steel-sdk

library0.17.0pypypi✓ verified 84d ago

The official Python library for the Steel API, providing programmatic access to Steel's browser automation and web scraping services. Current version 0.17.0, active development with monthly releases.

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pip install steel-sdk

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · STEEL-SDK

steel-sdk

devopspythonv0.17.0

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

Steel

✓ from steel import Steel

✗ from steel_sdk import Steel

The package is `steel`, not `steel_sdk`.

SteelError

✓ from steel.errors import SteelError

✗ from steel import SteelError

Errors are in the `errors` submodule.

Initialize the client with your API key and scrape a web page.

from steel import Steel client = Steel(api_key='your-api-key') result = client.scrape('https://example.com') print(result.text[:100])

Debug

Known issues

breakingIn v0.17.0, the `Steel` client constructor changed from positional `api_key` to keyword-only argument.

fix

Pass `api_key` as a keyword argument: `Steel(api_key='...')`.

affects: >=0.17.0

gotchaAPI key must be provided; the library does not pick it up from environment variables automatically.

fix

Always pass `api_key` explicitly or set `STEEL_API_KEY` environment variable and pass `from_env=True`.

affects: all

deprecatedThe `scrape` method's `timeout` parameter was deprecated in v0.15.0 in favor of `request_timeout`.

fix

Use `request_timeout` instead of `timeout`.

affects: >=0.15.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ImportError: cannot import name 'Steel' from 'steel_sdk'

Incorrect import path; package name is `steel`.

fix

Use `from steel import Steel`.

TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

Passing API key as positional argument in v0.17.0+.

fix

Use keyword argument: `Steel(api_key='...')`.

steel.errors.AuthenticationError: Invalid API key

Missing or incorrect API key.

fix

Set the `STEEL_API_KEY` environment variable or pass a valid key.

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Version history

0.17.0latest on PyPI · released Mar 16, 2026

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/steel-dev/steel-python ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/steel-dev/steel-python ↗