🪞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, optional): A tuple containing the username and password for basic authentication. Default is None.
        auth_bearer (str, optional): Bearer token for authentication. Default is None.
        params (dict, optional): Default query parameters to include in all requests. Default is None.
        headers (dict, optional): Default headers to send with requests. If `impersonate` is set, this will be ignored.
        cookies (dict, optional): - An optional map of cookies to send with requests as the `Cookie` header.
        timeout (float, optional): HTTP request timeout in seconds. Default is 30.
        cookie_store (bool, optional): Enable a persistent cookie store. Received cookies will be preserved and included
            in additional requests. Default is True.
        referer (bool, optional): Enable or disable automatic setting of the `Referer` header. Default is True.
        proxy (str, optional): Proxy URL for HTTP requests. Example: "socks5://127.0.0.1:9150". Default is None.
        impersonate (str, optional): 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"
        follow_redirects (bool, optional): Whether to follow redirects. Default is True.
        max_redirects (int, optional): Maximum redirects to follow. Default 20. Applies if `follow_redirects` is True.
        verify (bool, optional): Verify SSL certificates. Default is True.
        ca_cert_file (str, optional): Path to CA certificate store. Default is None.
        https_only`: Restrict the Client to be used with HTTPS only requests. Default is `false`.
        http2_only`: 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: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    cookies: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    auth: Optional[Tuple[str, Optional[str]]] = None,
    auth_bearer: Optional[str] = None,
    timeout: Optional[float] = 30,
):
    """Performs a GET request to the specified URL.

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

    """

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

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

• 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

Examples

import primp

# Impersonate
client = primp.Client(impersonate="chrome_131")  # chrome_131

# 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': open('file1.txt', 'rb').read(), 'file2': open('file2.txt', 'rb').read()}
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")
print(r.text)

II. AsyncClient

TODO