Create a Hyperbrowser cloud browser session via the REST API and connect Playwright or Puppeteer over CDP
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POST https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/api/session with header 'x-api-key: <YOUR_API_KEY>' and 'Content-Type: application/json'; send '{}' for defaults or a JSON body of CreateSessionParams (e.g. {"acceptCookies":true,"useStealth":true,"timeoutMinutes":30}).
Response is a SessionDetail object: {id, status, wsEndpoint, liveUrl, sessionUrl, createdAt, launchState, creditsUsed}. Save 'id' and 'wsEndpoint' (a wss:// URL).
Connect Playwright: chromium.connectOverCDP(session.wsEndpoint); use browser.contexts()[0] and its existing pages()[0] rather than opening a new page.
Drive the page normally (page.goto, page.evaluate, etc.); watch it live at session.liveUrl while it runs.
Always stop the session when done: PUT https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/api/session/{id}/stop with the x-api-key header (SDK: client.sessions.stop(session.id)); wrap usage in try/finally so stop always runs.
Default screen size is 1280x720; pass screen:{width,height} to widen the viewport.
Sessions auto-stop when the automation library disconnects unless you append '&keepAlive=true' to the wsEndpoint URL when connecting - and keepAlive still stops helping once all pages are closed.
timeoutMinutes accepts 1-720; if omitted it falls back to your team's default Session Timeout (dashboard Settings) - don't rely on it instead of explicitly stopping sessions.
A disconnected/orphaned session keeps burning time and creditsUsed against its timeout until it is stopped or times out; stop() is idempotent so it's safe to call repeatedly.
useUltraStealth is Enterprise-plan gated (contact info@hyperbrowser.ai) even though it appears as a normal boolean in CreateSessionParams.
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