Embed Browser UI

Obtaining the Session URL

Anchor Browser offers a live view feature that allows you to embed an interactive frame of a website as a web element.

To obtain the browser live session URL, start by creating a session, which will return the following object:

{
  "page_id": "<string>",
  "id": "<string>",
  "session_url" :"connect.anchorbrowser.io/devtools/page/{{page-id}}?sessionId={{session-id}}"
}

The session_url points to the browser default first page. If your browser proccess involves creating a new page, collect the corresponding URL by using the live view URLs endpoint.

Embedding the Live View

Embed the following iframe to get a live view of the browser session.

<iframe src="https://anchorforge.io/devtools-frontend/inspector.html?wss={{session_url}}" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts" allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write" style="border: 0px; display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"></iframe>

Advanced Embedding Configuration

To use the fullscreen view, replace the live view URL with the following:

<iframe src="https://anchorforge.io/devtools-frontend/inspector-fullscreen.html?wss={{session_url}}" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts" allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write" style="border: 0px; display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"></iframe>

Disable browser interactivity

To prevent the end user from interacting with the browser, add the style="pointer-events: none;" attribute to the iframe:

<iframe src="https://anchorforge.io/devtools-frontend/inspector.html?wss={{session_url}}" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts" allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write" style="border: 0px; display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none;"></iframe>

Embed browser with multiple tabs

To embed the browser with multiple tabs, use the live view URLs API to obtain the metadata about the open tabs:

[
      {
        "frontend_url": "https://anchorforge.io/devtools-frontend/inspector.html?wss=<session_url>",
        "id": "4471AF05DB5CB530971145A14848E5A7",
        "title": "Documentation - Anchor Browser Docs",
        "url": "https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/introduction"
      },
      {
        "frontend_url": "https://anchorforge.io/devtools-frontend/inspector.html?wss=<session_url>",
        "id": "4471AF05DB5CB530971145A14848E5A7",
        "title": "API Reference - Anchor Browser Docs",
        "url": "https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/api-reference"
      }
]

Below is an example of how to dynamically embed multiple tabs with a tab selector:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Browser Tabs</title>
    <style>
        select { margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px; }
        iframe { border: 0; width: 100%; height: 600px; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <select id="tabSelector"></select>
    <div id="iframeContainer"></div>

    <script>
        const tabSelector = document.getElementById('tabSelector');
        const container = document.getElementById('iframeContainer');

        fetch('https://api.anchorbrowser.io/api/sessions/YOUR_SESSION_ID/pages', {
            headers: {
                'anchor-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
            }
        })
        .then(res => res.json())
        .then(tabs => {
            tabs.forEach(tab => {
                const option = document.createElement('option');
                option.value = tab.frontend_url;
                option.textContent = tab.title || 'Untitled Tab';
                tabSelector.appendChild(option);
            });
            
            if (tabs.length > 0) {
                createIframe(tabs[0].frontend_url);
            }
        });

        tabSelector.onchange = (e) => createIframe(e.target.value);

        function createIframe(url) {
            container.innerHTML = `
                <iframe 
                    src="https://anchorforge.io/devtools-frontend/inspector.html?wss=${url}"
                    sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts"
                    allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write">
                </iframe>
            `;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Get Started

Capabilities

Integrate

Additional Details

Obtaining the Session URL

Embedding the Live View

Advanced Embedding Configuration

Embed in Fullscreen View (Hide Navigation Bar)

Disable browser interactivity

Embed browser with multiple tabs

Get Started

Capabilities

Integrate

Additional Details

​Obtaining the Session URL

​Embedding the Live View

​Advanced Embedding Configuration

​Embed in Fullscreen View (Hide Navigation Bar)

​Disable browser interactivity

​Embed browser with multiple tabs

Obtaining the Session URL

Embedding the Live View

Advanced Embedding Configuration

Embed in Fullscreen View (Hide Navigation Bar)

Disable browser interactivity

Embed browser with multiple tabs