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title: "Vision - Web Browser Scripting Functions"
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# Vision - Web Browser Scripting Functions

> This page details the various component and extension functions available for [Vision's Web Browser component](web-browser-component.md).

## Component Functions
### .getBrowser()
* Description
    * This function will return the underlying browser object. See [JxBrowser Guidelines](https://jxbrowser-support.teamdev.com/docs/guides/#guidelines) for more information.

* Parameters
    * None

* Return
    * Object - The Browser Object.

### .executeJavaScript()
* Description
    * This function allows users to execute arbitrary JavaScript on the loaded page.

* Parameters
    * String **javaScript** - The code to execute on the page.

* Return
    * None

### .getImage() 
* Description
    * This function will return a byte array screenshot of the current browser window, in JPEG format.

* Parameters
    * None

* Return
    * ByteArray - The current browser window, rendered as a JPEG, in binary format.

### .back() 
* Description
    * This function navigates one page back in the browser history. 

* Parameters        
    * None

* Return
    * None

### .forward() 
* Description
    * This function navigates one page forward in the browser history.

* Parameters
    * None

* Return
    * None

### .refresh() 
* Description
    * This function refreshes the current page. 

* Parameters
    * None

* Return
    * None

## Extension Functions
### initialize()

* Description
    * Called when the Web Browser component is initialized. Provides a chance to initialize the browser further. Enabling or disabling this function will cause the Web Browser component to re-initialize.

* Parameters
    * Component **self**: A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

    * JxBrowser **browser**: The underlying JxBrowser instance of the Browser class.

    * BrowserView **browserView**: The underlying rendering class that contains the Browser instance.

* Return
    * Nothing