browser_go_back

Browser Go Back

Navigate back to the previous page in the browser's history stack. Equivalent to clicking the browser's back button. Does nothing if there is no previous page in history.

Usage Example

Python SDK

import asyncio
from owl_browser import OwlBrowser, RemoteConfig

# Async usage
async with OwlBrowser(config) as browser:
    context = await browser.create_context()
    context_id = context["context_id"]
    await browser.go_back(
        context_id=context_id
    )

Node.js SDK

import { OwlBrowser } from '@olib-ai/owl-browser-sdk';

// Async usage
const ctx = await browser.createContext();
const contextId = ctx.context_id;
await browser.goBack({
    context_id: contextId
});

CURL

curl -X POST \  
 -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \  
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  
 -d '{
"context_id": "ctx_000001"
}' \  
 http://localhost:8080/api/execute/browser_go_back

Parameters

Required

context_id string required
The unique identifier of the browser context (e.g., 'ctx_000001')

Optional

wait_until enum
```loaddomcontentloadednetworkidle` + 1 more
When to consider navigation complete: '' (return immediately), 'load' (wait for load event, default), 'domcontentloaded' (wait for DOMContentLoaded), 'networkidle' (wait for network to be idle), 'fullscroll' (scroll full page to trigger lazy loading, then scroll back to top)

timeout string
Maximum time to wait for navigation in milliseconds. Only used when wait_until is set. Default: 30000 (30 seconds)

Response

Returns a JSON object with the operation result.

{
  "success": true,
  "result": <value>
}