After all, if it can do anything a standard browser can do, then it can be extremely useful for web scrapers . Namely, it can help with executing javascript code so that the scraper can reach the page’s HTML and imitating normal user behavior by scrolling through the page or clicking on random sections.
Read moreWhat can Puppeteer do?
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.
Read moreCan Puppeteer run in browser?
Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. Puppeteer runs headless by default, but can be configured to run full (non-headless) Chrome or Chromium .
Read moreIs Playwright better than Puppeteer?
Even though Puppeteer and Playwright sport similar APIs, Puppeteer seems to have a sizeable speed advantage on shorter scripts (close to 30% in our observations). Puppeteer and Playwright scripts show faster execution time (close to 20% in E2E scenarios) compared to the Selenium and DevTools WebDriverIO flavours.
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