Browser Sessions now support CDP

Capture Browser Sessions now support Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP), giving you direct, low-level browser control from your existing automation tools.

Instead of being limited to Capture’s session actions API, you can now create a CDP-enabled browser session and connect to it using Playwright, Puppeteer, or any CDP-compatible client.

What’s new

Create Browser Sessions with CDP enabled
Receive a secure connectUrl for the lifetime of the session
Connect using standard CDP clients like Puppeteer or Playwright
Keep the benefits of Capture-managed infrastructure, including hosted browsers, session lifecycle management, proxy support, and automatic cleanup
Use advanced browser automation features that require direct DevTools access

Why it matters

CDP support makes Capture Browser Sessions much more flexible for teams building advanced browser workflows.

You can now use Capture when you need managed browser infrastructure, but still keep direct protocol-level control for use cases like:

Complex interaction flows
Custom scraping logic
Browser instrumentation
Network inspection
Performance tracing
Advanced page automation
Existing Puppeteer or Playwright workflows

Example

Create a CDP-enabled session:

{
  "cdp": true
}

The session response includes a connectUrl:

{
  "session": {
    "id": "sess_...",
    "status": "active",
    "connectUrl": "wss://..."
  }
}

Then connect with your CDP-compatible client and drive the browser directly.