browserless

Install

Using npm:

``sh
npm install browserless puppeteer --save
`

About

This is the core package of the browserless monorepo. It provides a high-level, performance-oriented API for headless Chrome/Chromium automation built on top of Puppeteer.

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The browserless package serves as the main entry point and orchestrator for the entire browserless ecosystem. It handles:

- Browser process management: Spawns and manages headless Chrome/Chromium processes with optimized flags for performance and stability. Includes automatic respawning when the browser disconnects.

- Browser context isolation: Creates isolated browser contexts (similar to browser tabs) with separate cookies and cache, enabling concurrent operations without cross-contamination.

- Built-in methods: Provides ready-to-use methods for common tasks:
- html(url) – Serialize page content to HTML
- text(url) – Extract plain text from a page
- pdf(url) – Generate PDF documents
- screenshot(url) – Capture screenshots with device emulation and overlay support

- Reliability features: Built-in retry logic, timeout handling, and graceful error recovery for production environments.

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This package integrates and re-exports functionality from other @browserless/* packages:

| Dependency | Purpose |
|------------|---------|
| @browserless/goto | Page navigation with smart waiting strategies, ad blocking, and evasion techniques |
| @browserless/screenshot | Screenshot capture with overlays, device emulation, and code highlighting |
| @browserless/pdf | PDF generation with customizable margins and scaling |
| @browserless/errors` | Standardized error handling and timeout errors |

License

browserless © Microlink, released under the MIT License.

Authored and maintained by Microlink with help from contributors.

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