Steel Files API

Manage files inside a session's browser context.

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steel-dev-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Steel Files API
  description: Steel is the open-source browser API for AI agents and apps. The Steel Cloud REST API launches and manages cloud browser sessions, runs stateless quick actions (scrape, screenshot, pdf, search), and exposes a live session viewer. Long-running automation connects to the per-session Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) WebSocket returned as `websocketUrl`, which is driven with Playwright, Puppeteer, or Selenium. The same surface is available self-hosted (Apache-2.0) from the steel-browser server, where the default base path is http://localhost:3000/v1.
  termsOfService: https://steel.dev/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: Steel Support
    url: https://docs.steel.dev
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/steel-dev/steel-browser/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.steel.dev/v1
  description: Steel Cloud
- url: http://localhost:3000/v1
  description: Self-hosted steel-browser
security:
- SteelApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Files
  description: Manage files inside a session's browser context.
paths:
  /sessions/{sessionId}/files:
    get:
      operationId: listSessionFiles
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: List files in a session
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of files
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionFile'
    post:
      operationId: uploadSessionFile
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: Upload a file to a session
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                path:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Uploaded file
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionFile'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteSessionFiles
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: Delete all files in a session
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Files deleted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
components:
  schemas:
    SessionFile:
      type: object
      properties:
        path:
          type: string
        size:
          type: integer
        lastModified:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  parameters:
    SessionId:
      name: sessionId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Unique identifier of the session.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  securitySchemes:
    SteelApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Steel-Api-Key
      description: API key issued from app.steel.dev. Pass it in the `Steel-Api-Key` request header. Self-hosted instances may run without auth.