Microsoft Edge Browser API

Browser-level information and management

Operations 2

GET /json/version Microsoft Edge Get Browser Version #
GET /json/protocol Microsoft Edge Get Protocol Schema #

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Schemas & Data

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OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-edge-browser-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Edge DevTools Protocol HTTP Browser API
  description: HTTP endpoints for the Microsoft Edge DevTools Protocol, based on the Chromium DevTools Protocol. These endpoints allow programmatic discovery and management of debuggable browser targets including pages, service workers, and extensions. The HTTP API serves as the entry point for establishing WebSocket debugging connections to individual targets.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Microsoft Edge Developer
    url: https://developer.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/
  license:
    name: Microsoft Software License
    url: https://www.microsoft.com/legal/terms-of-use
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-last-validated: '2026-04-18'
servers:
- url: http://localhost:9222
  description: Local Edge DevTools debugging endpoint
security: []
tags:
- name: Browser
  description: Browser-level information and management
paths:
  /json/version:
    get:
      operationId: getBrowserVersion
      summary: Microsoft Edge Get Browser Version
      description: Returns browser version information including the browser name, protocol version, user agent string, V8 version, and WebKit version.
      tags:
      - Browser
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Browser version information
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BrowserVersion'
              examples:
                GetBrowserVersion200Example:
                  summary: Default getBrowserVersion 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    Browser: Microsoft Edge/125.0.0.0
                    Protocol-Version: '1.3'
                    User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/125.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/125.0.0.0
                    V8-Version: 12.5.283.0
                    WebKit-Version: 537.36
                    webSocketDebuggerUrl: ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/GHI789
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /json/protocol:
    get:
      operationId: getProtocolSchema
      summary: Microsoft Edge Get Protocol Schema
      description: Returns the complete DevTools Protocol schema in JSON format, including all domains, commands, events, and types.
      tags:
      - Browser
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Full protocol schema
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProtocolSchema'
              examples:
                GetProtocolSchema200Example:
                  summary: Default getProtocolSchema 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    version:
                      major: '1'
                      minor: '3'
                    domains:
                    - domain: Page
                      experimental: false
                      commands:
                      - name: navigate
                        parameters:
                        - name: url
                          type: string
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    BrowserVersion:
      type: object
      description: Browser version and protocol information
      properties:
        Browser:
          type: string
          description: Browser name and version
          example: Microsoft Edge/125.0.0.0
        Protocol-Version:
          type: string
          description: DevTools Protocol version
          example: '1.3'
        User-Agent:
          type: string
          description: Full user agent string
          example: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36
        V8-Version:
          type: string
          description: V8 JavaScript engine version
          example: 12.5.283.0
        WebKit-Version:
          type: string
          description: WebKit rendering engine version
          example: 537.36
        webSocketDebuggerUrl:
          type: string
          description: WebSocket URL for browser-level debugging
          example: ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/GHI789
    ProtocolSchema:
      type: object
      description: DevTools Protocol schema definition
      properties:
        version:
          type: object
          properties:
            major:
              type: string
              example: '1'
            minor:
              type: string
              example: '3'
        domains:
          type: array
          description: Protocol domains
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              domain:
                type: string
                example: Page
              experimental:
                type: boolean
                example: false
              commands:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    name:
                      type: string
                    parameters:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          name:
                            type: string
                          type:
                            type: string
              events:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    name:
                      type: string