Type text

Directly inputs text content without triggering physical key events (keydown, etc.), ideal for quickly filling large amounts of text when intermediate input events aren’t needed.

POST /boxes/{boxId}/actions/type

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" });

  await box.action.type({
    text: "Hello, World!"
  });

  // Type and press Enter
  await box.action.type({
    text: "search gbox",
    pressEnter: true
  });
}

main();

import os
from gbox_sdk import GboxSDK


def main():
    gbox_sdk = GboxSDK(api_key=os.environ["GBOX_API_KEY"])  # This is the default and can be omitted

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

    # Type text
    box.action.type(text="Hello, World!")

    # Type and press Enter
    box.action.type(text="search gbox", press_enter=True)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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

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

Text typing action configuration

text · string · required

Text to type

Example:

"Hello, World!"

mode · enum<string> · default: append

Text input mode: 'append' to add text to existing content, 'replace' to replace all existing text

Available options: append, replace

Example:

"append"

pressEnter · boolean · default: false

Whether to press Enter after typing the text

Example:

false

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..."
  }
}