primp

🪞PRIMP

🪞PRIMP = Python Requests IMPersonate

The fastest python HTTP client that can impersonate web browsers.
Provides precompiled wheels:

• 🐧 linux: amd64, aarch64, armv7 (⚠️aarch64 and armv7 builds are manylinux_2_34 compatible - ubuntu>=22.04, debian>=12);
  
• 🐧 musllinux: amd64, aarch64;
  
• 🪟 windows: amd64;
  
• 🍏 macos: amd64, aarch64.
  

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Benchmark
• Usage
  • I. Client
    • Client methods
    • Response object
    • Devices
    • Examples
  • II. AsyncClient

Installation

pip install -U primp

Benchmark

Usage

I. Client

HTTP client that can impersonate web browsers.

class Client:
    """Initializes an HTTP client that can impersonate web browsers.

    Args:
        auth (tuple[str, str| None] | None): Username and password for basic authentication. Default is None.
        auth_bearer (str | None): Bearer token for authentication. Default is None.
        params (dict[str, str] | None): Default query parameters to include in all requests. Default is None.
        headers (dict[str, str] | None): Default headers to send with requests. If `impersonate` is set, this will be ignored.
        cookies (dict[str, str] | None): - Map of cookies to send with requests as the `Cookie` header.
        timeout (float | None): HTTP request timeout in seconds. Default is 30.
        cookie_store (bool | None): Enable a persistent cookie store. Received cookies will be preserved and included
            in additional requests. Default is True.
        referer (bool | None): Enable or disable automatic setting of the `Referer` header. Default is True.
        proxy (str | None): Proxy URL for HTTP requests. Example: "socks5://127.0.0.1:9150". Default is None.
        impersonate (str | None): Entity to impersonate. Example: "chrome_124". Default is None.
            Chrome: "chrome_100","chrome_101","chrome_104","chrome_105","chrome_106","chrome_107","chrome_108",
                "chrome_109","chrome_114","chrome_116","chrome_117","chrome_118","chrome_119","chrome_120",
                "chrome_123","chrome_124","chrome_126","chrome_127","chrome_128","chrome_129","chrome_130",
                "chrome_131"
            Safari: "safari_ios_16.5","safari_ios_17.2","safari_ios_17.4.1","safari_ios_18.1.1",
                "safari_15.3","safari_15.5","safari_15.6.1","safari_16","safari_16.5","safari_17.0",
                "safari_17.2.1","safari_17.4.1","safari_17.5","safari_18","safari_18.2","safari_ipad_18"
            OkHttp: "okhttp_3.9","okhttp_3.11","okhttp_3.13","okhttp_3.14","okhttp_4.9","okhttp_4.10","okhttp_5"
            Edge: "edge_101","edge_122","edge_127","edge_131"
            Firefox: "firefox_109","firefox_117","firefox_128","firefox_133"
        impersonate_os (str | None): impersonate OS. Example: "windows". Default is "linux".
            Android: "android", iOS: "ios", Linux: "linux", Mac OS: "macos", Windows: "windows"
        follow_redirects (bool | None): Whether to follow redirects. Default is True.
        max_redirects (int | None): Maximum redirects to follow. Default 20. Applies if `follow_redirects` is True.
        verify (bool | None): Verify SSL certificates. Default is True.
        ca_cert_file (str | None): Path to CA certificate store. Default is None.
        https_only` (bool | None): Restrict the Client to be used with HTTPS only requests. Default is `false`.
        http2_only` (bool | None): If true - use only HTTP/2; if false - use only HTTP/1. Default is `false`.

    """

Client methods

The Client class provides a set of methods for making HTTP requests: get, head, options, delete, post, put, patch, each of which internally utilizes the request() method for execution. The parameters for these methods closely resemble those in httpx.

def get(
    url: str,
    params: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    cookies: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    auth: tuple[str, str| None] | None = None,
    auth_bearer: str | None = None,
    timeout: float | None = 30,
):
    """Performs a GET request to the specified URL.

    Args:
        url (str): The URL to which the request will be made.
        params (dict[str, str] | None): A map of query parameters to append to the URL. Default is None.
        headers (dict[str, str] | None): A map of HTTP headers to send with the request. Default is None.
        cookies (dict[str, str] | None): - An optional map of cookies to send with requests as the `Cookie` header.
        auth (tuple[str, str| None] | None): A tuple containing the username and an optional password
            for basic authentication. Default is None.
        auth_bearer (str | None): A string representing the bearer token for bearer token authentication. Default is None.
        timeout (float | None): The timeout for the request in seconds. Default is 30.

    """

def post(
    url: str,
    params: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    cookies: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    content: bytes | None = None,
    data: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
    json: Any | None = None,
    files: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    auth: tuple[str, str| None] | None = None,
    auth_bearer: str | None = None,
    timeout: float | None = 30,
):
    """Performs a POST request to the specified URL.

    Args:
        url (str): The URL to which the request will be made.
        params (dict[str, str] | None): A map of query parameters to append to the URL. Default is None.
        headers (dict[str, str] | None): A map of HTTP headers to send with the request. Default is None.
        cookies (dict[str, str] | None): - An optional map of cookies to send with requests as the `Cookie` header.
        content (bytes | None): The content to send in the request body as bytes. Default is None.
        data (dict[str, Any] | None): The form data to send in the request body. Default is None.
        json (Any | None): A JSON serializable object to send in the request body. Default is None.
        files (dict[str, str] | None): A map of file fields to file paths to be sent as multipart/form-data. Default is None.
        auth (tuple[str, str| None] | None): A tuple containing the username and an optional password
            for basic authentication. Default is None.
        auth_bearer (str | None): A string representing the bearer token for bearer token authentication. Default is None.
        timeout (float | None): The timeout for the request in seconds. Default is 30.

    """

Response object

resp.content
resp.cookies
resp.encoding
resp.headers
resp.json()
resp.status_code
resp.text
resp.text_markdown  # html is converted to markdown text
resp.text_plain  # html is converted to plain text
resp.text_rich  # html is converted to rich text
resp.url

Devices

Impersonate

• Chrome: chrome_100，chrome_101，chrome_104，chrome_105，chrome_106，chrome_107，chrome_108，chrome_109，chrome_114，chrome_116，chrome_117，chrome_118，chrome_119，chrome_120，chrome_123，chrome_124，chrome_126，chrome_127，chrome_128，chrome_129，chrome_130，chrome_131

• Edge: edge_101，edge_122，edge_127, edge_131

• Safari: safari_ios_17.2，safari_ios_17.4.1，safari_ios_16.5，safari_ios_18.1.1, safari_15.3，safari_15.5，safari_15.6.1，safari_16，safari_16.5，safari_17.0，safari_17.2.1，safari_17.4.1，safari_17.5，safari_18，safari_18.2, safari_ipad_18

• OkHttp: okhttp_3.9，okhttp_3.11，okhttp_3.13，okhttp_3.14，okhttp_4.9，okhttp_4.10，okhttp_5

• Firefox: firefox_109, firefox_117, firefox_128, firefox_133

Impersonate OS

• Android: android

• iOS: ios

• Linux: linux

• Mac OS: macos

• Windows: windows

Examples

import primp

# Impersonate
client = primp.Client(impersonate="chrome_131", impersonate_os="windows")  # chrome_131 + windows

# GET request
resp = client.get("https://tls.peet.ws/api/all")
print(resp.json())

# GET request with passing params and setting timeout
params = {"param1": "value1", "param2": "value2"}
resp = client.post(url="https://httpbin.org/anything", params=params, timeout=10)
print(r.text)

# POST Binary Request Data
content = b"some_data"
resp = client.post(url="https://httpbin.org/anything", content=content)
print(r.text)

# POST Form Encoded Data
data = {"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}
resp = client.post(url="https://httpbin.org/anything", data=data)
print(r.text)

# POST JSON Encoded Data
json = {"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}
resp = client.post(url="https://httpbin.org/anything", json=json)
print(r.text)

# POST Multipart-Encoded Files
files = {'file1': '/home/root/file1.txt', 'file2': 'home/root/file2.txt'}
r = client.post("https://httpbin.org/post", files=files)
print(r.text)

# Authentication using user/password
auth = ("user", "password")
resp = client.post(url="https://httpbin.org/anything", auth=auth)
print(r.text)

# Authentication using auth bearer
auth_bearer = "bearerXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
resp = client.post(url="https://httpbin.org/anything", auth_bearer=auth_bearer)
print(r.text)

# Using proxy or env var PRIMP_PROXY
resp = primp.Client(proxy="http://127.0.0.1:8080").get("https://tls.peet.ws/api/all")
print(resp.json())
export PRIMP_PROXY="socks5://127.0.0.1:1080"
resp = primp.Client().get("https://tls.peet.ws/api/all")
print(resp.json())

# Using custom CA certificate store: env var PRIMP_CA_BUNDLE
#(Primp built with the Mozilla's latest trusted root certificates, so maybe it's not necessary)
resp = primp.Client(ca_cert_file="/cert/cacert.pem").get("https://tls.peet.ws/api/all")
print(resp.json())
resp = primp.Client(ca_cert_file=certifi.where()).get("https://tls.peet.ws/api/all")
print(resp.json())
export PRIMP_CA_BUNDLE="/home/user/Downloads/cert.pem"
resp = primp.Client().get("https://tls.peet.ws/api/all")
print(resp.json())

# You can also use convenience functions that use a default Client instance under the hood:
# primp.get() | primp.head() | primp.options() | primp.delete() | primp.post() | primp.patch() | primp.put()
# These functions can accept the `impersonate` parameter:
resp = primp.get("https://httpbin.org/anything", impersonate="chrome_131", impersonate_os="android")
print(r.text)

II. AsyncClient

primp.AsyncClient() is an asynchronous wrapper around the primp.Client class, offering the same functions, behavior, and input arguments.

import asyncio
import logging

import primp

async def aget_text(url):
    async with primp.AsyncClient(impersonate="chrome_131") as client:
        resp = await client.get(url)
        return resp.text

async def main():
    urls = ["https://nytimes.com/", "https://cnn.com/", "https://abcnews.go.com/"]
    tasks = [aget_text(u) for u in urls]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
    asyncio.run(main())