Adspower

AdsPower Local API Automation Skill

Automate AdsPower antidetect browser operations through its Local API. This skill handles profile creation, browser control, proxy management, cookie operations, and fingerprint verification.

Prerequisites

• AdsPower installed and running locally (paid plan with API access)
• API Key generated (AdsPower → Automation → API → Generate)
• Python 3.8+ with requests installed

API Basics

Base URL: http://local.adspower.net:50325

All requests require the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Success response: {"code": 0, "msg": "success", "data": {...}} Error response: {"code": -1, "msg": "error description"}

Core Operations

1. Check API Status

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://local.adspower.net:50325/api/v1/status"

2. Create a Profile

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "http://local.adspower.net:50325/api/v1/user/create",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    json={
        "name": "profile_001",
        "group_id": "0",
        "fingerprint_config": {
            "automatic_timezone": "1",
            "language": ["en-US", "en"],
        },
    },
).json()
profile_id = resp["data"]["id"]

3. Open a Browser Profile

resp = requests.get(
    f"http://local.adspower.net:50325/api/v1/browser/start?user_id={profile_id}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    timeout=30,  # 30s timeout for slow proxies
).json()

# Connection info for automation frameworks:
webdriver_path = resp["data"]["webdriver"]
selenium_address = resp["data"]["ws"]["selenium"]     # For Selenium
puppeteer_ws = resp["data"]["ws"]["puppeteer"]         # For Playwright

4. Close a Browser Profile

requests.get(
    f"http://local.adspower.net:50325/api/v1/browser/stop?user_id={profile_id}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)

5. Connect Selenium

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

service = Service(executable_path=webdriver_path)
options = Options()
options.add_experimental_option("debuggerAddress", selenium_address)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)
driver.get("https://www.browserscan.net/")

6. Connect Playwright

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.connect_over_cdp(puppeteer_ws)
    context = browser.contexts[0]
    page = context.pages[0] if context.pages else context.new_page()
    page.goto("https://www.browserscan.net/")

7. Update Proxy

requests.post(
    "http://local.adspower.net:50325/api/v1/user/update",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    json={
        "user_id": profile_id,
        "user_proxy_config": {
            "proxy_soft": "other",
            "proxy_type": "http",       # http | https | socks5
            "proxy_host": "1.2.3.4",
            "proxy_port": "8080",       # Must be string
            "proxy_user": "username",
            "proxy_password": "password",
        },
    },
).json()

8. Query Profiles

resp = requests.get(
    "http://local.adspower.net:50325/api/v1/user/list",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    params={"page": 1, "page_size": 100, "group_name": "My Campaign"},
).json()
profiles = resp["data"]["list"]

9. Create a Group

resp = requests.post(
    "http://local.adspower.net:50325/api/v1/group/create",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    json={"group_name": "My Campaign"},
).json()
group_id = resp["data"]["group_id"]

Rate Limits

| Profile count | Max frequency | |---|---| | 0–200 | 2 req/sec | | 200–5000 | 5 req/sec | | > 5000 | 10 req/sec |

Profile creation is always limited to 1 req/sec. Add time.sleep(1.1) between batch operations.

Common Errors

| Error | Cause | Fix | |---|---|---| | Connection refused | AdsPower not running | Start AdsPower, check API status | | Invalid API key | Wrong or expired key | Regenerate in Automation → API | | Error 100044 | Browser start timeout | Check proxy, clear cache, increase timeout | | Error 100001 | Browser failed to start | Repair profile, update AdsPower | | Too many requests | Rate limit exceeded | Add sleep between API calls | | Profile not found | Wrong user_id | Query /api/v1/user/list to get correct IDs |

Important Notes

• proxy_port must be a string, not an integer
• user_id is the internal ID from creation, not the profile name or UI number
• The API port (default 50325) can change between sessions — verify in AdsPower settings
• Always close browsers via API after automation to prevent resource leaks
• Use resp["data"]["ws"]["selenium"] for Selenium, resp["data"]["ws"]["puppeteer"] for Playwright

Resources

• AdsPower Official
• Local API Documentation
• Ready-to-use Scripts & Guides

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: pencil20388-eng
• Source: pencil20388-eng/browser-automation-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.