Create a Browserbase headless browser session and connect a Playwright driver to it (quickstart)

Documented steps

1. Get an API key from https://www.browserbase.com/settings and export it as BROWSERBASE_API_KEY (shown beside your Project ID on the dashboard).
2. Install the SDK: Python 'pip install browserbase', Node 'npm install -S @browserbasehq/sdk'. Playwright is a separate dependency (playwright or playwright-core).
3. Python: 'from browserbase import Browserbase; import os; bb = Browserbase(api_key=os.environ["BROWSERBASE_API_KEY"]); session = bb.sessions.create()'.
4. Node: 'import Browserbase from "@browserbasehq/sdk"; const bb = new Browserbase({apiKey: process.env.BROWSERBASE_API_KEY}); const session = await bb.sessions.create()'.
5. Connect the driver over CDP. Python: 'playwright = sync_playwright().start(); browser = playwright.chromium.connect_over_cdp(session.connect_url); context = browser.contexts[0]; page = context.pages[0]'.
6. Node: 'const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP(session.connectUrl); const page = browser.contexts()[0].pages()[0]'.
7. Run your automation (page.goto(url), click, fill, etc.); call browser.close() when done to end the session and stop billing.
8. The session recording is viewable at https://browserbase.com/sessions/<session.id>.
9. Docs: https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/sdk/python , https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/sdk/nodejs , https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/getting-started