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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.