@askjo/camofox-browser 1.8.9 → 1.8.12

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+ # camofox-browser Agent Guide
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+ Headless browser automation server for AI agents. Run locally or deploy to any cloud provider.
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+ ## Quick Start for Agents
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+ ```bash
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+ # Install and start
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+ npm install && npm start
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+ # Server runs on http://localhost:9377
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Core Workflow
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+ 1. **Create a tab** -> Get `tabId`
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+ 2. **Navigate** -> Go to URL or use search macro
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+ 3. **Get snapshot** -> Receive page content with element refs (`e1`, `e2`, etc.)
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+ 4. **Interact** -> Click/type using refs
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+ 5. **Repeat** steps 3-4 as needed
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+
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+ ## API Reference
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+
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+ ### Create Tab
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+ ```bash
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+ POST /tabs
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+ {"userId": "agent1", "sessionKey": "task1", "url": "https://example.com"}
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+ ```
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+ Returns: `{"tabId": "abc123", "url": "...", "title": "..."}`
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+ ### Navigate
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+ ```bash
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+ POST /tabs/:tabId/navigate
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+ {"userId": "agent1", "url": "https://google.com"}
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+ # Or use macro:
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+ {"userId": "agent1", "macro": "@google_search", "query": "weather today"}
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Get Snapshot
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+ ```bash
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+ GET /tabs/:tabId/snapshot?userId=agent1
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+ ```
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+ Returns accessibility tree with refs:
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+ ```
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+ [heading] Example Domain
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+ [paragraph] This domain is for use in examples.
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+ [link e1] More information...
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Click Element
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+ ```bash
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+ POST /tabs/:tabId/click
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+ {"userId": "agent1", "ref": "e1"}
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+ # Or CSS selector:
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+ {"userId": "agent1", "selector": "button.submit"}
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Type Text
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+ ```bash
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+ POST /tabs/:tabId/type
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+ {"userId": "agent1", "ref": "e2", "text": "hello world"}
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+ # Add enter: {"userId": "agent1", "ref": "e2", "text": "search query", "pressEnter": true}
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Scroll
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+ ```bash
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+ POST /tabs/:tabId/scroll
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+ {"userId": "agent1", "direction": "down", "amount": 500}
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+ ```
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+ ### Navigation
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+ ```bash
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+ POST /tabs/:tabId/back {"userId": "agent1"}
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+ POST /tabs/:tabId/forward {"userId": "agent1"}
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+ POST /tabs/:tabId/refresh {"userId": "agent1"}
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Get Links
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+ ```bash
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+ GET /tabs/:tabId/links?userId=agent1&limit=50
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Close Tab
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+ ```bash
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+ DELETE /tabs/:tabId?userId=agent1
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+ ```
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+ ## Search Macros
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+ Use these instead of constructing URLs:
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+ | Macro | Site |
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+ |-------|------|
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+ | `@google_search` | Google |
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+ | `@youtube_search` | YouTube |
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+ | `@amazon_search` | Amazon |
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+ | `@reddit_search` | Reddit |
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+ | `@wikipedia_search` | Wikipedia |
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+ | `@twitter_search` | Twitter/X |
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+ | `@yelp_search` | Yelp |
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+ | `@linkedin_search` | LinkedIn |
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+ ## Element Refs
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+ Refs like `e1`, `e2` are stable identifiers for page elements:
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+ 1. Call `/snapshot` to get current refs
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+ 2. Use ref in `/click` or `/type`
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+ 3. Refs reset on navigation - get new snapshot after
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+
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+ ## Session Management
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+ - `userId` isolates cookies/storage between users
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+ - `sessionKey` groups tabs by conversation/task (legacy: `listItemId` also accepted)
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+ - Sessions timeout after 30 minutes of inactivity
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+ - Delete all user data: `DELETE /sessions/:userId`
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+
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+ ## Running Engines
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+ ### Camoufox (Default)
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+ ```bash
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+ npm start
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+ # Or: ./run.sh
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+ ```
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+ Firefox-based with anti-detection. Bypasses Google captcha.
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+ ## Testing
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+ ```bash
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+ npm test # All tests (unit + e2e + plugin)
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+ npm run test:plugins # All plugin tests
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+ npm run test:e2e # E2E tests
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+ npm run test:live # Live Google tests
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+ npm run test:debug # With server output
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+ npx jest plugins/youtube # Single plugin's tests
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+ ```
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+ ## Docker
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+ ```bash
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+ docker build -t camofox-browser .
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+ docker run -p 9377:9377 camofox-browser
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Key Files
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+ - `server.js` - Camoufox engine (routes + browser logic only -- NO `process.env` or `child_process`)
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+ - `lib/openapi.js` - OpenAPI spec generation via swagger-jsdoc + docs route setup
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+ - `lib/config.js` - All `process.env` reads centralized here
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+ - `plugins/youtube/youtube.js` - YouTube transcript extraction via yt-dlp (`child_process` isolated here)
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+ - `lib/launcher.js` - Subprocess spawning (`child_process` isolated here)
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+ - `lib/cookies.js` - Cookie file I/O
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+ - `lib/metrics.js` - Prometheus metrics (lazy-loaded, off by default -- set `PROMETHEUS_ENABLED=1`)
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+ - `lib/request-utils.js` - HTTP request classification helpers (`actionFromReq`, `classifyError`)
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+ - `lib/snapshot.js` - Accessibility tree snapshot
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+ - `lib/macros.js` - Search macro URL expansion
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+ - `lib/plugins.js` - Plugin loader and event bus
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+ - `lib/auth.js` - Shared auth middleware (API key / loopback)
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+ - `camofox.config.json` - Plugin configuration (which plugins to load)
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+ - `plugins/` - Plugin directory (loaded per camofox.config.json)
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+ - `plugins/youtube/` - Default plugin: YouTube transcript extraction
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+ - `scripts/install-plugin-deps.sh` - Installs plugin deps (apt.txt + post-install.sh)
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+ - `plugins/vnc/index.js` - VNC plugin routes (no `child_process` -- spawning isolated in `vnc-launcher.js`)
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+ - `plugins/vnc/vnc-launcher.js` - VNC process management (`child_process` isolated here)
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+ - `plugins/persistence/index.js` - Session persistence lifecycle hooks
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+ - `lib/persistence.js` - Atomic storage state read/write
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+ - `lib/inflight.js` - Inflight request coalescing
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+ - `lib/tmp-cleanup.js` - Orphaned temp file cleanup
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+ - `lib/reporter.js` - Crash/hang reporter with anonymization + GitHub App auth (see README "Crash Reporter" for setup)
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+ - `Dockerfile` - Production container with default plugin deps pre-installed
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+ ## OpenAPI Spec (REQUIRED for route changes)
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+ The API spec is auto-generated from `@openapi` JSDoc comments in `server.js` via [swagger-jsdoc](https://github.com/Surnet/swagger-jsdoc). It's served at `GET /openapi.json` (machine-readable) and `GET /docs` ([swagger-stripey](https://github.com/skyfallsin/swagger-stripey) three-panel UI).
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+ **When adding, modifying, or removing a route, you MUST update the `@openapi` JSDoc block above it.**
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+ Every route handler in `server.js` has a JSDoc comment block directly above it like:
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+ ```js
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+ /**
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+ * @openapi
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+ * /tabs/{tabId}/click:
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+ * post:
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+ * tags: [Interaction]
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+ * summary: Click an element
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+ * parameters:
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+ * - name: tabId
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+ * in: path
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+ * required: true
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+ * schema:
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+ * type: string
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+ * requestBody:
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+ * required: true
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+ * content:
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+ * application/json:
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+ * schema:
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+ * type: object
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+ * required: [userId]
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+ * properties:
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+ * userId:
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+ * type: string
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+ * ref:
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+ * type: string
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+ * responses:
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+ * 200:
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+ * description: Click result.
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+ * content:
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+ * application/json:
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+ * schema:
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+ * type: object
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+ * 404:
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+ * description: Tab not found.
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+ * content:
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+ * application/json:
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+ * schema:
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+ * $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
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+ */
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+ app.post('/tabs/:tabId/click', async (req, res) => {
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+ ```
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+ **Rules:**
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+ - New routes: add a `@openapi` JSDoc block immediately above the `app.get/post/delete(...)` call
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+ - Path params use `{tabId}` syntax (not `:tabId`) in the JSDoc YAML
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+ - Tag must be one of: `System`, `Tabs`, `Navigation`, `Interaction`, `Content`, `Sessions`, `Browser`, `Legacy`
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+ - Every operation must have `tags`, `summary`, and `responses`
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+ - Include `requestBody` for POST/PUT/DELETE routes that accept JSON
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+ - Include `parameters` for path params and required query params
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+ - Mark backward-compat endpoints with `deprecated: true`
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+ - Removing a route: delete the `@openapi` block along with the handler
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+ - **After any route change, run `npm run generate-openapi`** to regenerate the committed `openapi.json`. The test suite will fail if it's stale.
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+ - Run `npx jest tests/unit/openapi.test.js` to verify coverage -- the test fails if any route is missing from the spec, if a stale route exists, or if `openapi.json` is out of date
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+ - Reusable schemas go in `components.schemas` in `lib/openapi.js` (the `swaggerDefinition`); reference them via `$ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'`
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+ ## Crash Reporter
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+ **No credentials are embedded in this package.** `lib/reporter.js` is a stateless HTTP client that sends anonymized crash/hang reports to a Cloudflare Worker relay (`camofox-crash-relay.askjo.workers.dev`). The relay holds the GitHub App credentials as environment secrets -- see `workers/crash-reporter/index.ts`. The relay source is in-repo and auditable.
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+ - **Architecture**: `lib/reporter.js` (client, no secrets, no `fs`) -> POST -> Cloudflare Worker relay -> GitHub Issues
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+ - **`lib/reporter.js`** has ZERO credentials, ZERO private keys, ZERO `fs` imports. It only does `fetch()` to the relay URL.
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+ - **`lib/resources.js`** handles `fs`-based resource snapshots (reading /proc on Linux) -- separated from reporter.js so no file-read + network-send pattern exists in any single file. No `child_process` import.
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+ - **Anonymization** is in `lib/reporter.js` L28-290 -- text scrubbing (`anonymize()`), URL anonymization (`createUrlAnonymizer()`), and tab health tracking (`createTabHealthTracker()`)
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+ - **Public domain list** (~120 entries) determines which domains are shown verbatim vs HMAC-hashed
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+ - **Tests**: `tests/unit/crashRelay.test.js` (relay client), `tests/unit/crashRelayWorker.test.js` (worker contract), `tests/unit/noSecrets.test.js` (asserts no key material in shipped files)
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+ - Self-hosted relay: see README "Self-hosted relay" section
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+ - Disable with `CAMOFOX_CRASH_REPORT_ENABLED=false`
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+ ## OpenClaw Scanner Isolation (CRITICAL)
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+ OpenClaw's skill-scanner flags plugins that have `process.env` + network calls (e.g. `app.post`, `fetch`, `http.request`) in the same file, or `child_process` + network calls in the same file. These patterns suggest potential credential exfiltration.
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+ **Rule: No single `.js` file may contain both halves of a scanner rule pair:**
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+ - `process.env` lives ONLY in `lib/config.js`
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+ - `child_process` / `execFile` / `spawn` live ONLY in `plugins/youtube/youtube.js`, `plugins/vnc/vnc-launcher.js`, and `lib/launcher.js`
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+ - `server.js` has the Express routes (`app.post`, `app.get`) but ZERO `process.env` reads and ZERO `child_process` imports
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+ - `lib/metrics.js` has NO `process.env` and NO HTTP method strings (`POST`, `fetch`). Prometheus is lazy-loaded only when `PROMETHEUS_ENABLED=1`.
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+ - `lib/request-utils.js` has HTTP method strings (`POST`) but NO `process.env` -- safe.
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+ - When adding new features that need env vars or subprocesses, put that code in a `lib/` module and import the result into `server.js`
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+ **Scanner rule details** (from `src/security/skill-scanner.ts`):
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+ - `env-harvesting` (CRITICAL): fires when `/process\.env/` AND `/\bfetch\b|\bpost\b|http\.request/i` match the SAME file. Note: the regex is case-insensitive, so string literals like `'POST'` and even comments containing `process.env` will trigger it.
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+ - `dangerous-exec` (CRITICAL): `child_process` import + `exec`/`spawn` call in same file
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+ - `potential-exfiltration` (WARN): `readFile` + `fetch`/`post`/`http.request` in same file
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+ This was broken in 1.3.0 (YouTube `child_process` in server.js), fixed in 1.3.1. Broken again in 1.4.1 (`metrics.js` had `process.env` in a comment + `'POST'` in `actionFromReq`), fixed in 1.5.1 by lazy-loading prom-client and splitting `actionFromReq` into `lib/request-utils.js`.
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+ ## Plugin System
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+ Plugins extend camofox-browser with new endpoints, background processes, and lifecycle hooks. The server auto-loads all plugins from `plugins/<name>/index.js` on startup.
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+ ### Creating a Plugin
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+ ```
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+ plugins/
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+ my-plugin/
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+ index.js Required -- exports register(app, ctx)
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+ apt.txt Optional -- system packages (one per line)
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+ post-install.sh Optional -- executable hook for binary downloads
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+ *.test.js Optional -- Jest tests (auto-discovered)
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+ ```
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+ ```js
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+ // plugins/my-plugin/index.js
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+ export function register(app, ctx) {
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+ const { sessions, config, log, events, auth, ensureBrowser, getSession, destroySession,
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+ withUserLimit, safePageClose, normalizeUserId, validateUrl, safeError,
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+ buildProxyUrl, proxyPool, failuresTotal } = ctx;
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+ // Register Express routes (auth() enforces API key or loopback)
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+ app.get('/my-endpoint', auth(), async (req, res) => {
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+ const session = sessions.get(req.params.userId);
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+ res.json({ ok: true });
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+ });
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+ // Listen to lifecycle events
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+ events.on('browser:launched', ({ browser, display }) => {
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+ log('info', 'browser is up', { display });
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+ });
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+ events.on('session:created', ({ userId, context }) => {
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+ log('info', 'new session', { userId });
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+ });
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+ events.on('tab:navigated', ({ userId, tabId, url }) => {
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+ log('info', 'navigation', { userId, tabId, url });
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+ });
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ ### Plugin Context (`ctx`)
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+ | Property | Type | Description |
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+ |----------|------|-------------|
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+ | `sessions` | `Map` | Live sessions: `userId -> { context, tabGroups, lastAccess }` |
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+ | `config` | `object` | Server CONFIG (port, apiKey, nodeEnv, proxy, etc.) |
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+ | `log` | `function` | `log(level, msg, fields)` -- structured JSON logging |
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+ | `events` | `EventEmitter` | Plugin event bus (29 events -- see below) |
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+ | `auth` | `function` | `auth()` returns Express middleware enforcing API key / loopback |
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+ | `ensureBrowser` | `async function` | Launch browser if not running, return browser instance |
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+ | `getSession` | `async function` | `getSession(userId)` -- get or create a session |
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+ | `destroySession` | `function` | `destroySession(userId)` -- tear down a session |
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+ | `withUserLimit` | `async function` | `withUserLimit(userId, fn)` -- run `fn` within per-user concurrency limit |
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+ | `safePageClose` | `async function` | `safePageClose(page)` -- close a page with timeout guard |
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+ | `normalizeUserId` | `function` | `normalizeUserId(id)` -- coerce to string for map keys |
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+ | `validateUrl` | `function` | `validateUrl(url)` -- returns error string or null |
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+ | `safeError` | `function` | `safeError(err)` -- sanitize error for client response |
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+ | `buildProxyUrl` | `function` | `buildProxyUrl(pool, proxyConfig)` -- get proxy URL for external requests |
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+ | `proxyPool` | `object\|null` | Proxy pool instance (null if no proxy configured) |
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+ | `failuresTotal` | `Counter` | Prometheus counter: `failuresTotal.labels(type, action).inc()` |
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+ | `createMetric` | `async function` | Create a Prometheus metric registered to the shared registry (see below) |
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+ | `metricsRegistry` | `function` | `metricsRegistry()` -- raw prom-client Registry or null |
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+ ### Events (29)
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+ 28 emitted by core, 1 (`session:storage:export`) emitted by plugins.
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+ #### Browser Lifecycle
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+ | Event | Payload | Mutating? |
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+ |-------|---------|-----------|
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+ | `browser:launching` | `{ options }` | (ok) Modify launch options in-place |
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+ | `browser:launched` | `{ browser, display }` | |
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+ | `browser:restart` | `{ reason }` | |
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+ | `browser:closed` | `{ reason }` | |
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+ | `browser:error` | `{ error }` | |
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+ #### Session Lifecycle
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+ | Event | Payload | Mutating? |
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+ |-------|---------|-----------|
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+ | `session:creating` | `{ userId, contextOptions }` | (ok) Modify context options in-place |
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+ | `session:created` | `{ userId, context }` | |
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+ | `session:destroyed` | `{ userId, reason }` | |
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+ | `session:expired` | `{ userId, idleMs }` | |
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+ #### Tab Lifecycle
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+ | Event | Payload |
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+ |-------|---------|
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+ | `tab:created` | `{ userId, tabId, page, url }` |
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+ | `tab:navigated` | `{ userId, tabId, url, prevUrl }` |
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+ | `tab:destroyed` | `{ userId, tabId, reason }` |
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+ | `tab:recycled` | `{ userId, tabId }` |
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+ | `tab:error` | `{ userId, tabId, error }` |
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+ #### Content
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+ | Event | Payload |
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+ |-------|---------|
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+ | `tab:snapshot` | `{ userId, tabId, snapshot }` |
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+ | `tab:screenshot` | `{ userId, tabId, buffer }` |
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+ | `tab:evaluate` | `{ userId, tabId, expression }` |
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+ | `tab:evaluated` | `{ userId, tabId, result }` |
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+ #### Input
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+ | Event | Payload |
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+ |-------|---------|
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+ | `tab:click` | `{ userId, tabId, ref, selector }` |
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+ | `tab:type` | `{ userId, tabId, text, ref, mode }` |
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+ | `tab:scroll` | `{ userId, tabId, direction, amount }` |
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+ | `tab:press` | `{ userId, tabId, key }` |
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+ #### Downloads
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+ | Event | Payload |
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+ |-------|---------|
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+ | `tab:download:start` | `{ userId, tabId, filename, url }` |
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+ | `tab:download:complete` | `{ userId, tabId, filename, path, size }` |
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+
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+ #### Cookies / Auth
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+ | Event | Payload |
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+ |-------|---------|
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+ | `session:cookies:import` | `{ userId, count }` |
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+ | `session:storage:export` | `{ userId }` |
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+ #### Server
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+ | Event | Payload |
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+ |-------|---------|
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+ | `server:starting` | `{ port }` |
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+ | `server:started` | `{ port, pid }` |
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+ | `server:shutdown` | `{ signal }` |
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+ ### Mutating Hooks
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+ `browser:launching`, `session:creating`, `session:created`, and `session:destroyed` are emitted via `events.emitAsync()` -- the server awaits all listeners (including async ones) before proceeding. This ensures async work like loading storage state from disk completes before the context is created.
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+ Other events use regular `events.emit()` (fire-and-forget).
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+ Modify payload objects in-place:
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+ ```js
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+ // Change Xvfb resolution (e.g., for VNC plugin)
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+ events.on('browser:launching', ({ options }) => {
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+ options.virtual_display_resolution = '1920x1080x24';
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+ });
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+ // Inject saved auth state into new sessions
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+ events.on('session:creating', ({ userId, contextOptions }) => {
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+ const saved = loadStorageState(userId);
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+ if (saved) contextOptions.storageState = saved;
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+ });
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+ ```
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+ ### System Packages (`apt.txt`) and Post-Install Hooks
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+ Plugins that need system packages list them one per line in `apt.txt`:
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+ ```
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+ # plugins/vnc/apt.txt
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+ x11vnc
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+ novnc
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+ python3-websockify
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+ ```
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+ For binary downloads or setup not available via apt, add an executable `post-install.sh`:
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+ ```bash
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+ # plugins/youtube/post-install.sh
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+ #!/bin/sh
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+ set -e
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+ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
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+ ```
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+ Both are run by `scripts/install-plugin-deps.sh` during Docker build.
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+ ### Configuration (`camofox.config.json`)
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+ `camofox.config.json` controls which plugins are loaded at runtime and during Docker build:
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+ ```json
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+ "id": "camofox-browser",
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+ "name": "Camofox Browser",
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+ "version": "1.5.2",
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+ "plugins": ["youtube"]
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ - **`plugins`** -- array of plugin directory names to load. Only these are loaded at startup and have deps installed during build.
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+ - If the file is missing or has no `plugins` key, **all** plugins in `plugins/` are loaded (backward-compatible).
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+ - This is camofox's own config. `openclaw.plugin.json` is separate -- it tells the OpenClaw Gateway how to configure camofox as an external service.
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+ ### Installing Plugins
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+ Use the plugin manager to install third-party plugins from git or local paths:
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+ ```bash
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+ # Install from git
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+ npm run plugin install https://github.com/user/camofox-screenshot-plugin
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+ npm run plugin install git:github.com/user/my-plugin
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+
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+ # Install from local directory
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+ npm run plugin install ./path/to/my-plugin
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+
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+ # List installed plugins
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+ npm run plugin list
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+
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+ # Remove a plugin
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+ npm run plugin remove my-plugin
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+ ```
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+
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+ The installer copies the plugin into `plugins/`, adds it to `camofox.config.json`, and runs `npm install` for any npm dependencies. System deps (`apt.txt`, `post-install.sh`) are flagged but must be installed manually or via Docker rebuild.
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+
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+ Plugin sources can be:
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+ - **Git repos** where the root has `index.js` with `register()` (installed as one plugin)
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+ - **Git repos** with a `plugins/` subdirectory (each subdirectory installed as a separate plugin)
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+ - **Local directories** with `index.js` and `register()`
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+
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+ ### Default Plugins
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+
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+ Three plugins ship by default:
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+
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+ - **youtube** -- YouTube transcript extraction (enabled by default)
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+ - **persistence** -- Per-user session state persistence to `~/.camofox/profiles/` (enabled by default)
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+ - **vnc** -- Interactive browser login via noVNC (disabled by default, requires `ENABLE_VNC=1`)
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+
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+ The `youtube` plugin ships as a default plugin -- it's listed in `camofox.config.json` and included in the base Docker image with its deps pre-installed. The base image runs `scripts/install-plugin-deps.sh` which reads the config and installs `apt.txt` packages + `post-install.sh` hooks for listed plugins.
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+
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+ The `with-plugins` Dockerfile stage is for rebuilding after adding third-party plugins:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ docker build --target with-plugins -t camofox-browser .
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+ ```
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+
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+ The `with-plugins` stage re-runs `install-plugin-deps.sh` to pick up any new plugins added to `plugins/`.
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+
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+ ### OpenClaw Scanner Rules
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+
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+ Plugins must follow the same isolation rules as core (see "OpenClaw Scanner Isolation" above):
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+ - **No `process.env` in plugin files that also have route handlers** -- read config from `ctx.config`
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+ - **No `child_process` in plugin files that also have route handlers** -- spawn from a separate `lib/` module
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+ - Violations trigger OpenClaw's `env-harvesting` or `dangerous-exec` scanner alerts
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+
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+ ### Custom Metrics
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+
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+ Plugins create Prometheus metrics via `ctx.createMetric()`. Returns a no-op stub when Prometheus is disabled -- no null checks needed.
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+
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+ ```js
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+ // In register(app, ctx):
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+ const transcriptsTotal = await ctx.createMetric('counter', {
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+ name: 'camofox_youtube_transcripts_total',
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+ help: 'YouTube transcripts extracted',
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+ labelNames: ['method'],
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+ });
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+
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+ // Use anywhere -- works whether Prometheus is enabled or not
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+ transcriptsTotal.labels('yt-dlp').inc();
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+ ```
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+
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+ Supported types: `'counter'`, `'histogram'`, `'gauge'`. Options are standard [prom-client](https://github.com/siimon/prom-client) options (`name`, `help`, `labelNames`, `buckets`, etc.). Metrics auto-register to the shared registry and appear on `/metrics`.
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+
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+ For advanced use, `ctx.metricsRegistry()` returns the raw prom-client `Registry` (or `null` when disabled).
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+
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+ ### Example: YouTube Transcript Plugin
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+
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+ The YouTube plugin (`plugins/youtube/`) is the reference implementation. It extracts transcripts via yt-dlp with browser fallback, using `ctx` helpers for auth, logging, browser access, and concurrency control.
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+
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+ ```
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+ plugins/
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+ youtube/
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+ index.js # register(app, ctx) -- route handler + browser fallback
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+ youtube.js # yt-dlp process management + transcript parsing
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+ youtube.test.js # parser unit tests
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+ apt.txt # python3-minimal (yt-dlp runtime dep)
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+ post-install.sh # downloads yt-dlp binary
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+ ```
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+
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+ ```js
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+ // plugins/youtube/index.js (simplified)
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+ import { detectYtDlp, hasYtDlp, ensureYtDlp, ytDlpTranscript } from './youtube.js';
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+ import { classifyError } from '../../lib/request-utils.js';
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+
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+ export async function register(app, ctx) {
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+ const { log, config, sessions, ensureBrowser, getSession,
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+ withUserLimit, safePageClose, normalizeUserId,
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+ validateUrl, safeError, buildProxyUrl, proxyPool,
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+ failuresTotal } = ctx;
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+
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+ await detectYtDlp(log);
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+
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+ app.post('/youtube/transcript', ctx.auth(), async (req, res) => {
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+ // ... validate URL, extract videoId, try yt-dlp then browser fallback
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+ });
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+
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+ async function browserTranscript(reqId, url, videoId, lang) {
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+ return await withUserLimit('__yt_transcript__', async () => {
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+ await ensureBrowser();
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+ const session = await getSession('__yt_transcript__');
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+ const page = await session.context.newPage();
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+ // ... intercept captions, parse transcript
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+ await safePageClose(page);
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+ });
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ Key patterns:
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+ - **Auth**: `ctx.auth()` middleware on the route
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+ - **Logging**: `ctx.log('info', ...)` -- never `console.log`
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+ - **Browser access**: `ctx.ensureBrowser()` + `ctx.getSession()` for browser-backed features
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+ - **Concurrency**: `ctx.withUserLimit()` to respect per-user limits
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+ - **Metrics**: `ctx.failuresTotal.labels(...)` for core counters, `ctx.createMetric()` for custom
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+ - **Scanner compliance**: `child_process` in `youtube.js`, route handler in `index.js` -- separate files
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+ - **System deps**: `apt.txt` lists packages installed via `scripts/install-plugin-deps.sh`
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  # Mesa OpenGL/EGL for WebGL support (software rendering via llvmpipe)
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- # Without these, Firefox cannot create WebGL contexts a major bot detection signal
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