Web Sites

A web site object describes a particular web site you test. To test a site multiple times, you do not need to create new web sites objects. For example, if you have already set up a web site to test http://example.com, you can trigger a test to run by creating a new test run. Web sites created via the API are accessible from the web UI and vice versa, so you can always manually manage them.

The API supports three actions: list (show all of your web sites), create (a new web site to test), and view (show details for one web site).

Listing Web Sites

You can retrieve the list of all of your web sites with this API call. The fields returned are the same as those from the viewing action.

Example response:
GET https://api.browsera.com/v0.1a/web_sites.xml?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web_sites type="array">
  <web_site>
    <name>Google</name>
    <id>1</id>
    <baseline_browser>Internet Explorer 6</baseline_browser>
    <browsers type="array">
      <browser>Internet Explorer 6</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 7</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 8</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 9</browser>
      <browser>Safari 6</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 10</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 11</browser>
      <browser>Safari 7</browser>
      <browser>Safari 8</browser>
      <browser>Safari 9</browser>
      <browser>Safari 10</browser>
      <browser>Firefox 56</browser>
      <browser>Firefox 57</browser>
      <browser>Chrome 87</browser>
    </browsers>
    <urls type="array">
      <url>http://google.com</url>
    </urls>
    <max_crawl_pages>3</max_crawl_pages>
    <exclude_crawl_pages type="array">
      <url_match>logout</url_match>
      <url_match>blog</url_match>
    </exclude_crawl_pages>
    <repeat_test_in_weeks>2</repeat_test_in_weeks>
    <site_login>
      <user_name>testuser</user_name>
      <password>secret</password>
      <website_login>true</website_login>
      <login_page_url>https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?hl=en&amp;continue=http://www.google.com/%23q%3Dlogin%26hl%3Den</login_page_url>
      <user_name_input_id>email</user_name_input_id>
      <password_input_id>password</password_input_id>
      <submit_input_id></submit_input_id>
      <submit_javascript></submit_javascript>
    </site_login>
    <test_runs type="array">
    </test_runs>
  </web_site>
  <web_site>
    <name>Apple Website</name>
    <id>2</id>
    <baseline_browser>Chrome 87</baseline_browser>
    <browsers type="array">
      <browser>Internet Explorer 6</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 7</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 8</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 9</browser>
      <browser>Safari 6</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 10</browser>
      <browser>Internet Explorer 11</browser>
      <browser>Safari 7</browser>
      <browser>Safari 8</browser>
      <browser>Safari 9</browser>
      <browser>Safari 10</browser>
      <browser>Firefox 56</browser>
      <browser>Firefox 57</browser>
      <browser>Chrome 87</browser>
    </browsers>
    <urls type="array">
      <url>http://apple.com</url>
    </urls>
    <max_crawl_pages>3</max_crawl_pages>
    <exclude_crawl_pages type="array">
    </exclude_crawl_pages>
    <test_runs type="array">
    </test_runs>
  </web_site>
</web_sites>

Creating Web Sites

You can create a new web site with this API call. Note that a test run will NOT be created.

Example request:
POST https://api.browsera.com/v0.1a/web_sites.xml?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
Post data body:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web_site>
  <name>Google</name>
  <baseline_browser>Internet Explorer 6</baseline_browser>
  <browsers type="array">
    <browser>Internet Explorer 6</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 7</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 8</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 9</browser>
    <browser>Safari 6</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 10</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 11</browser>
    <browser>Safari 7</browser>
    <browser>Safari 8</browser>
    <browser>Safari 9</browser>
    <browser>Safari 10</browser>
    <browser>Firefox 56</browser>
    <browser>Firefox 57</browser>
    <browser>Chrome 87</browser>
  </browsers>
  <urls type="array">
    <url>http://google.com</url>
  </urls>
  <max_crawl_pages>3</max_crawl_pages>
  <exclude_crawl_pages type="array">
    <url_match>logout</url_match>
    <url_match>blog</url_match>
  </exclude_crawl_pages>
  <repeat_test_in_weeks>2</repeat_test_in_weeks>
  <site_login>
    <user_name>testuser</user_name>
    <password>secret</password>
    <website_login>true</website_login>
    <login_page_url>https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?hl=en&amp;continue=http://www.google.com/%23q%3Dlogin%26hl%3Den</login_page_url>
    <user_name_input_id>email</user_name_input_id>
    <password_input_id>password</password_input_id>
    <submit_input_id></submit_input_id>
    <submit_javascript></submit_javascript>
  </site_login>
  <test_runs type="array">
  </test_runs>
</web_site>

Viewing Web Sites

This API is used to view the details of a single web site. The fields returned are the same as those from the listing action.
Example response:
GET https://api.browsera.com/v0.1a/web_sites/1.xml?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web_site>
  <name>Google</name>
  <id>1</id>
  <baseline_browser>Internet Explorer 6</baseline_browser>
  <browsers type="array">
    <browser>Internet Explorer 6</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 7</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 8</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 9</browser>
    <browser>Safari 6</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 10</browser>
    <browser>Internet Explorer 11</browser>
    <browser>Safari 7</browser>
    <browser>Safari 8</browser>
    <browser>Safari 9</browser>
    <browser>Safari 10</browser>
    <browser>Firefox 56</browser>
    <browser>Firefox 57</browser>
    <browser>Chrome 87</browser>
  </browsers>
  <urls type="array">
    <url>http://google.com</url>
  </urls>
  <max_crawl_pages>3</max_crawl_pages>
  <exclude_crawl_pages type="array">
    <url_match>logout</url_match>
    <url_match>blog</url_match>
  </exclude_crawl_pages>
  <repeat_test_in_weeks>2</repeat_test_in_weeks>
  <site_login>
    <user_name>testuser</user_name>
    <password>secret</password>
    <website_login>true</website_login>
    <login_page_url>https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?hl=en&amp;continue=http://www.google.com/%23q%3Dlogin%26hl%3Den</login_page_url>
    <user_name_input_id>email</user_name_input_id>
    <password_input_id>password</password_input_id>
    <submit_input_id></submit_input_id>
    <submit_javascript></submit_javascript>
  </site_login>
  <test_runs type="array">
  </test_runs>
</web_site>