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from $25.00 / 1,000 screenshot or page elements

Browser as a Service (BaaS)

Declarative browser automation. Send JSON actions — navigate, click, type, scrape, screenshot — get clean structured results. No code required. Powered by Playwright.

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from $25.00 / 1,000 screenshot or page elements

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Aaron

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You can access the Browser as a Service (BaaS) 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "url": "https://example.com",
10    "actions": [
11        { "type": "navigate" },
12        {
13            "type": "scrape",
14            "selector": "h1",
15            "name": "heading",
16        },
17        {
18            "type": "screenshot",
19            "name": "result",
20            "fullPage": True,
21        },
22    ],
23}
24
25# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
26run = client.actor("zenacquire/browser-as-a-service").call(run_input=run_input)
27
28# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
29print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
30for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
31    print(item)
32
33# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Browser as a Service - Declarative Browser Automation API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Browser as a Service (BaaS) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Browser as a Service (BaaS) API in JavaScript

Browser as a Service (BaaS) API through CLI

Browser as a Service (BaaS) OpenAPI definition

Browser as a Service (BaaS) API

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