MCP Browser Automation Server

A simple but powerful browser automation server that allows you to control browsers, take screenshots, and monitor console logs through a REST API.

Features

• Create browser sessions
• Navigate to URLs
• Take screenshots (full page or specific elements)
• Click elements
• Fill form inputs
• Monitor console logs in real-time through WebSocket
• Close sessions

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/weir1/mcp-browser-automation.git
cd mcp-browser-automation

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

python -m venv venv
.\venv\Scripts\Activate

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Install Playwright browsers:

playwright install

Usage

1. Start the server:

python server.py

The server will start on http://localhost:8000

API Endpoints

Create a new session

POST /session/create
Response: { "session_id": "..." }

Navigate to a URL

POST /session/{session_id}/navigate?url=https://example.com

Take a screenshot

POST /session/{session_id}/screenshot?name=screenshot1&selector=.my-element

If selector is not provided, takes a full page screenshot.

Click an element

POST /session/{session_id}/click?selector=.my-button

Fill an input

POST /session/{session_id}/fill?selector=input[name="username"]&value=myuser

Monitor console logs

WebSocket /session/{session_id}/console

Close a session

POST /session/{session_id}/close

Example Usage with Python

import requests
import websockets
import asyncio
import json

# Create a session
response = requests.post("http://localhost:8000/session/create")
session_id = response.json()["session_id"]

# Navigate to a URL
requests.post(f"http://localhost:8000/session/{session_id}/navigate?url=https://example.com")

# Take a screenshot
response = requests.post(f"http://localhost:8000/session/{session_id}/screenshot?name=example")
with open("screenshot.png", "wb") as f:
    f.write(response.content)

# Monitor console logs
async def monitor_console():
    async with websockets.connect(f"ws://localhost:8000/session/{session_id}/console") as ws:
        while True:
            message = await ws.recv()
            print(json.loads(message))

asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(monitor_console())

License

MIT