urlWithParams = 'type=xyz&url=https://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/%7Bz%7D/%7Bx%7D/%7By%7D.png&zmax=19&zmin=0&crs=EPSG3857' rlayer = QgsRasterLayer(urlWithParams, 'OpenStreetMap', 'wms') if rlayer.isValid(): QgsProject.instance().addMapLayer(rlayer) else: print('invalid layer')