Simplex Python SDK & CLI

Official Python SDK and CLI for the Simplex browser automation platform.

Installation

pip install simplex

This installs both the Python SDK (from simplex import SimplexClient) and the CLI (simplex command).

Authentication

# Option 1: Environment variable
export SIMPLEX_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Option 2: Login command (saves to ~/.simplex/credentials)
simplex login

Claude Code Plugin

Give Claude Code full knowledge of the Simplex CLI and SDK:

/plugin install simplexlabs/simplex-python

Once installed, Claude Code automatically knows how to use simplex editor, simplex connect, simplex run, and the full Python SDK.

CLI

simplex editor — Create a workflow and start an interactive session

simplex editor --name "My Workflow" --url "https://example.com"
simplex editor -n "My Workflow" -u "https://example.com" --var key=value
simplex editor -n "Test" -u "https://example.com" --json

Creates a workflow, starts a browser session, and streams live agent events. Prints session info (session_id, workflow_id, vnc_url) then streams SSE events until Ctrl+C.

simplex connect — Stream events from a running session

simplex connect <session_id>
simplex connect "https://host:port/stream" --json

simplex run — Run an existing workflow

simplex run <workflow_id>
simplex run <workflow_id> --var email=test@test.com --watch

simplex send — Send a message to a running session

simplex send <session_id> "Click the login button"

simplex pause / simplex resume

simplex pause <session_id>
simplex resume <session_id>

simplex workflows list

simplex workflows list --name "search term"

simplex sessions

simplex sessions status <session_id>
simplex sessions logs <session_id>
simplex sessions download <session_id> --filename report.pdf --output ./report.pdf
simplex sessions replay <session_id> --output replay.mp4

simplex login / whoami / logout

simplex login       # Prompts for API key
simplex whoami      # Shows current auth status
simplex logout      # Removes saved credentials

Python SDK

Quick Start

from simplex import SimplexClient

client = SimplexClient(api_key="your-api-key")

# Start an interactive editor session
result = client.start_editor_session(
    name="My Session",
    url="https://example.com",
    test_data={"username": "test"},
)
print(f"Session: {result['session_id']}")
print(f"VNC: {result['vnc_url']}")

# Stream live events
for event in client.stream_session(result["logs_url"]):
    print(event)

# Send a message to the agent
client.send_message(result["message_url"], "Click the login button")

# Close the session
client.close_session(result["session_id"])

Client

client = SimplexClient(
    api_key="your-api-key",
    base_url="https://api.simplex.sh",  # Optional
    timeout=30,                          # Request timeout in seconds
    max_retries=3,                       # Retry attempts
    retry_delay=1.0,                     # Delay between retries
)

Workflow Management

# Create
result = client.create_workflow(name="My Workflow", url="https://example.com")
workflow_id = result["workflow"]["id"]

# Get
workflow = client.get_workflow(workflow_id)

# Update
client.update_workflow(workflow_id, name="New Name", url="https://new-url.com")

# Search
results = client.search_workflows(workflow_name="search term")

Editor Sessions

# Start an editor session (creates workflow + browser session)
# NOTE: Takes 10-15 seconds. Use timeout=120.
result = client.start_editor_session(
    name="My Session",
    url="https://example.com",
    test_data={"username": "test"},
)
# Returns: succeeded, workflow_id, session_id, vnc_url, logs_url, message_url, filesystem_url

# Stream live SSE events
for event in client.stream_session(result["logs_url"]):
    event_type = event.get("event") or event.get("type", "")
    print(f"[{event_type}] {event}")

# Send a message to the agent
client.send_message(result["message_url"], "Click the login button")

Run Workflows

import time

result = client.run_workflow("workflow-id", variables={"key": "value"})

# Poll for completion
while True:
    status = client.get_session_status(result["session_id"])
    if not status["in_progress"]:
        break
    time.sleep(2)

if status["success"]:
    print(status["scraper_outputs"])
    print(status["structured_output"])

Session Management

client.pause(session_id)
client.resume(session_id)
client.close_session(session_id)
client.get_session_status(session_id)
client.retrieve_session_logs(session_id)
client.download_session_files(session_id)
client.retrieve_session_replay(session_id)

SSE Event Format

Events from stream_session() are dicts. The event type is in the event key:

Error Handling

from simplex import (
    SimplexError,
    AuthenticationError,
    RateLimitError,
    NetworkError,
    ValidationError,
    WorkflowError,
)

try:
    result = client.run_workflow("workflow-id")
except AuthenticationError:
    print("Invalid API key")
except RateLimitError as e:
    print(f"Rate limited. Retry after {e.retry_after}s")
except WorkflowError as e:
    print(f"Workflow error: {e.message}, session: {e.session_id}")
except SimplexError as e:
    print(f"Error: {e.message}")

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• requests>=2.25.0

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Links

• Simplex
• Documentation
• Support