Press button

Press device buttons like power, volume, home, back, etc.

POST /boxes/{boxId}/actions/press-button

JavaScript

JavaScript

import GboxSDK from "gbox-sdk";

const gboxSDK = new GboxSDK({
  apiKey: process.env["GBOX_API_KEY"] // This is the default and can be omitted
});

async function main() {
  const box = await gboxSDK.create({ type: "android" });

  // Press power button
  await box.action.pressButton({
    buttons: ["power"]
  });

  // Press power and volume up button
  await box.action.pressButton({
    buttons: ["power", "volumeUp"]
  });
}

main();

import os
from gbox_sdk import GboxSDK


def main():
    gbox_sdk = GboxSDK(api_key=os.environ["GBOX_API_KEY"])

    # Create Android box
    box = gbox_sdk.create(type="android")

    # Press power button
    box.action.press_button(buttons=["power"])

    # Press power and volume up button
    box.action.press_button(buttons=["power", "volumeUp"])


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

curl --request POST \
  --url https://gbox.ai/api/v1/boxes/{boxId}/actions/press-button \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'

200

{
  "message": "Action executed successfully",
  "actionId": "c9bdc193-b54b-4ddb-a035-5ac0c598d32d",
  "screenshot": {
    "trace": {
      "uri": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUA..."
    },
    "before": {
      "uri": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUA..."
    },
    "after": {
      "uri": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUA..."
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Enter your API Key in the format: Bearer . Get it from https://gbox.ai

Path Parameters

boxId · string · required

Box ID

Example:

"c9bdc193-b54b-4ddb-a035-5ac0c598d32d"

Body

application/json

Press button action configuration

buttons · enum<string>[] · required

Button to press

Available options: power, volumeUp, volumeDown, volumeMute, home, back, menu, appSwitch

Example:

["power"]

options · Action Common Options · object

Action options. When options.screenshot is provided, ALL deprecated screenshot fields (outputFormat, presignedExpiresIn, screenshotDelay, screenshotRange, includeScreenshot) will be completely ignored.

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "screenshot": {
    "outputFormat": "base64",
    "presignedExpiresIn": "30m",
    "delay": "500ms",
    "phases": ["before", "after"]
  }
}

Response

200 - application/json

Result of an UI action execution with optional screenshots

message · string · required

message

Example:

"Action executed successfully"

actionId · string · required

Unique identifier for each action. Use this ID to locate the action and report issues.

Example:

"c9bdc193-b54b-4ddb-a035-5ac0c598d32d"

screenshot · Action Result Screenshot · object

Optional screenshot data. Only present when screenshots are requested via options.screenshot.phases or deprecated fields

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "trace": {
    "uri": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUA..."
  },
  "before": {
    "uri": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUA..."
  },
  "after": {
    "uri": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUA..."
  }
}