Setup & Installation
npx skills add https://github.com/browserbase/skills --skill fetch
https://github.com/browserbase/skills/tree/main/skills/fetch
View on GitHubWhat This Skill Does
Fetches HTML, JSON, headers, and status codes from URLs through the Browserbase API without spinning up a full browser session. Works for static page scraping, redirect inspection, and quick HTTP checks. Supports proxy routing and redirect control.
Skips the overhead of launching a headless browser when all you need is a simple HTTP request, which makes static page fetching faster and cheaper.
When to use it
- Grabbing HTML from a static page to extract product prices
- Checking if a shortened URL redirects to the right destination
- Pulling JSON from a public API endpoint through a proxy
- Verifying HTTP status codes and headers for a list of URLs
- Getting page source from a geo-restricted site using proxy support