surfsky-cli

Command-line access to Surfsky's antidetect cloud browsers. Scrape pages, control browser sessions, and save logins in profiles.

Requires Python 3.12+ on macOS, Windows, or Linux.

Install

uv tool install surfsky-cli

Or use pipx install surfsky-cli or pip install surfsky-cli.

Set up credentials

Copy your API token and base URL from the dashboard.

Linux (bash)

export SURFSKY_API_TOKEN='your-token'
export SURFSKY_API_BASE_URL='your-base-url'
surfsky status

macOS (zsh)

export SURFSKY_API_TOKEN='your-token'
export SURFSKY_API_BASE_URL='your-base-url'
surfsky status

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:SURFSKY_API_TOKEN = 'your-token'
$env:SURFSKY_API_BASE_URL = 'your-base-url'
surfsky status

--api-token and --base-url override the environment variables. The CLI does not save credentials. Session records go in ~/.surfsky; set SURFSKY_HOME to use another directory.

Scrape a page

surfsky scrape https://example.com                         # markdown
surfsky scrape https://example.com --only-main-content     # omit navigation, footers, forms
surfsky scrape https://example.com -f markdown,links --json --pretty
surfsky scrape https://example.com -f screenshot -o shot.png
surfsky scrape https://example.com --country us --proxy premium --os mac

Formats: markdown (default), html (cleaned), raw_html (unmodified), links, and screenshot. One format returns content; multiple formats return JSON. In text mode, -f screenshot -o file.png saves PNG bytes; screenshot output is otherwise base64.

By default, scrape starts a browser and closes it when finished. Use --keep to leave it running and return its ID, or --profile <uuid> to use a saved profile. --session <uuid> (or SURFSKY_SESSION) reuses the active tab and navigates it to the URL. Omit the URL to read the current page.

Automate a browser

surfsky session start --proxy premium --proxy-type mobile --country us
# prints <uuid>; pass it as --session <uuid> or export SURFSKY_SESSION=<uuid> once
surfsky goto https://google.com --session <uuid>
surfsky type 'textarea[name=q]' surfsky --session <uuid>
surfsky press Enter -s --session <uuid>
surfsky get text --session <uuid>
surfsky screenshot -o results.png --session <uuid>
surfsky session stop --session <uuid>

A unique prefix of the session ID is enough, and --session can go anywhere on the line.

Proxy, location and fingerprint flags are the same as for scrape: --proxy premium|shared|<url>, --country, --region, --city, --proxy-type mobile, and --os win|mac|android. Look up codes with surfsky proxy countries, surfsky proxy regions us, and surfsky proxy cities us texas; surfsky proxy quota shows remaining traffic.

-s returns a snapshot with references such as [@11] combobox "Search". Use a reference from your own output as the target of click, type, or fill, for example surfsky click @11. CSS selectors and text=words also work. Take a new snapshot after navigation or a tab switch; each snapshot replaces the saved references.

Sessions are billed per minute, including idle time, until stopped or closed by the idle timeout. Set the timeout with surfsky session start --idle-timeout <seconds>; see --help for the default. surfsky status reports the selected session's idle time and checks its connection, resetting the idle timer. surfsky session devtools prints live view and DevTools URLs.

To reuse cookies across sessions: surfsky profile create acct --country us --os win, then surfsky session start --profile <uuid>.

Use with coding agents

Run surfsky skill --install to install the surfsky-cli skill at .claude/skills/surfsky-cli/SKILL.md (Claude Code, Cursor) and .agents/skills/surfsky-cli/SKILL.md (Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI). For other agents, surfsky skill prints the same instructions. The skill records the CLI version and includes upgrade instructions. After upgrading with uv tool install surfsky-cli@latest, run surfsky skill --install again to update it. For SDK, API, or Playwright/Puppeteer integrations, use the umbrella skill at https://surfsky.io/SKILL.md.

• Use --json or SURFSKY_JSON=1. Success includes ok: true; errors include ok: false and an error object with code, message, hint, and retryable. JSON errors go to stdout; text errors go to stderr.
• -o <file> saves output; --pretty indents JSON. For screenshot, -o saves the PNG and --json returns its path and size.
• Exit codes: 0 success, 1 error, 2 usage, 3 missing or expired session, 4 authentication, 5 timeout, 6 not found or stale reference, 7 quota or plan limit.

Development

uv sync --all-groups
uv run pytest -q