# python273/vk_api

Модуль для создания скриптов для ВКонтакте | vk.com API wrapper

Repository: https://github.com/python273/vk_api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vk_api
Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/vk-api/
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: vk-api, python, api-wrapper, vkontakte, vkontakte-api, vk
Last push: 2026-07-17T14:10:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 61, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4980, "days_push": 47, "days_rel": 47, "gap_med": 363, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1364, forks 320 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:30.552132+00:00)

## What it is
vk_api is a Python library that wraps the VKontakte (vk.com) API, simplifying authentication and API method calls for building scripts and bots. It supports user authorization, API requests, uploads, and other VK platform interactions.

## Use cases
- post to VK wall from a Python script
- build a VK chat bot
- authenticate to VKontakte with username and password
- fetch user or group data from VK API
- upload photos or documents to VK
- automate VK community management

## When to choose
- you need a simple synchronous Python wrapper for the VK API
- you are writing scripts or bots for VKontakte
- you want a mature, widely used VK library with examples and docs

## When to avoid
- you need async support or a bot-framework-style API (see alternatives)
- you target platforms other than VKontakte
- you need official first-party SDK support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, sdk, web-scraping
- domain: apis, social-media, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: vk-api, api-wrapper, vkontakte, social-network, bot-development, automation

## Member repositories
- python273/vk_api (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:30.552132+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:41:22.080968+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/python273/vk_api (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:30.552132+00:00, sha 2b7b69465c2e)
  - homepage: https://pypi.org/project/vk-api/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:48.418706+00:00, sha 4b4e8fead74a)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/vk_api/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:48.421151+00:00, sha 269f6bd43a8f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.