Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. Developers love it for its powerful capabilities and ease of use.
To get started with Puppeteer, you’ll need to have Node.js installed. Once you have Node.js set up, you can install Puppeteer via npm:
npm install puppeteer
Here’s a simple example to get you started with Puppeteer. This script navigates to a website and takes a screenshot:
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
(async () => {
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('https://example.com');
await page.screenshot({ path: 'example.png' });
await browser.close();
})();
Save the above code in a file, say example.js, and run it using Node.js:
node example.js
This will take a screenshot of https://example.com and save it as example.png in your project directory.
Puppeteer can do so much more, from scraping websites to running automated tests. Here are some resources you can explore to learn more: - Puppeteer Documentation - Awesome Puppeteer
Puppeteer is powerful and versatile, making it an essential tool for web automation tasks. Once you become familiar with the basics, you’ll find endless applications for this tool. Happy coding!