Route Browserbase session traffic through built-in managed proxies with country, state or city geolocation targeting
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Documented steps
Authenticate with header X-BB-API-Key: <api-key> on POST https://api.browserbase.com/v1/sessions. Reference: https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/identity/proxies
For the simplest case set the top-level body field proxies: true (Node: bb.sessions.create({ proxies: true }); Python: bb.sessions.create(proxies=True)).
Understand the default: with proxies: true Browserbase makes a best-effort attempt to use a US-based proxy, and may route through a nearby country such as Canada if no US proxy is available.
For geolocation targeting, pass an array instead of a boolean: proxies: [{ type: "browserbase", geolocation: { country: "US", state: "NY", city: "NEW_YORK" } }].
Set geolocation.country to an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code - it is the only required geolocation field.
Optionally set geolocation.state (US locations only, e.g. NY) and geolocation.city (metro area, e.g. NEW_YORK or LONDON). Both are case-insensitive.
If no proxy exists at the exact requested location, Browserbase falls back to the closest available location rather than erroring - verify the observed egress IP in-session if the exact geo matters.
Confirm the account is on the Developer plan or higher; built-in and custom proxies are both gated at that tier.
Track consumption via the proxyBytes field on the session object, since proxy usage is billed on data transferred.
Known gotchas
Sessions using Browserbase proxies carry a 1 MB billing minimum, with usage thereafter rounded up to the nearest MB - many tiny proxied sessions cost more than the raw byte count suggests.
Geolocation is best-effort with silent fallback to the nearest available location, so a request for a specific city can quietly resolve elsewhere. Never treat the requested geo as a guarantee.
High-risk domain categories (banking, government, streaming, gambling) face a higher risk of lower reliability, because upstream proxy providers restrict those categories under their acceptable use policies.
Which upstream provider serves a session, and its restrictions, can change over time - a target that works today may start failing without any change on your side.
Proxies require Developer plan or higher; on the free tier the field is unusable.
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