puppeteer/website/versioned_docs/version-18.0.5/api/puppeteer.puppeteernode.executablepath.md

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sidebar_label: PuppeteerNode.executablePath
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# PuppeteerNode.executablePath() method

**Signature:**

```typescript
class PuppeteerNode {
  executablePath(channel?: string): string;
}
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Description       |
| --------- | ------ | ----------------- |
| channel   | string | <i>(Optional)</i> |

**Returns:**

string

A path where Puppeteer expects to find the bundled browser. The browser binary might not be there if the download was skipped with the `PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD` environment variable.

## Remarks

**NOTE** `puppeteer.executablePath()` is affected by the `PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH` and `PUPPETEER_CHROMIUM_REVISION` environment variables.