Press one or more keys on the host computer

POST /browsers/{id}/computer/press_key

Press one or more keys on the host computer

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/computer/press_key \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "keys": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "duration": 0,
  "hold_keys": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/computer/press_key"

payload = {
    "keys": ["<string>"],
    "duration": 0,
    "hold_keys": ["<string>"]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({keys: ['<string>'], duration: 0, hold_keys: ['<string>']})
};

fetch('https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/computer/press_key', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/computer/press_key",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'keys' => [
        '<string>'
    ],
    'duration' => 0,
    'hold_keys' => [
        '<string>'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/computer/press_key"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"keys\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"duration\": 0,\n  \"hold_keys\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/computer/press_key")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"keys\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"duration\": 0,\n  \"hold_keys\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/computer/press_key")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"keys\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"duration\": 0,\n  \"hold_keys\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

400

{
  "code": "bad_request",
  "message": "Missing required field: app_name",
  "details": [
    {
      "code": "invalid_input",
      "message": "Provided version string is not semver compliant"
    }
  ],
  "inner_error": {
    "code": "invalid_input",
    "message": "Provided version string is not semver compliant"
  }
}

{
  "code": "bad_request",
  "message": "Missing required field: app_name",
  "details": [
    {
      "code": "invalid_input",
      "message": "Provided version string is not semver compliant"
    }
  ],
  "inner_error": {
    "code": "invalid_input",
    "message": "Provided version string is not semver compliant"
  }
}

{
  "code": "bad_request",
  "message": "Missing required field: app_name",
  "details": [
    {
      "code": "invalid_input",
      "message": "Provided version string is not semver compliant"
    }
  ],
  "inner_error": {
    "code": "invalid_input",
    "message": "Provided version string is not semver compliant"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

id · string · required

Browser session ID

Body

application/json

keys · string[] · required

List of key symbols to press. Each item should be a key symbol supported by xdotool (see X11 keysym definitions). Examples include "Return", "Shift", "Ctrl", "Alt", "F5". Items in this list could also be combinations, e.g. "Ctrl+t" or "Ctrl+Shift+Tab".

duration · integer · default: 0

Duration to hold the keys down in milliseconds. If omitted or 0, keys are tapped.

Required range: x >= 0

hold_keys · string[]

Optional modifier keys to hold during the key press sequence.

Response

200

Keys pressed successfully