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@sitespeed.io/chromedriver
Advanced tools
Install and launch Chromedriver for Mac, Linux & Windows
This is a simple package that downloads Chromedriver and provides a node api for accessing the path to the binary. We want to keep this with minimimal dependencies.
How to use?
const driver = require('@sitespeed.io/chromedriver');
const binPath = driver.binPath();
// launch chromedriver from binPath
You can override where you download the Chromedriver by setting process.env.CHROMEDRIVER_BASE_URL. You can skip downloading the Chromedriver by setting process.env.CHROMEDRIVER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD.
You can download another Chromedriver version by setting process.env.CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION.
CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=81.0.4044.20 node install.js
If you don't set a version, the version in the package.json is used.
FAQs
Install and launch Chromedriver for Mac, Linux & Windows
The npm package @sitespeed.io/chromedriver receives a total of 3,999 weekly downloads. As such, @sitespeed.io/chromedriver popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @sitespeed.io/chromedriver demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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