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Kernel Browsers API

Create and manage browser sessions.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Kernel Browsers API is one of 22 APIs that Kernel publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Browsers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 20 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 0.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.onkernel.com.

7 operations 4 paths 20 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
0.1.0
Base URL
https://api.onkernel.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Kernel Browsers API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Browsers 7

Create and manage browser sessions.

POST
/browsers
Create a browser session
postBrowsers body → 200400401403409429500529
GET
/browsers
List browser sessions
getBrowsers 6 params → 200400401500
GET
/browsers/{id_or_name}
Get browser session details
getBrowsersByIdOrName 2 params → 200401404500
PATCH
/browsers/{id_or_name}
Update browser session
patchBrowsersByIdOrName 1 param body → 200400401403404409500
DELETE
/browsers/{id_or_name}
Delete a browser session by ID or name.
deleteBrowsersByIdOrName 1 param → 204400401404500
POST
/browsers/{id}/extensions
Ad-hoc upload one or more unpacked extensions to a running browser instance.
uploadExtensionsToBrowser 1 param body → 201400401403404500
POST
/browsers/{id}/curl
Make an HTTP request through the browser's network stack
browserCurl 1 param body → 200400404500502

Schemas 20

The contract defines 20 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Browser (22 properties), BrowserRequest (15 properties), BrowserTelemetryCategoriesConfig (9 properties), BrowserUpdateRequest (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BrowserTelemetryCategoriesConfig
object
Per-category telemetry capture settings layered onto the default set. The operational signals (control, connection, system, captcha) are on by default and are…
9 properties
BrowserViewportUpdate
Viewport configuration for updating a browser session. Extends BrowserViewport with update-only options.
BrowserTelemetryRequestConfig
object
Telemetry request configuration for a browser session.
2 properties
Browser
object
22 properties 7 required
BrowserUpdateRequest
object
Request body for updating a browser session.
7 properties
BrowserCurlTransportError
object
Transport-level error when the request could not complete.
3 properties 1 required
BrowserRequest
object
Parameters for creating a browser session.
15 properties
Profile
object
Browser profile metadata.
5 properties 2 required
BrowserUsage
object
Session usage metrics.
1 property 1 required
BrowserViewport
object
Initial browser window size in pixels with optional refresh rate. If omitted, image defaults apply (1920x1080@25). For GPU images, the default is 1920x1080@60.…
3 properties 2 required
ErrorDetail
object
2 properties
BrowserCurlRequest
object
Request to make an HTTP request through the browser's network stack.
6 properties 1 required
Error
object
4 properties 2 required
BrowserCurlResult
object
Structured response from the browser curl request.
4 properties 4 required
BrowserTelemetryConfig
object
Active telemetry configuration for a browser session.
1 property
BrowserExtension
object
Extension selection for the browser session. Provide either id or name of an extension uploaded to Kernel.
2 properties
Tags
object
User-defined key-value tags.
BrowserPoolRef
object
Browser pool this session was acquired from, if any.
2 properties 1 required
BrowserTelemetryCategoryConfig
object
Per-category telemetry configuration.
1 property
BrowserProfile
object
Profile selection for the browser session. Provide either id or name. If specified, the matching profile will be loaded into the browser session. Profiles must…
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kernel-browsers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
kernel:kernel-browsers-api
Base URL
https://api.onkernel.com
Docs
https://kernel.sh/docs/api-reference/
Provider
Kernel
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