> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.browserbase.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Faster development for Python and Node.js.

The Browserbase Python and Node.js SDKs let you load pages quickly, take
screenshots, and use utilities like session creation and file downloads:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card
    title="Node.js SDK"
    icon={
  <svg
    class="h-6 w-6"
    fill="#eb3720"
    height="40"
    viewBox="0 0 16 16"
    width="40"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  >
    <path d="M 8 1.0234375 C 7.736875 1.0234375 7.4742344 1.0924687 7.2402344 1.2304688 L 2.7402344 3.8789062 C 2.2832344 4.1469063 2 4.642875 2 5.171875 L 2 11.005859 C 2 11.554859 2.29925 12.059266 2.78125 12.322266 L 4.2558594 13.126953 C 4.4828594 13.250953 4.7286094 13.310547 4.9746094 13.310547 C 5.2386094 13.310547 5.4992812 13.239609 5.7382812 13.099609 C 6.1982812 12.826609 6.4726562 12.344594 6.4726562 11.808594 L 6.4726562 5.4648438 L 5.4726562 5.4648438 L 5.4726562 11.808594 C 5.4726562 12.065594 5.3025156 12.195281 5.2285156 12.238281 C 5.1555156 12.281281 4.959375 12.371047 4.734375 12.248047 L 3.2617188 11.445312 C 3.1007187 11.357312 3 11.188859 3 11.005859 L 3 5.171875 C 3 4.995875 3.0940938 4.8302344 3.2460938 4.7402344 L 7.7460938 2.0917969 C 7.9020937 1.9997969 8.0979062 2.0007969 8.2539062 2.0917969 L 12.753906 4.7402344 C 12.904906 4.8302344 13 4.995875 13 5.171875 L 13 11.009766 C 13 11.189766 12.900234 11.359219 12.740234 11.449219 L 8.2402344 13.900391 C 8.0902344 13.980391 7.9097656 13.980391 7.7597656 13.900391 L 6.8808594 13.419922 C 6.7108594 13.629922 6.5 13.810937 6.25 13.960938 C 6.17 14.010938 6.0897656 14.050078 6.0097656 14.080078 L 7.2792969 14.779297 C 7.5092969 14.899297 7.75 14.960938 8 14.960938 C 8.25 14.960938 8.4907031 14.899297 8.7207031 14.779297 L 13.220703 12.320312 C 13.700703 12.060313 14 11.559766 14 11.009766 L 14 5.171875 C 14 4.642875 13.717719 4.1469062 13.261719 3.8789062 L 8.7617188 1.2304688 C 8.5272187 1.0924688 8.263125 1.0234375 8 1.0234375 z M 9.4511719 5.3183594 C 7.8711719 5.3183594 7.0703125 5.8690781 7.0703125 6.9550781 C 7.0703125 8.1850781 8.4869687 8.3680781 9.1679688 8.4550781 C 9.2659688 8.4680781 9.352875 8.4791875 9.421875 8.4921875 L 9.7207031 8.5449219 C 10.760703 8.7189219 11 8.836875 11 9.171875 C 11 9.333875 10.999172 9.8242188 9.4511719 9.8242188 C 8.1381719 9.8242188 7.8691406 9.4346094 7.8691406 8.8496094 L 6.8691406 8.8496094 C 6.8691406 9.7516094 7.3171719 10.824219 9.4511719 10.824219 C 11.557172 10.824219 12 9.925875 12 9.171875 C 12 7.913875 10.777719 7.7076406 9.8867188 7.5566406 L 9.5996094 7.5078125 C 9.5166094 7.4928125 9.4119219 7.4788438 9.2949219 7.4648438 C 8.6589219 7.3828438 8.0703125 7.2650312 8.0703125 6.9570312 C 8.0703125 6.7340313 8.0691719 6.3193594 9.4511719 6.3183594 C 10.370172 6.3183594 10.837891 6.6207969 10.837891 7.2167969 L 11.837891 7.2167969 C 11.837891 6.2997969 11.209172 5.3183594 9.4511719 5.3183594 z"></path>
  </svg>
}
    iconType="sharp-solid"
    href="/reference/sdk/nodejs"
  >
    Browserbase for JavaScript and Node.js
  </Card>

  <Card
    title="Python SDK"
    icon={
  <svg
    class="h-6 w-6"
    fill="#eb3720"
    height="40"
    viewBox="0 0 16 16"
    width="40"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  >
    <path
      clip-rule="evenodd"
      d="M5.00008 2.48333C5.00008 2.28791 5.17329 1.97181 5.75348 1.67407C6.30368 1.39174 7.09756 1.2 8.00008 1.2C8.9026 1.2 9.69648 1.39174 10.2467 1.67407C10.8269 1.97181 11.0001 2.28791 11.0001 2.48333L11 4.49999V4.66666C11 5.4877 10.9478 6.0615 10.8418 6.46743C10.7387 6.86203 10.595 7.06047 10.4316 7.18155C10.2553 7.31215 9.98982 7.40251 9.54728 7.45087C9.10384 7.49934 8.5515 7.5 7.83337 7.5H7.80801C7.20363 7.49999 6.65752 7.49998 6.19769 7.55571C5.72755 7.6127 5.28198 7.73413 4.91686 8.02623C4.54439 8.32421 4.31834 8.74858 4.18424 9.28498C4.06996 9.74209 4.01556 10.3077 4.00296 11H2.48341C2.28799 11 1.97188 10.8268 1.67415 10.2466C1.39181 9.6964 1.20007 8.90252 1.20007 8C1.20007 7.09748 1.39181 6.3036 1.67415 5.7534C1.97188 5.17321 2.28799 5 2.48341 5H4.50008H8.00007V4H5.00008V2.48333ZM2.48341 12H4.00005L4.00008 13.5167C4.00008 14.2877 4.61037 14.8633 5.29693 15.2156C6.01348 15.5833 6.9696 15.8 8.00008 15.8C9.03056 15.8 9.98668 15.5833 10.7032 15.2156C11.3898 14.8633 12.0001 14.2877 12.0001 13.5167V12H13.5167C14.2878 12 14.8634 11.3897 15.2157 10.7031C15.5834 9.9866 15.8001 9.03048 15.8001 8C15.8001 6.96952 15.5834 6.0134 15.2157 5.29685C14.8634 4.61029 14.2878 4 13.5167 4H12.0001L12.0001 2.48334C12.0001 1.71225 11.3898 1.13669 10.7032 0.784379C9.98668 0.416675 9.03056 0.199997 8.00008 0.199997C6.9696 0.199997 6.01348 0.416675 5.29693 0.784379C4.61037 1.13669 4.00008 1.71225 4.00008 2.48333V4H2.48341C1.71232 4 1.13677 4.61029 0.784455 5.29685C0.416751 6.0134 0.200073 6.96952 0.200073 8C0.200073 9.03048 0.416751 9.9866 0.784455 10.7031C1.13677 11.3897 1.71232 12 2.48341 12ZM8.00007 12H11.0001V13.5167C11.0001 13.7121 10.8269 14.0282 10.2467 14.3259C9.69648 14.6083 8.9026 14.8 8.00008 14.8C7.09756 14.8 6.30368 14.6083 5.75348 14.3259C5.17329 14.0282 5.00008 13.7121 5.00008 13.5167L5.00004 11.5L5.00004 11.5L5.00004 11.3333C5.00004 10.5132 5.05211 9.93659 5.15438 9.52752C5.25466 9.12641 5.39319 8.92579 5.54155 8.8071C5.69727 8.68253 5.92878 8.59563 6.31802 8.54845C6.71114 8.5008 7.19784 8.5 7.83337 8.5H7.85761C8.54613 8.50001 9.15215 8.50001 9.65592 8.44495C10.1665 8.38915 10.6406 8.27118 11.0268 7.98511C11.4259 7.68952 11.6676 7.26296 11.8093 6.72007C11.9294 6.26027 11.9844 5.69226 11.9971 5H13.5167C13.7122 5 14.0283 5.17321 14.326 5.7534C14.6083 6.3036 14.8001 7.09748 14.8001 8C14.8001 8.90252 14.6083 9.6964 14.326 10.2466C14.0283 10.8268 13.7122 11 13.5167 11H11.5001H8.00007V12ZM6.2262 3.45245C6.57205 3.45245 6.85242 3.17208 6.85242 2.82622C6.85242 2.48037 6.57205 2.2 6.2262 2.2C5.88035 2.2 5.59998 2.48037 5.59998 2.82622C5.59998 3.17208 5.88035 3.45245 6.2262 3.45245ZM9.77725 13.8045C10.1237 13.8045 10.4045 13.5237 10.4045 13.1773C10.4045 12.8308 10.1237 12.55 9.77725 12.55C9.43083 12.55 9.15 12.8308 9.15 13.1773C9.15 13.5237 9.43083 13.8045 9.77725 13.8045Z"
      fill-rule="evenodd"
    ></path>
  </svg>
}
    iconType="sharp-solid"
    href="/reference/sdk/python"
  >
    Quickly load pages and take screenshots with Python > 3.x
  </Card>
</CardGroup>