Puppeteer: Detailed Overview & Metrics
Puppeteer is a Node.js library that provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. It allows you to automate tasks like web scraping, testing, and generating screenshots of web pages. Puppeteer offers a rich set of features for interacting with web pages, such as navigating, clicking elements, filling forms, and capturing network requests.
Compared to alternatives like Selenium, Puppeteer is known for its ease of use, speed, and reliability. It leverages the latest web technologies and provides a more modern and efficient way to perform browser automation tasks.
Alternatives:
playwright+
selenium-webdriver+
webdriverio+
nightwatch+
cypress+
taiko+
testcafe+
puppeteer-core+
protractor+
casperjs+
Tags: node.jsbrowser automationweb scrapingtestingheadless chrome