Browser Profiles (Authenticated sessions)

Anchor allows you to save an existing browser state as “profiles” for use in future browser sessions. This feature enables users to:

Store authenticated sessions and identities, allowing to stay logged in to websites
Improve overall speed and performance

The following guide explains how to create and use Identity Profiles in Anchor Browser.

Quick start - Create and use a profile

Hide Via SDK

Start a session with a new profile

Create a session via SDK, Make sure to configure the new profile to persist.

import Anchorbrowser from "anchorbrowser";

(async () => {
 const anchorClient = new Anchorbrowser()
 const session = await anchorClient.sessions.create({
    browser: {
        profile: {
            name: 'new-profile',
            persist: true
            }
        }
    })
 console.log(session)
})();

Authenticate Once

Authenticate to the target service and create a browser context with the required cookies and session data.

import Anchorbrowser from "anchorbrowser";

(async () => {
 const anchorClient = new Anchorbrowser()
 const session = await anchorClient.sessions.create({
    browser: {
        profile: {
            name: 'new-profile',
            persist: true
            }
        }
    })

 const sessionId = session.data.id;

 // Navigate to the login page
 await anchorClient.sessions.goto(sessionId, {
    url: 'https://example.com/login'
 })

 // Fill in your login credentials
 await anchorClient.sessions.mouse.click(sessionId, { x: 100, y: 200 })
 await anchorClient.sessions.keyboard.type(sessionId, { text: 'your-username' })

 await anchorClient.sessions.mouse.click(sessionId, { x: 100, y: 250 })
 await anchorClient.sessions.keyboard.type(sessionId, { text: 'your-password' })

 // Submit the login form
 await anchorClient.sessions.mouse.click(sessionId, { x: 100, y: 300 })

 console.log('Authentication completed. Profile will be saved when session ends.')
})();

Save Profile

End the session. The profile will be automatically saved since you set persist: true when creating the session.

import Anchorbrowser from "anchorbrowser";

(async () => {
 const anchorClient = new Anchorbrowser()

 // After completing authentication, end the session to save the profile
 await anchorClient.sessions.delete(sessionId)

 console.log('Session ended. Profile "new-profile" has been saved.')
})();

Use the profile in other sessions

Now, when creating a new session pass the profile parameter with the name of the profile you created to load the saved browser context.

import Anchorbrowser from "anchorbrowser";

(async () => {
 const anchorClient = new Anchorbrowser()
 const session = await anchorClient.sessions.create({
    browser: {
        profile: {
            name: 'new-profile'
        }
    }
    })
 console.log(session)
})();

Hide Via UI

Start a session with a new profile

Through the Anchor playground, create a profile on the configuration area. Then, click to start a session.

Authenticate Once

Authenticate to the target service using the playground to create a browser context with the required cookies and session data.

Save Profile

Save the profile using the ‘Save Profile’ button in the Anchor Browser Playground.

This operation will end the current playground browser session

Then approve it in the popup window ‘Yes, Save and Terminate’

Use the profile in other sessions

Select the saved profile from the dropdown in the playground configuration area when starting a new session.

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Browser Profiles (Authenticated sessions)

Quick start - Create and use a profile

Get Started

Capabilities

Integrations

Additional Details

​Quick start - Create and use a profile

Quick start - Create and use a profile