How does a Puppeteer work?

Puppeteer is a Node library that provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome over the DevTools Protocol . Also known as a Headless Chrome Node API, it is useful for automating the Chrome browser to run website tests. Fundamentally, Puppeteer is an automation tool and not a test tool.

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Do I need Puppeteer for Chrome?

By default, Puppeteer downloads and uses a specific version of Chromium so its API is guaranteed to work out of the box. To use Puppeteer with a different version of Chrome or Chromium, pass in the executable’s path when creating a Browser instance: const browser = await puppeteer.

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