puppeteer/docs/api/puppeteer.frame.waitforfunction.md
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Frame.waitForFunction

Frame.waitForFunction() method

Signature:

class Frame {
  waitForFunction<
    Params extends unknown[],
    Func extends EvaluateFunc<Params> = EvaluateFunc<Params>,
  >(
    pageFunction: Func | string,
    options?: FrameWaitForFunctionOptions,
    ...args: Params
  ): Promise<HandleFor<Awaited<ReturnType<Func>>>>;
}

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
pageFunction Func | string the function to evaluate in the frame context.
options FrameWaitForFunctionOptions (Optional) options to configure the polling method and timeout.
args Params arguments to pass to the pageFunction.

Returns:

Promise<HandleFor<Awaited<ReturnType<Func>>>>

the promise which resolve when the pageFunction returns a truthy value.

Example

The waitForFunction can be used to observe viewport size change:

import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';

(async () => {
.  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
.  const page = await browser.newPage();
.  const watchDog = page.mainFrame().waitForFunction('window.innerWidth < 100');
.  page.setViewport({width: 50, height: 50});
.  await watchDog;
.  await browser.close();
})();

To pass arguments from Node.js to the predicate of page.waitForFunction function:

const selector = '.foo';
await frame.waitForFunction(
  selector => !!document.querySelector(selector),
  {}, // empty options object
  selector
);