Puppeteer Tool
Description
Headless Chrome/Chromium automation for PDF generation, screenshots, web scraping, and testing.
Source
- Repository: puppeteer/puppeteer
- License: Apache-2.0
- Maintainer: Google
Installation
npm install puppeteerUsage Examples
Generate PDF from HTML
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
async function generatePDF(html: string, outputPath: string) {
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.setContent(html, { waitUntil: 'networkidle0' });
await page.pdf({
path: outputPath,
format: 'A4',
margin: { top: '20mm', right: '20mm', bottom: '20mm', left: '20mm' },
printBackground: true,
});
await browser.close();
}
// Usage
const html = `
<html>
<head><style>body { font-family: Arial; }</style></head>
<body><h1>Invoice #001</h1><p>Total: $100.00</p></body>
</html>
`;
await generatePDF(html, 'invoice.pdf');Take Screenshot
async function takeScreenshot(url: string, outputPath: string) {
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.setViewport({ width: 1920, height: 1080 });
await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'networkidle2' });
await page.screenshot({
path: outputPath,
fullPage: true,
type: 'png',
});
await browser.close();
}Web Scraping
async function scrapeData(url: string) {
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
const data = await page.evaluate(() => {
const items = document.querySelectorAll('.product');
return Array.from(items).map(item => ({
title: item.querySelector('h2')?.textContent?.trim(),
price: item.querySelector('.price')?.textContent?.trim(),
}));
});
await browser.close();
return data;
}Form Automation
async function submitForm(url: string, formData: Record<string, string>) {
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: false });
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto(url);
// Fill form fields
for (const [selector, value] of Object.entries(formData)) {
await page.type(selector, value);
}
// Submit
await page.click('button[type="submit"]');
await page.waitForNavigation();
await browser.close();
}PDF Options
interface PDFOptions {
path?: string;
scale?: number; // 0.1 - 2, default 1
displayHeaderFooter?: boolean;
headerTemplate?: string;
footerTemplate?: string;
printBackground?: boolean;
landscape?: boolean;
pageRanges?: string; // '1-5, 8, 11-13'
format?: 'Letter' | 'Legal' | 'A4' | 'A3';
width?: string;
height?: string;
margin?: { top, right, bottom, left };
}Tags
browser, pdf, screenshot, automation, scraping
Compatibility
- Codex: ✅
- Claude Code: ✅