puppeteer/docs/api/puppeteer.browsercontext.waitfortarget.md

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sidebar_label: BrowserContext.waitForTarget
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# BrowserContext.waitForTarget() method

Waits until a [target](./puppeteer.target.md) matching the given `predicate` appears and returns it.

This will look all open [browser contexts](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).

#### Signature:

```typescript
class BrowserContext {
  waitForTarget(
    predicate: (x: Target) => boolean | Promise<boolean>,
    options?: WaitForTargetOptions
  ): Promise<Target>;
}
```

## Parameters

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Parameter

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Type

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Description

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predicate

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(x: [Target](./puppeteer.target.md)) =&gt; boolean \| Promise&lt;boolean&gt;

</td><td>

</td></tr>
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options

</td><td>

[WaitForTargetOptions](./puppeteer.waitfortargetoptions.md)

</td><td>

_(Optional)_

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**Returns:**

Promise&lt;[Target](./puppeteer.target.md)&gt;

## Example

Finding a target for a page opened via `window.open`:

```ts
await page.evaluate(() => window.open('https://www.example.com/'));
const newWindowTarget = await browserContext.waitForTarget(
  target => target.url() === 'https://www.example.com/'
);
```