Puppeteer Chrome Automation

Puppeteer is a Node.js library that provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. It's excellent for web scraping, automated testing, screenshot capture, PDF generation, and debugging web applications.

Direct Control (CLI / API / Scripting)

Installation

# Install Puppeteer (includes Chromium)
npm install puppeteer

# Install puppeteer-core (no Chromium download)
npm install puppeteer-core

# Use system Chrome
PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true npm install puppeteer-core

# Install with specific Chrome version