Create a Browserbase session with a custom timeout and region (POST /v1/sessions)

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Documented steps

  1. POST https://api.browserbase.com/v1/sessions with header X-BB-API-Key: <api key> and Content-Type: application/json.
  2. Set timeout to the desired auto-end duration in seconds (min 60, max 21600 = 6 hours). Defaults to the project's defaultTimeout.
  3. Set region to one of us-west-2 (default), us-east-1, eu-central-1, or ap-southeast-1 to pin the browser location.
  4. Optionally set projectId if the key maps to more than one project.

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