ChatAds Python SDK

A tiny, dependency-light wrapper around the ChatAds /v1/chatads/messages endpoint. It mirrors the response payloads returned by the Go API so you can drop it into CLIs, serverless functions, or orchestration tools.

Learn more at ChatAds.

Installation

pip install chatads-sdk

The package is published on PyPI. Install from source only if you're developing locally.

Quickstart

from chatads_sdk import ChatAdsClient, AsyncChatAdsClient, FunctionItemPayload

# Synchronous usage
with ChatAdsClient(
    api_key="YOUR_X_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.getchatads.com",
    raise_on_failure=True,
    max_retries=2,
    retry_backoff_factor=0.75,
) as client:
    payload = FunctionItemPayload(
        message="Looking for a CRM to close more deals",
        country="US",
        max_offers=2,
    )
    result = client.analyze(payload)
    if result.data and result.data.returned > 0:
        offer = result.data.offers[0]
        print(offer.link_text, offer.url)
    else:
        print("No match")

# Async usage
async with AsyncChatAdsClient(
    api_key="YOUR_X_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.getchatads.com",
    max_retries=3,
) as async_client:
    result = await async_client.analyze_message(
        "Need data warehousing ideas",
        country="US",
    )
    print(result.raw)

Request Options

The FunctionItemPayload supports these fields:

Response Structure

result.data.offers          # List[Offer] - Array of affiliate offers
result.data.requested       # int - Number of offers requested
result.data.returned        # int - Number of offers returned
result.error                # ChatAdsError or None (code, message)
result.meta.request_id      # Unique request identifier
result.meta.usage           # UsageInfo with quota information
result.raw                  # Full raw JSON response

# Response data has:
result.data.status          # "filled", "partial_fill", "no_offer", "message_too_short", etc.

# Each Offer has:
offer.link_text             # Text to use for the affiliate link
offer.url                   # Affiliate URL (empty when resolution_mode=none)
offer.is_branded            # bool | None — True if term was brand-derived, False if generic, None if unavailable (e.g. extraction_mode=none)

Error Handling

Non-2xx responses raise ChatAdsAPIError with:

• status_code - HTTP status code
• response.error.code - Error code (e.g., DAILY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED, MONTHLY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED)
• response.error.message - Human-readable message
• retry_after - Seconds to wait (for 429 responses)

Set raise_on_failure=True to also raise on 200 responses with error responses.

Retryable status codes (automatic with max_retries>0):

• 408 Request Timeout
• 429 Rate Limited
• 500, 502, 503, 504 Server errors

Notes

• Retries are opt-in. Provide max_retries>0 to automatically retry transport errors and retryable status codes. The client honors Retry-After headers and falls back to exponential backoff.
• base_url must point to your HTTPS deployment (the client rejects plaintext URLs so API keys are never transmitted insecurely).
• The default hosted environment lives at https://api.getchatads.com; use your own domain if you're proxying ChatAds behind something else.
• FunctionItemPayload matches the server-side Go request struct. Keyword arguments passed to ChatAdsClient.analyze_message() accept either snake_case or camelCase keys.
• Reserved payload keys (e.g., message, country) cannot be overridden through extra_fields; doing so raises ValueError to prevent silent mutations.
• debug=True enables structured request/response logging, but payload contents are redacted automatically so you don't leak PII into logs.

CLI Smoke Test

For a super-quick check, either edit the config block at the top of run_sdk_smoke.py or set:

export CHATADS_API_KEY="..."
export CHATADS_BASE_URL="https://api.getchatads.com"
export CHATADS_MESSAGE="Looking for ergonomic office chairs"
# Optional extras
export CHATADS_IP="1.2.3.4"
export CHATADS_COUNTRY="US"

Then run:

python run_sdk_smoke.py

It prints the raw JSON response or surfaces a ChatAdsAPIError with status/error fields so you can see exactly what the API returned.