---
id: oxylabs
version: "3.0.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# oxylabs — Official Python library for Oxylabs Scraper APIs

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 96.9K/mo

## What it is and what it does

Oxylabs is the official Python SDK for Oxylabs' web scraping and proxy services. It wraps their Scraper APIs and provides access to their ethical proxy network, allowing developers to collect public data at scale through a managed service rather than building scraping infrastructure directly.

The library depends on both aiohttp and requests, suggesting it supports both asynchronous and synchronous HTTP operations. It's actively maintained and carries no known security vulnerabilities. The permissive MIT license and low install friction make it straightforward to integrate into existing projects, though you'll need valid Oxylabs credentials to use the service itself.

Use it for:

- Collect product pricing data from e-commerce sites at scale using managed proxies
- Harvest market research or competitive intelligence from public web sources
- Build automated data pipelines that need to bypass IP blocking or rate limiting
- Integrate web scraping into data science workflows without managing proxy infrastructure
- Monitor public web content changes across multiple sites with rotating proxy support

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Official Python client for Oxylabs web scraping and proxy APIs, enabling programmatic collection of public data at scale using their proxy network and scraper endpoints.

Yes, if you have an active Oxylabs subscription and need programmatic access to their scraping and proxy services. The library is actively maintained, has no security vulnerabilities, and carries a permissive license. Install friction is low. However, verify that it supports your required Python version and authentication workflow before committing to it.

## Install

pip install oxylabs
uv add oxylabs
poetry add oxylabs

## Installing oxylabs

Before you install: Low install friction with only two runtime dependencies (aiohttp and requests). Actively maintained as of the latest release in 2026.

License in practice: MIT license permits free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for both commercial and open-source projects.

Quickstart:

pip install oxylabs

import oxylabs
# Instantiate client and call scraper API methods via aiohttp or requests

Verify before relying:

- Specific Python version requirements or minimum version support (requires_python is unspecified)
- Whether the package works synchronously, asynchronously, or both given both aiohttp and requests are dependencies
- Authentication method and API key requirements for accessing Oxylabs services

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 96.9K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

web scraping python client, oxylabs api wrapper, ethical proxy network, data collection at scale, scraper api python, public data harvesting, proxy-based scraping, web-scraping, proxy-service, data-collection

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