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Chromium page per handler with Puppeteer and Express.js
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const puppeteer = require('puppeteer'); | |
const express = require('express'); | |
const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler'); | |
(async () => { | |
// initialise Express.js framework | |
const app = express(); | |
// start chromium browser | |
let browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: true}); | |
// browser restart | |
browser.addListener('disconnected', async () => { | |
browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: true}); | |
}); | |
// empty page for preventing browser closing | |
await browser.newPage(); | |
// routes | |
app.get('/', asyncHandler(async (request, response) => { | |
console.log((await browser.pages()).length); | |
const url = request.query.url; | |
// TODO: validation | |
const page = await browser.newPage(); | |
await page.goto(url); | |
const buffer = await page.pdf({format: 'A4'}); | |
await page.close(); | |
response.type('pdf'); | |
response.send(buffer); | |
})); | |
app.listen(3000, function () { | |
console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!'); | |
}); | |
})(); | |
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