xHamster API
An asynchronous Python API wrapper and scraper for xhamster.com
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Features
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Video/Short Fetching | Fetch videos or shorts with full metadata (title, views, quality, date, etc.) |
| Video/Short Downloading | HLS-based downloading with quality selection |
| Channel & Creator Profiles | Fetch channel/pornstar/creator profiles and list their videos and shorts |
| Video Search | Search videos with advanced filters (quality, sorting, category, VR, duration, production type, FPS) |
| User Login | Login support to access liked videos and account playlists |
| Async-First | Fully asynchronous (async / await) built on top of asyncio |
| Built-in Caching | Automatic response caching with configurable limits to reduce redundant network requests |
| Type Safety | Comprehensive type hinting and dataclass-based models throughout |
Networking Features
The networking layer is provided by the eaf_base_api package and is fully configurable through RuntimeConfig:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 | Configurable HTTP version (v1, v2, v3 — defaults to HTTP/3) |
| Browser Impersonation | Built-in browser fingerprint impersonation via curl_cffi (defaults to Chrome) |
| Custom JA3 Fingerprint | Override the TLS fingerprint with a custom JA3 string for advanced use cases |
| Proxy Support | All proxy types supported (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5) |
| Proxy Authentication | Username/password authentication for proxies |
| Bandwidth Limiting | Set a maximum download speed in MB/s (e.g., 2.0, 3.5) |
| DNS over HTTPS | Route DNS queries over HTTPS for privacy and bypassing DNS-level blocks |
| SSL Verification | Toggle SSL certificate verification on or off |
| Request Delay | Configurable delay between requests to respect rate limits |
| Concurrency Control | Tune video and page concurrency independently for optimal throughput |
Supported Platforms
This API has been tested and confirmed working on:
- Windows 11 (x64)
- macOS Sequoia (x86_64)
- Linux (Arch) (x86_64)
- Android 16 (aarch64)
Installation
pip install unofficial-api-for-xhamster
Quickstart
Have a look at the Documentation for more details
import asyncio
from xhamster_api import Client, DownloadConfigHLS
async def main():
# Initialize a Client object
client = Client()
# Fetch a video
video_object = await client.get_video("<insert_url_here>")
# Information from Video objects
print(video_object.title)
# Download the video
config = DownloadConfigHLS(quality="best", path="./") # More options in the documentation
await video_object.download(config)
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())
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Contribution
Do you see any issues or having some feature requests? Simply open an Issue or talk in the discussions.
Pull requests are also welcome.
License
This API is licensed under the AGPLv3. See the LICENSE file for details.
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