1

Get your API Key

Go over the Dashboard’s Settings tab:

Then copy your API Key directly from the input and update your .env by adding the BROWSERBASE_API_KEY entry

Alternatively, you can temporarily set the environment variable for a single bash command by prefixing it with BROWSERBASE_API_KEY=<your_api_key> in your terminal.

2

Install Puppeteer


3

Update your code or clone a template

Running your existing code with Browserbase only requires a few line changes:

Be sure to set your BROWSERBASE_API_KEY environment variable to the value you copied from the Dashboard.

Get started with a Puppeteer Node.js template

Clone this GitHub repo to get started with Puppeteer

4

Inspect the completed Session

You can find all the recent sessions on the Dashboard’s Overview, along with essential metrics:

Select your Session to inspect it with the Session Inspector.

Start building