
Puppeteer Has a Free Browser Automation Library — Scrape, Screenshot, and PDF from Node.js
Puppeteer controls Chrome/Chromium programmatically from Node.js. Generate PDFs, take screenshots, scrape single-page apps, and automate form submissions. What You Get for Free Screenshot: import puppeteer from ' puppeteer ' ; const browser = await puppeteer . launch (); const page = await browser . newPage (); await page . goto ( ' https://example.com ' ); await page . screenshot ({ path : ' screenshot.png ' , fullPage : true }); await browser . close (); PDF generation: await page . goto ( ' https://myapp.com/invoice/123 ' ); await page . pdf ({ path : ' invoice.pdf ' , format : ' A4 ' , printBackground : true , margin : { top : ' 1cm ' , bottom : ' 1cm ' }, }); Scraping SPAs (JavaScript-rendered content): await page . goto ( ' https://spa-site.com/products ' ); await page . waitForSelector ( ' .product-card ' ); const products = await page . evaluate (() => { return Array . from ( document . querySelectorAll ( ' .product-card ' )). map ( el => ({ name : el . querySelector ( ' h3 ' )
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