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layout: page
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title: "Browser"
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description: "Instructions on how to setup the browser component with Home Assistant."
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date: 2015-01-24 14:39
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sidebar: true
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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logo: home-assistant.png
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ha_category: Utility
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---
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The `browser` component provides a service to open URLs in the default browser on the host machine.
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To load this component, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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browser:
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```
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#### {% linkable_title Service `browser/browse_url` %}
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| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
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| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------- |
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| `url` | no | The URL to open.
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### {% linkable_title Usage %}
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To use this 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**.
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```json
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{"url": "http://www.google.com"}
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```
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This will open the given URL on the host machine.
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