puppeteer-jsonrpc

A console-based JSON-RPC 2.0 server for controlling Puppeteer via stdin/stdout.

Installation

``bash


Install globally

npm install -g puppeteer-jsonrpc

Install Chrome for Puppeteer (needed before first use)

npx puppeteer@24.8.2 browsers install chrome

Or run directly with npx

npx puppeteer-jsonrpc
`

Usage

This package provides a JSON-RPC 2.0 interface to control Puppeteer through stdin/stdout, making it easy to automate browser tasks from any language or environment.

`javascript
// Example of sending a command
const command = {
jsonrpc: '2.0',
id: 1,
method: 'goto',
params: {
url: 'https://example.com'
}
};

// Write to stdin of the process
process.stdin.write(JSON.stringify(command) + '\n');
`

Available Methods

- goto: Navigate to a URL
- Params: { url: string }

- getConsole: Get console messages from the page
- Params: None

- takeScreenshot: Take a screenshot
- Params: { fullPage?: boolean }

- getAccessibilitySnapshot: Get accessibility snapshot of the page
- Params: None

- clickElement: Click an element identified by accessibility properties
- Params: { name: string, role: string }`

License

MIT

Publishing

https://jetbrains.team/p/crl/packages/npm/darkmatter/puppeteer-jsonrpc
https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-jsonrpc