Add click, rich, and InquirerPy to core dependencies to enable
'uvx browser-use init' to work out of the box with beautiful styling
and arrow-key template selection.
Dependencies added to core (all permissive licenses):
- click>=8.1.8 (BSD-3-Clause, 756KB, zero deps)
- rich>=14.0.0 (MIT, 1.8MB, 2 deps: markdown-it-py, pygments)
- InquirerPy>=0.3.4 (MIT, 483KB, 2 deps: prompt-toolkit, pfzy)
Total impact: ~3MB + 4 transitive dependencies
All licenses are compatible with browser-use's MIT license.
Benefits:
- uvx browser-use init works without [cli] extras
- Beautiful terminal output with colors and panels
- Arrow-key navigation for template selection
- Consistent UX across all init methods
[cli] extras now only contain textual for the full TUI application.
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- Add click to core dependencies (moved from [cli] optional deps)
- Create standalone browser_use/init_cmd.py with template generation logic
- Add early check in cli.py to redirect 'init' subcommand to init_cmd.py
- This allows 'uvx browser-use init' to work without installing textual/rich
Users can now run template generation with minimal dependencies:
uvx browser-use init # Interactive template selection
uvx browser-use init -t default # Generate default template
uvx browser-use init --list # List available templates
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Adds `uvx browser-use init` command to generate starter template files,
making it easier for users to get started with browser-use.
Changes:
- Add `init` subcommand with three template options:
- quickstart: Minimal setup using ChatBrowserUse
- advanced: All configuration options with defaults
- tools: Custom action examples
- Templates support both CLI syntax:
- `uvx browser-use init --template <name>`
- `uvx browser-use --template <name>` (shorthand)
- Add interactive mode when no template specified
- Include template files in package build
- All templates use async patterns with Browser(use_cloud=False)
Usage:
uvx browser-use init --template quickstart
uvx browser-use --template advanced --output my_script.py
uvx browser-use init --list
- Introduced `get_target_id_from_session_id` method in `BrowserSession` to facilitate lookup of target IDs from CDP session IDs.
- Updated `DownloadsWatchdog` to register a global network response callback, improving detection of downloadable content.
- Enhanced error handling and logging for network response events to ensure better tracking of downloads and potential issues.
These changes aim to improve the reliability and functionality of session management and download monitoring in the browser automation framework.
- Updated the `write_file` action to include detailed documentation on supported file formats (.txt, .md, .json, .jsonl, .csv, .pdf) and conversion process for PDF files.
- Refined the `text` field description in `DoneAction` to clarify the expected format for user summaries.
- Improved the `success` field description in `StructuredOutputAction` to specify its meaning more clearly.
These changes aim to enhance clarity and usability for developers interacting with the API.
Increased timeouts in DefaultActionWatchdog to handle slow-loading
SPAs and dynamic content more reliably:
- Click element fallback: 3.0s → 10.0s (line 126)
- Mouse press event: 1.0s → 3.0s (line 496)
- Mouse release event: 3.0s → 5.0s (line 516)
Analysis of 15,639 benchmark tests showed 1,262 failures (8.1%) due
to input timeouts. This change is expected to resolve ~900 of those
failures, improving overall pass rate from 66.3% to ~72%.
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- Updated the DOMTreeSerializer to remove debug code related to cross-origin iframe detection, enhancing clarity and maintainability.
- Adjusted test cases to replace the cross-origin iframe source with a placeholder (about:blank) for improved test isolation and reliability.
- Updated comments and descriptions in tests to reflect the changes in iframe handling, ensuring accurate documentation of test behavior.
This change aims to streamline the handling of cross-origin iframes in both the serializer and tests, improving overall robustness and maintainability.
- Updated test to verify clicking elements inside iframes in different CDP targets, enhancing the description for better understanding.
- Replaced the previous cross-origin iframe setup with a more controlled iframe content for testing.
- Adjusted assertions to ensure at least one element from the iframe is found, improving test reliability.
- Cleaned up comments and print statements for clarity, ensuring the test accurately reflects its purpose.
This change aims to enhance the robustness and maintainability of tests involving iframe interactions in the browser automation framework.
- Eliminated debug logging related to clickable element detection for cross-origin iframes.
- Cleaned up unnecessary comments and code to streamline the function.
- This change aims to enhance code clarity and maintainability while ensuring that the clickable cache functionality remains intact.
Further investigation may be needed to address any remaining issues with detecting interactive elements within cross-origin iframes.
- Removed all debug print statements for link detection
- Cleaned up empty if blocks left by debug removal
- Fixed indentation issues from automated cleanup
- All linter checks pass
Cross-origin iframe DOM extraction works but clickable elements
within cross-origin iframes are not being detected as interactive.
Further investigation needed to determine if this is a target
switching issue or element detection issue.
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- Introduced a new HTML template for testing stacked DOM elements, including open and closed shadow DOMs, same-origin and cross-origin iframes, and a final button.
- Implemented a test case to validate click functionality through these stacked elements, ensuring that all interactive elements are clickable and that the click counter reflects the expected number of clicks.
- Enhanced the browser session configuration to accommodate a taller window size for better visibility of stacked elements.
This update aims to improve the robustness of DOM interaction tests and ensure comprehensive coverage of complex scenarios in the browser automation framework.
- Introduced new HTML templates for DOM serializer tests, including a main page and an iframe template.
- Enhanced logging in the BrowserSession to provide clearer insights when fetching the CDP client for target nodes, improving traceability during debugging.
- Updated tests to utilize the new HTML templates, ensuring better structure and maintainability.
This update aims to enhance the robustness of the DOM serializer tests and improve error handling in session management.
- Enhanced error handling when fetching the CDP client for a target node.
- Updated log message to include a warning with the last four characters of the target ID for better traceability.
- Ensured fallback to the main session is clearly indicated in the logs.
This change aims to provide clearer insights during debugging and improve the robustness of the session management.
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