pagekit-core

Python client for the PageKit content API.
Sync and async support, fully typed, and production-ready.

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Installation

pip install pagekit-core
# or
poetry add pagekit-core
# or
uv pip install pagekit-core

Requires: Python >= 3.10

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Quick Start

from pagekit import Pagekit

client = Pagekit(api_key="pk_live_...")

# List posts
page = client.posts.list(status="published", limit=10)
for post in page.data:
    print(post.title)

# Get a post by slug
post = client.posts.get_by_slug("hello-world")

# Create a post
post = client.posts.create(
    title="Hello world",
    content="<p>First post</p>",
    status="published",
)

# Update a post
updated = client.posts.update("post-id", title="Updated title")

# Delete a post
client.posts.delete("post-id")

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Async Support

The client provides full async support with AsyncPagekit:

from pagekit import AsyncPagekit

client = AsyncPagekit(api_key="pk_live_...")

# List posts
page = await client.posts.list(status="published")

# Get by slug
post = await client.posts.get_by_slug("hello-world")

# Create a post
post = await client.posts.create(
    title="Hello world",
    content="<p>First post</p>",
)

# Update
updated = await client.posts.update("post-id", title="Updated")

# Delete
await client.posts.delete("post-id")

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Configuration

from pagekit import Pagekit

client = Pagekit(
    api_key="pk_live_...",                          # Required
    base_url="https://api.pagekit.cc/v1",           # Optional, default shown
    timeout=30,                                      # Optional, seconds
    headers={"X-Custom-Header": "value"},           # Optional
)

Configuration Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
api_key	str	Yes	—	Your PageKit API key
base_url	str	No	https://api.pagekit.cc/v1	API base URL
timeout	float	No	30	Request timeout in seconds
headers	dict	No	{}	Additional headers for all requests

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API Reference

Posts

client.posts.list(params?)

List posts with pagination and filtering.

page = client.posts.list(
    status="published",        # "published" | "draft"
    sort="-published_at",      # Sort by field, prefix with "-" for descending
    page=1,                    # Page number
    limit=20,                  # Items per page
    author="author-id",        # Filter by author
    tag="engineering",         # Filter by tag
    category="tutorials",      # Filter by category
    search="nextjs",           # Full-text search
)

for post in page.data:
    print(post.title)

Returns: Paginated[Post]

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client.posts.get(post_id)

Get a single post by ID.

post = client.posts.get("post-id")
print(post.title, post.content)

Returns: Post

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client.posts.get_by_slug(slug)

Get a single post by slug.

post = client.posts.get_by_slug("my-first-post")

Returns: Post

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client.posts.create(input)

Create a new post.

post = client.posts.create(
    title="My Post",
    content="# Title\n\nContent...",
    status="published",
    excerpt="A short summary",
    slug="my-post",
    author="author-id",
    tags=["tag-id-1", "tag-id-2"],
    categories=["category-id"],
    seo={
        "title": "Custom SEO Title",
        "description": "Custom description",
    },
)

Returns: Post

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client.posts.update(post_id, input)

Update an existing post. Only include fields you want to change.

updated = client.posts.update(
    "post-id",
    title="Updated Title",
    status="draft",
)

Returns: Post

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client.posts.delete(post_id)

Delete a post permanently.

client.posts.delete("post-id")

Returns: None

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Authors

client.authors.list(params?)

List all authors.

page = client.authors.list()
for author in page.data:
    print(author.name)

Returns: Paginated[Author]

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client.authors.get(author_id)

Get a single author by ID.

author = client.authors.get("author-id")

Returns: Author

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client.authors.get_by_slug(slug)

Get a single author by slug.

author = client.authors.get_by_slug("jane-doe")

Returns: Author

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client.authors.create(input)

Create an author profile.

from pagekit import AuthorCreateInput

author = client.authors.create(AuthorCreateInput(name="Jane Doe", bio="Editor"))

Returns: Author

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client.authors.update(author_id, input)

Update an author profile.

from pagekit import AuthorUpdateInput

author = client.authors.update("author-id", AuthorUpdateInput(bio="Senior editor"))

Returns: Author

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Categories

client.categories.list(params?)

List all categories.

page = client.categories.list()
for category in page.data:
    print(category.name)

Returns: Paginated[Category]

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client.categories.get_by_slug(slug)

Get a single category by slug.

category = client.categories.get_by_slug("engineering")

Returns: Category

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Tags

client.tags.list(params?)

List all tags.

page = client.tags.list()
for tag in page.data:
    print(tag.name)

Returns: Paginated[Tag]

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Media

client.media.list(params?)

List all media assets.

page = client.media.list()
for asset in page.data:
    print(asset.filename, asset.url)

Returns: Paginated[Media]

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client.media.create(input)

Register a new media asset.

media = client.media.create(
    url="https://example.com/image.png",
    filename="image.png",
    mime_type="image/png",
    size=1024,
    alt="Descriptive alt text",
)

Returns: Media

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client.media.delete(media_id)

Delete a media asset.

client.media.delete("media-id")

Returns: None

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Types

The client uses Pydantic models for all data types:

from pagekit import Post, Author, Category, Tag, Media

# All models are accessible for type hints
def process_post(post: Post) -> None:
    print(post.title, post.status)

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Error Handling

from pagekit import Pagekit, PagekitError

client = Pagekit(api_key="pk_live_...")

try:
    post = client.posts.get("nonexistent-id")
except PagekitError as e:
    print(e.status)         # 404
    print(e.code)           # "not_found"
    print(e.message)        # Human-readable message

    # Convenience properties
    if e.is_auth_error:
        print("Invalid API key (401/403)")
    if e.is_rate_limited:
        print("Rate limited — retry after delay (429)")
    if e.is_server_error:
        print("Server error — safe to retry (5xx)")

Error Properties

Property	Type	Description
status	int	HTTP status code
code	str	Machine-readable error code
message	str	Human-readable error message
is_auth_error	bool	True for 401/403 errors
is_rate_limited	bool	True for 429 errors
is_server_error	bool	True for 5xx errors

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Framework Integrations

FastAPI

from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends
from pagekit import Pagekit, AsyncPagekit

app = FastAPI()

def get_pagekit():
    return AsyncPagekit(api_key="pk_live_...")

@app.get("/posts")
async def list_posts(pagekit: AsyncPagekit = Depends(get_pagekit)):
    posts = await pagekit.posts.list(status="published")
    return posts.data

@app.get("/posts/{slug}")
async def get_post(slug: str, pagekit: AsyncPagekit = Depends(get_pagekit)):
    post = await pagekit.posts.get_by_slug(slug)
    return post

Django

# views.py
from django.http import JsonResponse
from pagekit import Pagekit

client = Pagekit(api_key="pk_live_...")

def blog_list(request):
    page = client.posts.list(status="published")
    return JsonResponse({"posts": [p.model_dump() for p in page.data]})

Flask

from flask import Flask, jsonify
from pagekit import Pagekit

app = Flask(__name__)
client = Pagekit(api_key="pk_live_...")

@app.route("/api/posts")
def posts():
    page = client.posts.list(status="published")
    return jsonify([p.model_dump() for p in page.data])

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Development

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run tests with coverage
pytest --cov=src/pagekit

# Type check (requires mypy)
mypy src

# Format code (requires black)
black src tests

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Supported Python Versions

• Python 3.10
• Python 3.11
• Python 3.12
• Python 3.13

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Related Packages

• @arovi/pagekit-core — TypeScript SDK
• @arovi/pagekit-mcp — MCP server for AI agents
• @arovi/pagekit-next — Next.js integration
• @arovi/pagekit-cli — CLI tooling

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License

MIT © Arovi Labs