wallhavenapi 0.1.0

A Python wrapper for the Wallhaven.cc API v1.

Wallhaven API v1 Python Wrapper

Overview

This module provides a Python wrapper for the Wallhaven.cc API (v1), enabling users to programmatically search for wallpapers, fetch wallpaper metadata, download images, and interact with user collections.

It is suitable for building custom tools or integrations around the Wallhaven API.

[!Note] This project is unofficial and not affiliated with Wallhaven.cc. Use at your own discretion and in accordance with the site's terms of service.

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📦 Installation

This module can be installed from PyPI (recommended), or manually by cloning the repo and moving it to your project's root directory.

If installing manually, be sure to clone the latest release and not the main branch. The latest release is identical to that on PyPI. Additionally, the requests library will also need to be installed from PyPI or your preferred method.

• PyPI Install

pip install wallhavenapi

• Manual Install

git clone --depth=1  https://github.com/raycadle/WallhavenAPI.git && cd WallhavenAPI
pip install -r requirements.txt

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🚀 Quick Start

from wallhavenapi import WallhavenAPI, Category, Purity

api = WallhavenAPI(api_key="your_api_key")
results = api.search(q="nature", categories=[Category.general], purities=[Purity.sfw])

# Download a specific wallpaper
wallpaper_id = results["data"][0]["id"]
api.download_wallpaper(wallpaper_id, "wallpaper.jpg")

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🐛 Issue Reporting

Report bugs here.

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Notes

• All API interaction is wrapped in safe error handling with custom exceptions.
• The wrapper is designed to respect Wallhaven API rate limits if configured via requestslimit_timeout.