SDKs & Libraries

GovernLayer provides a Python SDK and comprehensive REST API. The API follows standard REST conventions, so any HTTP client works out of the box.

Official libraries

PHP

A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development.

Ruby

A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity.

Node.js

Node.js® is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.

Python

Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively.

Go

An open-source programming language supported by Google with built-in concurrency.

The GovernLayer API is a standard REST API. While we provide a Python SDK, you can use any HTTP client in any language. All examples in these docs show cURL, Python, and JavaScript.

Python SDK

Install

pip install governlayer

Usage

from governlayer import GovernLayerClient

client = GovernLayerClient(api_key="gl_your_api_key_here")

# Run full governance pipeline
result = client.govern(
    system_name="my-agent",
    behavior="Denied access to authorized user",
    expected_behavior="Grant access to authorized users",
    framework="SOC2",
)

print(result.drift_score)   # 0.82
print(result.decision)      # "ESCALATE"
print(result.ledger_hash)   # "sha256:..."

Direct REST API

The REST API is available at https://api.governlayer.ai. All endpoints accept and return JSON.

cURL example

curl -X POST https://api.governlayer.ai/v1/govern \
  -H "X-API-Key: gl_your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"system_name": "my-agent", "behavior": "...", "framework": "SOC2"}'