Remote Firefox Browser in the Cloud – noVNC Desktop Session
Pricing
from $0.01 / actor start
Open a link and you are driving a real Firefox on a Linux desktop in the cloud, streamed into your own browser tab over noVNC — nothing to install, no extension, no VM to provision. Set the start URL, screen size and a VNC password, and route Firefox through Apify Proxy or your own proxy.
You can access the Remote Firefox Browser in the Cloud – noVNC Desktop Session programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {};11
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish13const run = await client.actor("rl1987/firefox-sandbox").call(input);14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)16console.log('Results from dataset');17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();19items.forEach((item) => {20 console.dir(item);21});22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Remote Firefox Browser in the Cloud – noVNC Desktop Session API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: