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# Python SDK

The Python client (`everestapi`) wraps every HTTP endpoint with typed dataclasses, automatic retry on idempotent reads, and parquet-aware dataset downloads. Python 3.10 or newer.

```bash
pip install everestapi
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Tournament" %}

```python
import os
import everestapi as eq

client = eq.EverestAPI(api_key=os.environ["EIQ_API_KEY"])
client.submit_futures_predictions(model_id="my-model", predictions=preds_dict)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Hackathon / diagnostics" %}

```python
import os
import pandas as pd
import everestapi as eq

client = eq.EverestAPI(api_key=os.environ["EIQ_API_KEY"])
client.create_model(name="my-model")  # once, before any submit
live = pd.read_parquet(client.download_dataset(split="live"))
feature_cols = [c for c in live.columns if c.startswith("feature")]
preds_df = pd.DataFrame({"id": live["id"], "prediction": my_model.predict(live[feature_cols])})
client.submit_validation_diagnostics(model_id="my-model", predictions=preds_df)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Extras

| Extra     | What it adds                                                                     |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `compute` | A Modal adapter for remote training.                                             |
| `scoring` | numpy, pandas and scipy for offline self-scoring.                                |
| `mcp`     | The MCP server, runnable as a module.                                            |
| `dev`     | pytest and fixtures for local testing against a lightweight local database stub. |

```bash
pip install "everestapi[compute]"
```

Runnable examples, a zero-to-submission notebook and a LightGBM starter, live at [github.com/everestquant/example-scripts](https://github.com/everestquant/example-scripts). Open an issue if a method on the HTTP API is not reflected in the client.


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