.
                 Defaults to 'https://<national_cloud_domain>/.default'.
-            allowed_hosts (Optional[List[str]]): The allowed hosts to use for
+            allowed_hosts (Optional[list[str]]): The allowed hosts to use for
                 authentication. Defaults to Microsoft National Clouds.
         """
         super().__init__(credentials, options, scopes, allowed_hosts)

src/msgraph_core/base_graph_request_adapter.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Optional
+
 import httpx
 from kiota_abstractions.authentication import AuthenticationProvider
 from kiota_abstractions.serialization import (

src/msgraph_core/graph_client_factory.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # ------------------------------------
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Optional
 
 import httpx
 from kiota_abstractions.request_option import RequestOption
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def create_with_default_middleware( # type: ignore
         api_version: APIVersion = APIVersion.v1,
         client: Optional[httpx.AsyncClient] = None,
         host: NationalClouds = NationalClouds.Global,
-        options: Optional[Dict[str, RequestOption]] = None
+        options: Optional[dict[str, RequestOption]] = None
     ) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
         """Constructs native HTTP AsyncClient(httpx.AsyncClient) instances configured with
         a custom transport loaded with a default pipeline of middleware.
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ def create_with_default_middleware( # type: ignore
             Defaults to KiotaClientFactory.get_default_client().
             host (NationalClouds): The national clound endpoint to be used.
             Defaults to NationalClouds.Global.
-            options (Optional[Dict[str, RequestOption]]): The request options to use when
-            instantiating default middleware. Defaults to Dict[str, RequestOption]=None.
+            options (Optional[dict[str, RequestOption]]): The request options to use when
+            instantiating default middleware. Defaults to dict[str, RequestOption]=None.
 
         Returns:
             httpx.AsyncClient: An instance of the AsyncClient object
@@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ def create_with_default_middleware( # type: ignore
     @staticmethod
     def create_with_custom_middleware( # type: ignore
         # Breaking change to remove Kiota client factory as base class
-        middleware: Optional[List[BaseMiddleware]],
+        middleware: Optional[list[BaseMiddleware]],
         api_version: APIVersion = APIVersion.v1,
         client: Optional[httpx.AsyncClient] = None,
         host: NationalClouds = NationalClouds.Global,
     ) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
         """Applies a custom middleware chain to the HTTP Client
 
         Args:
-            middleware(List[BaseMiddleware]): Custom middleware list that will be used to create
+            middleware(list[BaseMiddleware]): Custom middleware list that will be used to create
             a middleware pipeline. The middleware should be arranged in the order in which they will
             modify the request.
             api_version (APIVersion): The Graph API version to be used.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def _get_base_url(host: str, api_version: APIVersion) -> str:
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_telemetry_handler(
-        options: Optional[Dict[str, RequestOption]]
+        options: Optional[dict[str, RequestOption]]
     ) -> GraphTelemetryHandler:
         """Helper method to get the graph telemetry handler instantiated with appropriate
         options"""
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def _get_telemetry_handler(
 
     @staticmethod
     def _load_middleware_to_client(
-        client: httpx.AsyncClient, middleware: Optional[List[BaseMiddleware]]
+        client: httpx.AsyncClient, middleware: Optional[list[BaseMiddleware]]
     ) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
         current_transport = client._transport
         client._transport = GraphClientFactory._replace_transport_with_custom_graph_transport(
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def _load_middleware_to_client(
 
     @staticmethod
     def _replace_transport_with_custom_graph_transport(
-        current_transport: httpx.AsyncBaseTransport, middleware: Optional[List[BaseMiddleware]]
+        current_transport: httpx.AsyncBaseTransport, middleware: Optional[list[BaseMiddleware]]
     ) -> AsyncGraphTransport:
         middleware_pipeline = KiotaClientFactory.create_middleware_pipeline(
             middleware, current_transport

src/msgraph_core/middleware/options/graph_telemetry_handler_option.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Optional
 
 from kiota_abstractions.request_option import RequestOption
 

src/msgraph_core/models/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from .page_result import PageResult
 from .large_file_upload_session import LargeFileUploadSession
+from .page_result import PageResult
 from .upload_result import UploadResult, UploadSessionDataHolder
 
 __all__ = ['PageResult', 'LargeFileUploadSession', 'UploadResult', 'UploadSessionDataHolder']