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Supernatural Python SDK — stealth browser-as-a-service client.

Project description

Supernatural Python SDK

Official Python client for the Supernatural stealth browser-as-a-service API.

Installation

pip install sprntrl
# Optional: Playwright integration
pip install 'sprntrl[playwright]' && playwright install chromium

Quick start

from sprntrl import Sprntrl

client = Sprntrl()  # reads SPRNTRL_API_KEY from env

session = client.sessions.create(os="macos", location="America/New_York")

# browser_session is a context manager that waits for the session,
# connects Playwright, and closes the browser + Playwright on exit.
# auto_whitelist=True registers your IP (CDP access is IP-gated).
with client.sessions.browser_session(session["id"], auto_whitelist=True) as browser:
    page = browser.contexts[0].new_page()
    page.goto("https://bot.sannysoft.com")
    page.screenshot(path="out.png")

client.sessions.stop(session["id"])

Async

import asyncio
from sprntrl import AsyncSprntrl

async def main():
    async with AsyncSprntrl() as client:
        session = await client.sessions.create(os="macos", location="America/New_York")
        async with client.sessions.browser_session(session["id"], auto_whitelist=True) as browser:
            page = await browser.contexts[0].new_page()
            await page.goto("https://example.com")
        await client.sessions.stop(session["id"])

asyncio.run(main())

Lower-level connect() and cdp_url()

If you want to manage the browser lifecycle yourself:

browser = client.sessions.connect(session_id, auto_whitelist=True)
# ... your code ...
browser.close()

Or to hand the raw WebSocket URL to any CDP client (chrome-remote-interface-python, raw websockets, etc.):

url = client.sessions.cdp_url(session_id)
# url = "wss://api.supernatural.sh/api/v1/sessions/<id>/cdp"

Session options

sessions.create(os, location, ...) takes os ("macos" | "windows") and location (IANA timezone), plus:

  • persistent + session_name — keep the browser profile across stop/resume (see below).
  • captcha_solver — auto-solves hCaptcha, Turnstile, reCAPTCHA and more; billed per solve.
  • isolated_world — default True: automation runs in a V8 world hidden from the page. Keep it on for stealth — pass False only if you must access page JS globals (main-world execution is detectable).
  • headless — default True for API/SDK callers. Pass False to get the live browser view in the dashboard.
  • block_images — default False. Disables image loading session-wide; cuts bandwidth and speeds up loads.
  • label — pins the proxy-pool match to a specific pool row at location (one of the labels from list_locations(), e.g. "Kentucky, US"). Ignored for BYO-proxy sessions.
  • proxy — bring your own proxy as a URL string ("socks5://user:pass@host:1080") or dict ({"protocol": ..., "host": ..., "port": ..., "username": ..., "password": ...}). HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5.
  • extensions — inline Chrome extensions for ephemeral sessions (see below).

Locations

locs = client.sessions.list_locations()
# {"options": [{"label": "Kentucky, US", "location": "America/New_York"}, ...],
#  "accepts_iana": True, "iana_examples": ["America/New_York", ...]}

Pool users must pick location (and optionally label) from options. accepts_iana: True means BYO-proxy users may pass any IANA timezone as location instead.

Persistent sessions (profiles)

Create with persistent=True to keep the browser profile (cookies, storage, fingerprint) across runs:

session = client.sessions.create(
    os="macos", location="America/New_York",
    persistent=True, session_name="my-profile",
)
# ... use it ...
client.sessions.stop(session["id"])

# Later: relaunch with the same identity. All overrides optional —
# omitted values keep what's stored on the profile.
session = client.sessions.resume(session["id"], headless=False)

# Done with the profile entirely:
client.sessions.delete_persistent(session["id"])

resume() accepts os, location, label, captcha_solver, isolated_world, headless, block_images, and proxy overrides. Changing os or location rebuilds the profile's pinned fingerprint — an intentional one-time identity drift; changing location on a pool session also re-assigns the pool proxy for the new region. Supplying proxy switches a pool session to BYO — switching BYO back to pool is not supported (delete + recreate).

Files

Move files in and out of a running session:

client.sessions.files.upload(sid, "input.csv", open("input.csv", "rb"))
files = client.sessions.files.list(sid)
data = client.sessions.files.download(sid, "report.pdf")

Uploads are capped at 100 MB per request.

Extensions

Ephemeral sessions take inline extensions at create — each spec sets exactly one of webstore_url, crx_url, or upload_b64:

session = client.sessions.create(
    os="macos", location="America/New_York",
    extensions=[{"webstore_url": "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/..."}],
)

Persistent profiles manage extensions via the sub-resource instead, so the set survives stop/resume:

ext = client.sessions.extensions.add(sid, webstore_url="...")  # or upload= / crx_url=
client.sessions.extensions.list(sid)
client.sessions.extensions.set_enabled(sid, ext["id"], False)
client.sessions.extensions.remove(sid, ext["id"])

Manifest V3 only (Chromium 148 dropped MV2); max 16 per profile; uploads capped at 50 MiB. Changes take effect at the next session start — stop + resume to apply.

Configuration

Env var Default
SPRNTRL_API_KEY
SPRNTRL_BASE_URL https://api.supernatural.sh

Or override per client:

client = Sprntrl(api_key="sk_...", base_url="https://api.supernatural.sh", timeout=30, max_retries=2)

Resources

  • client.sessions — create, list, list_active, list_history, list_resumable, list_persistent, list_locations, get, stop, resume, delete_persistent, wait_until_ready, connect, browser_session, cdp_url
  • client.sessions.files — list, download, upload
  • client.sessions.extensions — add, list, set_enabled, remove (persistent profiles)
  • client.profiles — create, list, get, update, duplicate, delete
  • client.templates.list()
  • client.ip_whitelist — list, add, remove
  • client.usage — current, history
  • client.user — me, update, update_settings, change_password
  • client.api_keys — list, create (full key returned ONCE), revoke

Error handling

from sprntrl import Sprntrl, APIError, RateLimitError, AuthenticationError

client = Sprntrl()
try:
    client.sessions.create(os="macos", location="America/New_York")
except RateLimitError as e:
    print("rate limited:", e.status, e.body)
except AuthenticationError:
    print("bad API key")
except APIError as e:
    print("api error:", e.status, e)

Transient errors (5xx, 429, 408, connection errors) are retried automatically up to max_retries times with exponential backoff.

Gotchas

  • CDP access is IP-whitelist gated. The WebSocket at /api/v1/sessions/:id/cdp does not accept bearer auth — instead, your public IP (as Cloudflare sees it) must be in your account's whitelist. Use client.ip_whitelist.add("current") or pass auto_whitelist=True to sessions.connect.
  • Sessions start async. sessions.create returns immediately with status: "creating". Call sessions.wait_until_ready(id) before connecting, or just use sessions.connect() which waits for you.
  • API key is shown only once. api_keys.create() returns the full key field exactly once — store it immediately.

License

MIT

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