---
title: Browser
description: Instructions on how to setup the browser integration with Home Assistant.
ha_category:
  - Utility
ha_release: pre 0.7
ha_iot_class: Local Push
ha_quality_scale: internal
ha_domain: browser
ha_integration_type: integration
---

The **Browser** {% term integration %} provides a service to open URLs in the default browser on the host machine.

## Configuration

To load this integration, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
browser:
```

### Services

Once loaded, the `browser` platform will expose {% term services %} that can be called to perform various {% term actions %}.

Available services: `browser/browse_url`.

| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `url`                  |       no | The URL to open.

### Usage

To use this {% term service %}, choose **Call Service** from the **Developer Tools**. Choose the service *browser/browse_url* from the list of **Available services:** and enter the URL into the **Service Data** field and hit **CALL SERVICE**.

```json
{"url": "http://www.google.com"}
```

This will open the given URL on the host machine.