Open/Launch browser profile

POST

/api/browser/openBrowser

Open a profile window using profileID.

The profileID can be obtained from the /api/profile/getProfiles endpoint or returned by /api/profile/quickCreateProfile.

It is recommended to use quickCreateProfile to create the profile and record the returned ID.

Request

Authorization

Add parameter in header

Authorization

Example:

Authorization: ********************

Body Params application/json

Example

{
    "profileId": "d878e732552a422e87942b2a4938265c",
    "ignoreStartUrls": false,
    "urls": ["https://www.google.com", "https://facebook.com"]
}

Request Code Samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

curl --location --request POST 'http://127.0.0.1:30898/api/browser/openBrowser' \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "profileId": "d878e732552a422e87942b2a4938265c",
    "ignoreStartUrls": false,
    "urls": ["https://www.google.com", "https://facebook.com"]
}'

Responses

🟢200Success

application/json

Body

Example

{
    "ws": "ws://127.0.0.1:59948/devtools/browser/e45a2b5b-4984-47c5-85f8-3ff90ca27185",
    "port": 59948,
    "pid": 36339,
    "seq": 36
}

🟠400Bad request

Modified at 2026-01-31 09:19:55

Move profiles to recycle bin

Close browser profile