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Puppeteer on WSL
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// resource: http://ktkr3d.github.io/2020/01/27/Puppeteer-on-WSL/ | |
// install puppeteer | |
// > npm i -g puppeteer | |
// use chrome from windows: add this to ~/.profile | |
// PATH=/mnt/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Google/Chrome/Application:$PATH | |
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer'); | |
const rimraf = require('rimraf'); | |
const USER_DATA_DIR = 'C:\\temp\\puppeteer_user_data'; | |
const USER_DATA_DIR_WSL = '/mnt/c/temp/puppeteer_user_data'; | |
(async function main() { | |
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ | |
executablePath: 'chrome.exe', | |
userDataDir: USER_DATA_DIR, | |
headless: false, | |
args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox'] | |
}); | |
const page = await browser.newPage(); | |
await page.setViewport({ | |
width: 1920, | |
height: 1080 | |
}); | |
// locate | |
await page.goto('https://www.google.com'); | |
await page.screenshot({ | |
path: 'pptr-screenshot.jpg' | |
}); | |
await browser.close(); | |
})().finally(() => { | |
rimraf(USER_DATA_DIR_WSL, (error) => { | |
if (error) { | |
console.error(error); | |
} | |
console.log('and were done!') | |
}) | |
}); |
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Thanks but this somehow still wont work and gives me an error that chrome instance wasnt able to be spawned. This is still usefull research.