use chrome-launcher for handling the browser.

lib/Browser.js

@@ -1,29 +1,24 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+* Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
+*
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+* You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
+*
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+*     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
+*
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
+* limitations under the License.
- */
+*/
 
-let http = require('http');
+const chromeLauncher = require('chrome-launcher');
-let path = require('path');
-let removeRecursive = require('rimraf').sync;
-let Page = require('./Page');
-let childProcess = require('child_process');
-let Downloader = require('../utils/ChromiumDownloader');
-let Connection = require('./Connection');
 
-let CHROME_PROFILE_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '.dev_profile');
+const Page = require('./Page');
-let browserId = 0;
+const Downloader = require('../utils/ChromiumDownloader');
+const Connection = require('./Connection');
 
 let DEFAULT_ARGS = [
   '--disable-background-timer-throttling',
@@ -36,15 +31,9 @@ class Browser {
   */
   constructor(options) {
     options = options || {};
-    ++browserId;
-    this._userDataDir = CHROME_PROFILE_PATH + browserId;
-    this._remoteDebuggingPort = 9227;
     if (typeof options.remoteDebuggingPort === 'number')
       this._remoteDebuggingPort = options.remoteDebuggingPort;
-    this._chromeArguments = DEFAULT_ARGS.concat([
+    this._chromeArguments = DEFAULT_ARGS;
-      `--user-data-dir=${this._userDataDir}`,
-      `--remote-debugging-port=${this._remoteDebuggingPort}`,
-    ]);
     if (typeof options.headless !== 'boolean' || options.headless) {
       this._chromeArguments.push(...[
         `--headless`,
@@ -54,8 +43,8 @@ class Browser {
     if (typeof options.executablePath === 'string') {
       this._chromeExecutable = options.executablePath;
     } else {
-      let chromiumRevision = require('../package.json').puppeteer.chromium_revision;
+      const chromiumRevision = require('../package.json').puppeteer.chromium_revision;
-      let revisionInfo = Downloader.revisionInfo(Downloader.currentPlatform(), chromiumRevision);
+      const revisionInfo = Downloader.revisionInfo(Downloader.currentPlatform(), chromiumRevision);
       console.assert(revisionInfo, 'Chromium revision is not downloaded. Run npm install');
       this._chromeExecutable = revisionInfo.executablePath;
     }
@@ -98,19 +87,17 @@ class Browser {
   async _ensureChromeIsRunning() {
     if (this._chromeProcess)
       return;
-    this._chromeProcess = childProcess.spawn(this._chromeExecutable, this._chromeArguments, {});
+    this._chromeProcess = await chromeLauncher.launch({
-    let stderr = '';
+      chromeFlags: this._chromeArguments,
-    this._chromeProcess.stderr.on('data', data => stderr += data.toString('utf8'));
+      chromePath: this._chromeExecutable,
+      port: this._remoteDebuggingPort
+    });
+    this._remoteDebuggingPort = this._chromeProcess.port;
     // Cleanup as processes exit.
     process.on('exit', () => this._chromeProcess.kill());
-    this._chromeProcess.on('exit', () => {
+    // this._chromeProcess.on('exit', () => {
-      this._terminated = true;
+    //     this._terminated = true;
-      removeRecursive(this._userDataDir);
+    // });
-    });
-
-    await waitForChromeResponsive(this._remoteDebuggingPort, () => !this._terminated);
-    if (this._terminated)
-      throw new Error('Failed to launch chrome! ' + stderr);
   }
 
   close() {
@@ -121,30 +108,3 @@ class Browser {
 }
 
 module.exports = Browser;
-
-function waitForChromeResponsive(remoteDebuggingPort, shouldWaitCallback) {
-  let fulfill;
-  let promise = new Promise(x => fulfill = x);
-  let options = {
-    method: 'GET',
-    host: 'localhost',
-    port: remoteDebuggingPort,
-    path: '/json/list'
-  };
-  let probeTimeout = 100;
-  sendRequest();
-  return promise;
-
-  function sendRequest() {
-    let req = http.request(options, res => {
-      fulfill();
-    });
-    req.on('error', e => {
-      if (shouldWaitCallback())
-        setTimeout(sendRequest, probeTimeout);
-      else
-        fulfill();
-    });
-    req.end();
-  }
-}

package.json

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "author": "The Chromium Authors",
   "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE",
   "dependencies": {
+    "chrome-launcher": "^0.1.3",
     "extract-zip": "^1.6.5",
     "mime": "^1.3.4",
     "progress": "^2.0.0",