AgentBay:Core Concepts

Core Functions

The AgentBay class is the main interface for interacting with Alibaba Cloud services. It provides these core functions:

• Session Manager: Create, delete, and manage cloud sessions.

• API Client: Handle all communication with the AgentBay cloud service.

• Authentication Handler: Automatically manage API keys and security.

Basic Usage

# 1. Initialize client
agent_bay = AgentBay()

# 2. Create session (uses linux_latest by default)
session = agent_bay.create().session

# 3. Use session for your tasks
# ... your automation tasks ...

# 4. Clean up resources
agent_bay.delete(session)

Key Features

• Temporary: Sessions are created when needed and destroyed after completion.

• Isolated: Each session is fully independent from other sessions.

• Billed: You pay for the time a session remains active.

Basic Usage

# Create a session
session = agent_bay.create().session

# Use the session for your tasks
session.command.execute_command("echo 'Hello World'")

# Always clean up when done
agent_bay.delete(session)

Session Lifecycle

Create Session → Use Session → Delete Session
      ↓             ↓              ↓
  Allocate      Execute         Release
  Resources     Operations      Resources

Session Release

You must release a session after it finishes to free cloud resources. There are two ways to do this:

# Explicitly delete when done
agent_bay.delete(session)

Official OS Images

The table below lists the latest official OS images provided by AgentBay.

Selecting the Right Image

Windows Environment Example

from agentbay.session_params import CreateSessionParams

# Create Windows environment and automate notepad
params = CreateSessionParams(image_id="windows_latest")
session = agent_bay.create(params).session

# Start Notepad application
session.computer.start_app("notepad.exe")
# Returns: ProcessListResult with started process info

# Input text into notepad
session.computer.input_text("Hello from Windows!")
# Returns: BoolResult with success status

agent_bay.delete(session)

Browser Environment Example

# Create browser environment
params = CreateSessionParams(image_id="browser_latest")
session = agent_bay.create(params).session

# Initialize and navigate
from agentbay.browser import BrowserOption
session.browser.initialize(BrowserOption())
session.browser.agent.navigate("https://www.baidu.com")
print("Web navigation successful")

agent_bay.delete(session)

Code Sandbox Environment Example

# Create development environment and execute code
params = CreateSessionParams(image_id="code_latest")
session = agent_bay.create(params).session

# Execute code
result = session.code.run_code("print('Hello from CodeSpace!')", "python")
# Returns: CodeExecutionResult with output
# Example: result.result = "Hello from CodeSpace!"

agent_bay.delete(session)

Cloud Phone Environment Example

# Create Android environment and send HOME key
params = CreateSessionParams(image_id="mobile_latest")
session = agent_bay.create(params).session

# Press HOME key to return to home screen
from agentbay.mobile import KeyCode
session.mobile.send_key(KeyCode.HOME)
# Returns: BoolResult with success status
# Example: result.success = True (returns to Android home screen)

agent_bay.delete(session)

Temporary Data

• By default, all data in a session is temporary.

• All data is lost when the session ends.

• Use this for task processing, temporary files, or caching.

# This data will be LOST when session ends
session.file_system.write_file("/tmp/temp_data.txt", "This will disappear")

Persistent Data

• Supports retaining data across sessions.

• You must configure it explicitly.

• Use this for project files, configurations, and important results.

from agentbay import ContextSync

# Create persistent storage
context = agent_bay.context.get("my-project", create=True).context
context_sync = ContextSync.new(context.id, "/tmp/persistent")

# Create session with persistent data
params = CreateSessionParams(context_syncs=[context_sync])
session = agent_bay.create(params).session

# This data will be SAVED across sessions
session.file_system.write_file("/tmp/persistent/important.txt", "This will persist")

API Results

When you call an AgentBay API, the result is wrapped in a result object.

# Example API call
screenshot = session.computer.screenshot()

# The result object contains:
print(screenshot.success)     # True/False - whether the operation succeeded
print(screenshot.data)        # Your actual data (screenshot URL)
print(screenshot.request_id)  # Request ID for troubleshooting

Request ID

Every API call to AgentBay returns a unique request ID. It looks like "ABC12345-XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZ-123456789ABC".

result = session.code.run_code("print('hello')", "python")
if not result.success:
    print(f"Code execution failed! Request ID: {result.request_id}")
    # Share this Request ID with support for faster help