Quickstart

Get CloudBrowser up and running in less than 5 minutes! This guide will show you how to launch your first browser and start automating web tasks.

Prerequisites

• A CloudBrowser API token (get yours at cloudbrowser.ai)

• Basic knowledge of REST APIs or one of our supported libraries

Step 1: Get Your API Token

1. Sign up at cloudbrowser.ai

2. Navigate to your dashboard

3. Copy your API token - you'll need it for authentication

Step 2: Launch Your First Browser

Using cURL (HTTP API)

curl -X POST https://production.cloudbrowser.ai/api/v1/Browser/Open \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "headless": false,
    "keepOpen": 300
  }'

Using Node.js

const response = await fetch('https://production.cloudbrowser.ai/api/v1/Browser/Open', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    headless: false,
    keepOpen: 300
  })
});

const result = await response.json();
console.log('Browser endpoint:', result.address);

Using C#/.NET

using CloudBrowserAiSharp.Puppeteer.Browser;
using CloudBrowserAiSharp.Puppeteer.Extensions;

var browser = await BrowserExtension.LaunchAsync("YOUR_API_TOKEN");
var page = await browser.FirstPage();

await page.GoToAsync("https://www.cloudbrowser.ai");
await browser.CloseAsync();

Step 3: Connect to Your Browser

The API response will include an address field with your browser's WebSocket endpoint. Use this endpoint to connect with:

• Puppeteer (Node.js)

• Playwright (Node.js, Python, C#)

• Selenium (any language)

• CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol)

Example: Complete Web Automation

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

// 1. Launch browser via CloudBrowser API
const response = await fetch('https://production.cloudbrowser.ai/api/v1/Browser/Open', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const { address } = await response.json();

// 2. Connect with Puppeteer
const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
  browserWSEndpoint: address
});

const page = await browser.newPage();

// 3. Automate your task
await page.goto('https://example.com');
await page.screenshot({ path: 'screenshot.png' });

// 4. Clean up
await browser.close();

Next Steps

Now that you have your first browser running:

• 📚 Explore the API Documentation for advanced configurations

• 🔮 Try AI Functions to process web content with AI

• 📦 Use our client libraries for your preferred programming language

• ⚙️ Configure proxies and browser settings

Need Help?

• Check our troubleshooting guide

• Review best practices