Browse.ai allows you to turn any website into an API using its advanced web automation and data extraction tools, enabling easy monitoring and data retrieval from websites.
Tools
Bulk Run Tasks
This action allows users to bulk run up to 1,000 tasks per API call using a specified robot. For larger datasets, submit multiple bulk runs sequentially (up to 500,000 tasks total). It provides a POST endpoint at /v2/robots/{robotId}/bulk-runs and supports parameters such as robot_id (required), title (required), and input_parameters (required). This bulk operation is essential for large-scale data extraction.
Create Monitor
Creates a new monitor for a Browse AI robot to automatically track website changes over time. A monitor runs a robot on a recurring schedule and can notify you when the captured data (screenshots or text) changes. This is useful for tracking price changes, content updates, availability status, or any other dynamic website information. You must first have a robot created (via the Browse AI dashboard) before you can monitor it. Use the GET_ROBOTS action to find available robot IDs. Key features: - Configure recurring schedules (hourly, daily, weekly) using RRULE format - Get email notifications when screenshots or text content changes - Customize notification sensitivity with threshold settings - Override robot parameters for each monitor
Create Webhook
This tool creates a new webhook for a Browse AI robot. Webhooks are HTTP callbacks that Browse AI sends to your server immediately when specific events occur, eliminating the need for polling. It is useful for: - Setting up automated notifications for task completion - Receiving real-time updates when changes are detected - Integrating Browse AI with your own systems - Automating workflows based on robot task results The webhook can be configured to trigger on different event types: - taskFinished: Triggers on any task completion (success or failure) - taskFinishedSuccessfully: Triggers only on successful task completions - taskFinishedWithError: Triggers only on failed task completions - taskCapturedDataChanged: Triggers when data changes are detected during monitoring - tableExportFinishedSuccessfully: Triggers when table export completes (Beta feature) Note: Browse AI only supports one event type per webhook. To monitor multiple event types, create separate webhooks for each event type.
Delete A Specific Monitor
This tool allows users to delete a specific monitor from their Browse AI account. It uses the DELETE method and requires a valid monitor_id.
Delete A Specific Task
This tool allows you to delete a specific task in BrowseAI by its task ID. It is used for cleaning up completed or failed tasks, managing resources, and maintaining your task list.
Get Robots List
Retrieves a list of all robots (automated web tasks) under your Browse AI account. A robot is an automated browser task that can be trained to perform web operations such as: - Opening webpages and navigating through sites - Logging into websites - Clicking buttons and filling forms - Extracting structured data from web pages - Monitoring websites for changes This action returns comprehensive information about each robot including: - Robot ID (required for running tasks via other API endpoints) - Robot name and timestamps (creation/update) - Input parameters the robot accepts (parameter names, types, and whether they're required) Use this to: - Discover available robots and their IDs for task execution - Check robot configuration and required input parameters - Monitor robot creation and update activity - Get an overview of all automated tasks in your account No parameters required - simply call this action to retrieve all robots.