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xHamster API

An asynchronous Python API wrapper and scraper for xhamster.com

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Disclaimer

[!IMPORTANT] This is an unofficial and unaffiliated project. Please read the full disclaimer before use: DISCLAIMER.md

By using this project you agree to comply with the target site's rules, copyright/licensing requirements, and applicable laws. Do not use it to bypass access controls or scrape at disruptive rates.


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.

[!CAUTION] Using this in a proprietary application? Under the AGPLv3, if you integrate, modify, or host this API as part of your application (even over a network), you must open-source your entire application's code under the AGPL.

If you want to use this API without open-sourcing your own code, you must purchase a commercial license.

For commercial licensing, contact: EchterAlsFakeBS@proton.me

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