Run a Task
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'anchor-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"input_params": {
"File Name": "invoice-2026-02.pdf",
"Operation": "extract_text"
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run"
payload = { "input_params": {
"File Name": "invoice-2026-02.pdf",
"Operation": "extract_text"
} }
headers = {
"anchor-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'anchor-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({input_params: {'File Name': 'invoice-2026-02.pdf', Operation: 'extract_text'}})
};
fetch('https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'input_params' => [
'File Name' => 'invoice-2026-02.pdf',
'Operation' => 'extract_text'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"anchor-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"input_params\": {\n \"File Name\": \"invoice-2026-02.pdf\",\n \"Operation\": \"extract_text\"\n }\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("anchor-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run")
.header("anchor-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"input_params\": {\n \"File Name\": \"invoice-2026-02.pdf\",\n \"Operation\": \"extract_text\"\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["anchor-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"input_params\": {\n \"File Name\": \"invoice-2026-02.pdf\",\n \"Operation\": \"extract_text\"\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"run_id": "<string>",
"result": {},
"error": "<string>",
"session_id": "<string>"
}{
"error": {
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}
}Tasks
Run a Task
Triggers execution of a task by ID using the non-deprecated Tasks endpoints.
POST
/
v2
/
tasks
/
{taskId}
/
run
Run a Task
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'anchor-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"input_params": {
"File Name": "invoice-2026-02.pdf",
"Operation": "extract_text"
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run"
payload = { "input_params": {
"File Name": "invoice-2026-02.pdf",
"Operation": "extract_text"
} }
headers = {
"anchor-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'anchor-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({input_params: {'File Name': 'invoice-2026-02.pdf', Operation: 'extract_text'}})
};
fetch('https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'input_params' => [
'File Name' => 'invoice-2026-02.pdf',
'Operation' => 'extract_text'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"anchor-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"input_params\": {\n \"File Name\": \"invoice-2026-02.pdf\",\n \"Operation\": \"extract_text\"\n }\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("anchor-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run")
.header("anchor-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"input_params\": {\n \"File Name\": \"invoice-2026-02.pdf\",\n \"Operation\": \"extract_text\"\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v2/tasks/{taskId}/run")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["anchor-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"input_params\": {\n \"File Name\": \"invoice-2026-02.pdf\",\n \"Operation\": \"extract_text\"\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"run_id": "<string>",
"result": {},
"error": "<string>",
"session_id": "<string>"
}{
"error": {
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}
}Authorizations
API key passed in the header
Path Parameters
The ID of the task to run
Body
application/json
Key-value pairs of input parameters for the task
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Optional identity ID to use for the task
Optional session ID to run the task in
Whether to clean up sessions after execution (default: true)
Response
Task run started successfully
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