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Attach to Browser Node

Automation/Browser

Attaches to a running Chrome or Edge over the DevTools protocol: a dedicated debugging browser (host:port or ws:// URL), or your everyday browser after you allow remote debugging (leave Debugger Address empty).

browser_attachautomationLocal only
Inputs5
Outputs2
Security exposureUnrated
Packageautomation

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Input Pins

5

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Execution
exec_in

Trigger

Session

Struct
session

Automation session

AutomationSessionAutomationSession11 fields
session_refstringrequired
platformPlatformrequired
enum "Windows", "MacOS", "Linux"
default_delay_msinteger:uint64required
format uint64min 0
click_delay_msinteger:uint64required
format uint64min 0
debug_modebooleanrequired
browser_typeanyOf (2)

Browser context info if browser is attached

variant 1BrowserTypevariant
enum "Chrome", "Firefox", "Edge", "Safari"
variant 2nullvariant
browser_headlessboolean | null
browser_user_data_dirstring | null
current_page_refstring | null

Current page info if a page is open

current_window_handlestring | null
browser_frame_selectorsArray<Selector>
default []
itemsSelectorarray item
kindSelectorKindrequired
variant 1enumvariant
enum "Css", "Xpath", "TextExact", "TestId"...
variant 2constvariant

Visible text contained in the element; script, style and head content is ignored.

const "Text"
variant 3constvariant

ARIA role, optionally filtered by accessible name: `button`, `button|Sign in` (case-insensitive substring), `button|=Sign in` (exact) or `button|/^sign/i` (regex).

const "Role"
variant 4constvariant

Element ref from the latest Browser Snapshot, such as `e12`.

const "Ref"
valuestringrequired
confidencenumber | null
format double
scopestring | null

WebDriver URL

String
webdriver_url

Legacy WebDriver URL; ignored for loopback addresses

Default http://127.0.0.1:9515

Debugger Address

String
debugger_address

DevTools address of a browser started with --remote-debugging-port (host:port, http:// or ws:// URL). Leave empty to attach to your everyday Chrome or Edge via chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging

Default 127.0.0.1:9222

Browser

String
browser_type

Chrome or Edge

Default Chrome

Output Pins

2

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Execution
exec_out

Continue

Session

Struct
session_out

Updated automation session

AutomationSessionAutomationSession11 fields
session_refstringrequired
platformPlatformrequired
enum "Windows", "MacOS", "Linux"
default_delay_msinteger:uint64required
format uint64min 0
click_delay_msinteger:uint64required
format uint64min 0
debug_modebooleanrequired
browser_typeanyOf (2)

Browser context info if browser is attached

variant 1BrowserTypevariant
enum "Chrome", "Firefox", "Edge", "Safari"
variant 2nullvariant
browser_headlessboolean | null
browser_user_data_dirstring | null
current_page_refstring | null

Current page info if a page is open

current_window_handlestring | null
browser_frame_selectorsArray<Selector>
default []
itemsSelectorarray item
kindSelectorKindrequired
variant 1enumvariant
enum "Css", "Xpath", "TextExact", "TestId"...
variant 2constvariant

Visible text contained in the element; script, style and head content is ignored.

const "Text"
variant 3constvariant

ARIA role, optionally filtered by accessible name: `button`, `button|Sign in` (case-insensitive substring), `button|=Sign in` (exact) or `button|/^sign/i` (regex).

const "Role"
variant 4constvariant

Element ref from the latest Browser Snapshot, such as `e12`.

const "Ref"
valuestringrequired
confidencenumber | null
format double
scopestring | null

Node Info

Internal name
browser_attach
Category
Automation/Browser
Version
1