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POST
/
browsers
/
{id}
/
process
/
exec
JavaScript
import Kernel from '@onkernel/sdk';

const client = new Kernel({
  apiKey: process.env['KERNEL_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const response = await client.browsers.process.exec('id', { command: 'command' });

console.log(response.duration_ms);
import os
from kernel import Kernel

client = Kernel(
api_key=os.environ.get("KERNEL_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.browsers.process.exec(
id="id",
command="command",
)
print(response.duration_ms)
package main

import (
"context"
"fmt"

"github.com/kernel/kernel-go-sdk"
"github.com/kernel/kernel-go-sdk/option"
)

func main() {
client := kernel.NewClient(
option.WithAPIKey("My API Key"),
)
response, err := client.Browsers.Process.Exec(
context.TODO(),
"id",
kernel.BrowserProcessExecParams{
Command: "command",
},
)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response.DurationMs)
}
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/process/exec \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"command": "<string>",
"args": [],
"cwd": "<string>",
"env": {},
"as_user": "<string>",
"as_root": false,
"timeout_sec": 123
}
'
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/process/exec",
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([
'command' => '<string>',
'args' => [

],
'cwd' => '<string>',
'env' => [

],
'as_user' => '<string>',
'as_root' => false,
'timeout_sec' => 123
]),
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;
}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.onkernel.com/browsers/{id}/process/exec")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"command\": \"<string>\",\n \"args\": [],\n \"cwd\": \"<string>\",\n \"env\": {},\n \"as_user\": \"<string>\",\n \"as_root\": false,\n \"timeout_sec\": 123\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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 \"command\": \"<string>\",\n \"args\": [],\n \"cwd\": \"<string>\",\n \"env\": {},\n \"as_user\": \"<string>\",\n \"as_root\": false,\n \"timeout_sec\": 123\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "exit_code": 123,
  "stdout_b64": "<string>",
  "stderr_b64": "<string>",
  "duration_ms": 123
}
{
"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

Request to execute a command synchronously.

command
string
required

Executable or shell command to run.

args
string[]

Command arguments.

cwd
string | null

Working directory (absolute path) to run the command in.

Pattern: ^/.*
env
object

Environment variables to set for the process.

as_user
string | null

Run the process as this user.

as_root
boolean
default:false

Run the process with root privileges.

timeout_sec
integer | null

Maximum execution time in seconds.

Response

Execution result

Result of a synchronous command execution.

exit_code
integer

Process exit code.

stdout_b64
string

Base64-encoded stdout buffer.

stderr_b64
string

Base64-encoded stderr buffer.

duration_ms
integer

Execution duration in milliseconds.