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Browser - Navigate

Type identifier: browser:navigate Category: Browser Operations

Description

The Browser - Navigate node opens a headless browser and navigates to a specified URL. It creates a browser page that can be used by subsequent Browser - Actions nodes for web scraping, automation, or testing scenarios.

Input Handles

Handle

Type

Description

trigger

control

Triggers browser navigation.

url

string

(Dynamic) The URL to navigate to.

locale

string

(Dynamic) Browser locale setting.

Note: Dynamic input handles appear when options are set to dynamic mode.

Output Handles

Handle

Type

Description

page

browser page

The browser page context for further actions.

success

control

Triggered when navigation succeeds.

error

control

Triggered when navigation fails.

Configuration Options

Option

Type

Default

Description

URL

string or dynamic

-

The URL to navigate to.

Locale

string or dynamic

Flow author's locale

Browser locale (for example, "en-US").

Behaviour

  1. Checks that the URL is valid; if it is not, triggers error
  2. Opens a browser page, using the locale if specified
  3. Navigates to the target URL
  4. Waits for page load
  5. Returns page handle for subsequent actions
  6. Triggers success or error control flow

Page Handle

The output page handle identifies the browser page opened by this node. Connect it to a Browser - Actions node to act on that page.

Examples

Simple Page Load

Configuration:

  • URL: https://example.com

Output: Page handle for the loaded page.

Dynamic URL Navigation

Configuration:

  • URL: dynamic

Input:

Use case: Navigate to URLs determined at runtime.

Localised Scraping

Configuration:

  • URL: https://example.com
  • Locale: fr-FR

Use case: Load page with French locale for localised content.

Related pages

Browser - Actions
The Browser - Actions node executes a sequence of automated actions on a browser page. It supports navigation, clicking, typing, key presses, and content extraction (text, HTML, screenshots). Each action in the sequence is executed in order.
Integration - HTTP
The Integration - HTTP node performs HTTP requests to external URLs, supporting all common HTTP methods, custom headers, query parameters, request bodies, and OAuth 1.0a authentication. It can return parsed responses matching a defined schema.