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POST
/
v1
/
browsers
/
{id}
/
fetch-html
Fetch HTML
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/v1/browsers/{id}/fetch-html/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "selector": "<string>"
}
'
{
  "html": "<html>...</html>"
}

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Description

Returns the HTML source of the current page or a specific element.

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Authentication

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Self-hosted open source deployments do not require authentication.

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Path Parameters

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id
string
required
The browser ID returned from Create Session.

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Request Body

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selector
string
CSS selector to scope the HTML to a specific element. If omitted, returns the full page HTML.

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Response

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html
string
The HTML content of the page or matched element.

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Example

curl -X POST https://api.rustybrowser.com/v1/browsers/exc-b9534e98-c3ce-4d1b-9671-b563ac66adc3/fetch-html/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "selector": "body" }'

{
  "html": "<html>...</html>"
}