devpost-api 1.0.1

Unofficial Devpost API client with resilient scraping, typed models, and CLI tooling.

devpost-api

Unofficial Devpost API and scraping client for hackathon scouting workflows.

Why use this package

• No runtime dependencies (stdlib only)
• Typed models and predictable public API
• Built-in retries, exponential backoff, and rate-limit handling
• Optional request throttling, cache, and parallel fetch
• CLI designed for scripts (json, jsonl, csv, table)

Naming and install model

• Install package: pip install devpost-api
• Python import path: import devpost_api
• CLI command: devpost-api

Install

pip install devpost-api

From source:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Quickstart (Python)

from devpost_api import DevpostClient, RetryConfig

client = DevpostClient(
    retry_config=RetryConfig(max_attempts=4, backoff_factor=0.5),
    max_workers=8,
    min_request_interval=0.05,
    cache_ttl=30.0,
)

for project in client.iter_software(query="ai", max_pages=2):
    print(project.name)

batch = client.collect_projects(
    [
        "https://devpost.com/software/api",
        "https://devpost.com/software/does-not-exist",
    ],
    include_github=True,
)
print(len(batch.projects), len(batch.failures))

Quickstart (CLI)

# JSON (default)
devpost-api software --query ai --page 1

# CSV for shell pipelines
devpost-api --format csv --fields name,url software --query ai --page 1

# Batch project fetch from a file (one URL/slug per line)
devpost-api --format jsonl project --input-file projects.txt --with-github --best-effort

# Batch GitHub enrichment from stdin
printf "openai/openai-python\npsf/requests\n" | devpost-api github --stdin --best-effort --format table

If devpost-api is not on your PATH, use python -m devpost_api.cli ....

Public API

• DevpostClient.list_software(page=1, query=None)
• DevpostClient.list_users(page=1)
• DevpostClient.list_hackathons(page=1, status=None)
• DevpostClient.iter_software(query=None, start_page=1, max_pages=None)
• DevpostClient.iter_users(start_page=1, max_pages=None)
• DevpostClient.iter_hackathons(status=None, start_page=1, max_pages=None)
• DevpostClient.get_project(slug_or_url, include_github=False, raise_on_error=True)
• DevpostClient.get_projects(slugs_or_urls, include_github=False, raise_on_error=True)
• DevpostClient.collect_projects(slugs_or_urls, include_github=False)
• DevpostClient.get_github_repo(url_or_owner_repo)
• DevpostClient.get_github_repos(urls_or_owner_repo, raise_on_error=True)
• DevpostClient.list_hackathon_project_urls(hackathon_slug_or_url, pages=1)
• DevpostClient.scout_hackathon_projects(hackathon_slug_or_url, pages=1, include_github=False, raise_on_error=True)
• DevpostClient.clear_cache()

Reliability knobs

• --retries, --backoff, --max-backoff, --jitter
• --workers for parallel bulk operations
• --min-interval for global request spacing
• --cache-ttl for in-memory GET cache
• --best-effort for batch item error tolerance

Development workflow

Run tests:

python -m unittest discover -s tests

Run quality checks:

ruff check .
mypy src
coverage run -m unittest discover -s tests
coverage report

Build and verify artifacts:

python -m build
python -m twine check dist/*

Notes

• This package is unofficial and not affiliated with Devpost.
• Use responsibly and comply with Devpost and GitHub terms/policies.