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Version: 19.8.2

Browser.waitForTarget() method

Searches for a target in all browser contexts.

Signature:​

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

Parameters​

ParameterTypeDescription
predicate(x: Target) => boolean | Promise<boolean>A function to be run for every target.
optionsWaitForTargetOptions(Optional)

Returns:

Promise<Target>

The first target found that matches the predicate function.

Example​

An example of finding a target for a page opened via window.open:

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