
Navigate to: Download the package according to your operating system. Here we generate a CSV file and have the browser download it await page. Install NodeJs We would be using an end language like Javascript, so we must install NodeJs for using supporting functions and supporting packages. puppeteerrc.cjs (or puppeteer = require ( 'puppeteer' ) Ĭonst browser = await puppeteer.launch()

Puppeteer uses several defaults that can be customized through configurationįor example, to change the default cache directory Puppeteer uses to installīrowsers, you can add a. Include $HOME/.cache into the project's deployment.įor a version of Puppeteer without the browser installation, see In our case, we want to tell it where since it provides greater flexibility on sharing files and processing them in an expedited manner. Your project folder (see an example below) because not all hosting providers Tell puppeteer where to download files Chrome defaults to downloading files in various places, depending on the operating system. In the end, you should have a list of 3 files, namely, index.js, package-lock.json and package.json, and a nodemodules folder. You’ll also notice that it downloads a recent version of Chromium (170MB Mac, 282MB Linux, 280MB Win) that is guaranteed to work with the API. Heroku, you might need to reconfigure the location of the cache to be within npm install puppeteer This will install Puppeteer from the NPM library.

If you deploy a project using Puppeteer to a hosting provider, such as Render or The browser is downloaded to the $HOME/.cache/puppeteer folderīy default (starting with Puppeteer v19.0.0). Puppeteer is a Node.js library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome/Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. Method 1: Set the Download Behavior To download a file with Puppeteer using headless mode, you can set the download behavior using the () method. When you install Puppeteer, it automatically downloads a recent version ofĬhrome for Testing (~170MB macOS, ~282MB Linux, ~280MB Windows) that is guaranteed to
