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Install custom Chrome extension

You can create a custom Chrome extension and install it on the virtual browser. Both zip and crx file formats are supported. A few gotchas:

  • The content-type is multipart/form-data rather than application/json
  • The body field must be set to the JSON request data
  • The field you passed into {"extension": "foo"} must contain the path to the extension file and the file’s MIME type, separated by a semi-colon
    • 'For example, {"extension": "a"} and --form 'a=@/path/to/ext.crx;application/x-chrome-extension'

cURL#

# With crx filecurl -X POST \  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>' \  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \  https://engine.hyperbeam.com/v0/vm \  --form 'body={"ublock":true,"extension":{"field":"ex"}}' \  --form 'ex=@/tmp/ext.crx;type=application/x-chrome-extension'
# With zip filecurl -X POST \  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>' \  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \  https://engine.hyperbeam.com/v0/vm \  --form 'body={"ublock":true,"extension":{"field":"ex"}}' \  --form 'ex=@/tmp/ext.zip;type=application/zip'