@types/puppeteer-core

What is @types/puppeteer-core?

@types/puppeteer-core provides TypeScript type definitions for the puppeteer-core library, which is a tool for controlling headless Chrome or Chromium browsers programmatically.

What are @types/puppeteer-core's main functionalities?

Launching a Browser

This feature allows you to launch a headless browser instance. The code sample demonstrates how to launch a headless browser and then close it.

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-core');
(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: true });
  console.log('Browser launched');
  await browser.close();
})();

Navigating to a Web Page

This feature allows you to navigate to a specific web page. The code sample demonstrates how to open a new page in the browser and navigate to 'https://example.com'.

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-core');
(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto('https://example.com');
  console.log('Page loaded');
  await browser.close();
})();

Taking a Screenshot

This feature allows you to take a screenshot of a web page. The code sample demonstrates how to navigate to a web page and take a screenshot, saving it as 'example.png'.

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-core');
(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto('https://example.com');
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'example.png' });
  console.log('Screenshot taken');
  await browser.close();
})();

Extracting Page Content

This feature allows you to extract the HTML content of a web page. The code sample demonstrates how to navigate to a web page and log its HTML content.

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-core');
(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto('https://example.com');
  const content = await page.content();
  console.log(content);
  await browser.close();
})();

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README

This is a stub types definition for @types/puppeteer-core (https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/tree/main#readme).

puppeteer-core provides its own type definitions, so you don't need @types/puppeteer-core installed!