poc-chrome-background-throttle

chrome.js

const os = require('os')
const { launch } = require('chrome-launcher')
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer')

async function startChrome() {
	const chrome = await launch({
		ignoreDefaultFlags: true,
		chromeFlags: [
			'--disable-background-timer-throttling',
			'--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows',
			'--disable-ipc-flooding-protection',
			'--disable-renderer-backgrounding',
			'--enable-automation',
			'--no-first-run',
			'--profile-directory=Default'
		],
		startingUrl: 'chrome-search://local-ntp/local-ntp.html',
		userDataDir: `/Users/${
			os.userInfo().username
		}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome`
	})
	return chrome
}

async function getBrowser(chrome) {
	let browser = {}
	browser = await puppeteer.connect({
		browserURL: `http://127.0.0.1:${chrome.port}`,
		defaultViewport: null
	})
	return browser
}

module.exports = {
	getBrowser,
	startChrome
}

index.js

const { getBrowser, startChrome } = require('./chrome')
const xpaths = [
	'/html/body/div[6]/div[4]/div[3]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div/section/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/div/artdeco-dropdown/artdeco-dropdown-trigger/button/span',
	'/html/body/div[6]/div[4]/div[3]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div/section/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/div/artdeco-dropdown/artdeco-dropdown-content/div/ul/li[2]/div/artdeco-dropdown-item/span[1]'
]

const mousemoves = [
	[0, 0],
	[10, 10],
	[20, 20],
	[30, 30],
	[40, 40],
	[50, 50],
	[60, 60],
	[70, 70],
	[80, 80],
	[90, 90],
	[100, 100]
]

async function randomMouseMoves(page) {
	for (let index = 0; index < mousemoves.length; index++) {
		const mousemove = mousemoves[index]
		console.log(`mousemove start: ${new Date()}`)
		await page.mouse.move(mousemove[0], mousemove[1])
		console.log(`mousemove end: ${new Date()}`)
	}
}

async function run() {
	const chrome = await startChrome()
	const browser = await getBrowser(chrome)
	const page = await browser.newPage()

	// to move the new tab in background
	const allPages = await browser.pages()
	allPages[0].bringToFront()

	// start execution in the current tab
	await page.goto('https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikramtiwari/')

	for (let index = 0; index < xpaths.length; index++) {
		const xpath = xpaths[index]
		let value = ''
		await randomMouseMoves(page)
		console.log(`${new Date()}`)
		await page.waitForXPath(xpath)
    const element = (await page.$x(xpath))[0]
		if (element) {
			value = await page.evaluate(el => el.innerText, element)
		}
    console.log(`${new Date()} - ${xpath} - ${value}`)
    await element.click()
	}
}

run()

package.json

{
  "name": "poc-chrome-background-throttle",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "chrome-launcher": "^0.11.2",
    "puppeteer": "^1.19.0"
  }
}