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MCP

Give your agent Browserless tools

Every Browserless action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Browserless account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

Pipedream Connect

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "browserless",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Generate PDF from HTML String:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "browserless-convert-html-to-pdf",
  arguments: {
    html: "HTML String",
    downloadPath: "Download Path",
  },
})

# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
    "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
    "x-pd-environment": "production",
    "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    "x-pd-app-slug": "browserless",
}

async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
    async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
        await session.initialize()
        tools = await session.list_tools()

        # e.g. run Generate PDF from HTML String:
        result = await session.call_tool("browserless-convert-html-to-pdf", {
            "html": "HTML String",
            "downloadPath": "Download Path",
        })

MCP guide →

API PROXY

Call the Browserless API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Browserless API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

Pipedream Connect

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.example.com/v1/me",
})

// Any allowed Browserless endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://api.example.com/v1/me

curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vdjEvbWU?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "x-pd-environment: production"

API proxy guide →

SDK

Run Browserless actions from your backend

Connect a user's Browserless account once, then run Generate PDF from HTML String on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

Pipedream Connect

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "browserless-convert-html-to-pdf",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    browserless: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    html: "HTML String",
    downloadPath: "Download Path",
  },
})

from pipedream import Pipedream

pd = Pipedream(
    client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
    client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
    project_id="{project_id}",
    project_environment="production",
)

result = pd.actions.run(
    id="browserless-convert-html-to-pdf",
    external_user_id="{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    configured_props={
        "browserless": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
        "html": "HTML String",
        "downloadPath": "Download Path",
    },
)

curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "browserless-convert-html-to-pdf",
    "configured_props": {
      "browserless": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "html": "HTML String",
      "downloadPath": "Download Path"
    }
  }'