Start WebDriver Node

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Automation/Browser

Legacy node kept for existing boards: browsers are now launched directly, so no WebDriver is started. Outputs a local URL for compatibility.

browser_start_driverautomationLocal only

Inputs4

Outputs3

Security exposureUnrated

Packageautomation

Ratings

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Input Pins

4

▶

Execution

exec_in

Trigger

Session

Struct

session

Automation session

SchemaAutomationSessionAutomationSessionAutomationSession11 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

Executable

String

executable

Ignored (legacy)

Default chromedriver

Port

Integer

port

Local WebDriver port

Default 9515

Output Pins

3

▶

Execution

exec_out

Continue

Session

Struct

session_out

Updated automation session

SchemaAutomationSessionAutomationSessionAutomationSession11 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

Local compatibility URL (ignored by Open Browser)

Node Info

Internal name

browser_start_driver

Category

Automation/Browser

Version

1