puppeteer/docs/api/puppeteer.browser.md
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sidebar_label: Browser
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# Browser class
[Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md) represents a browser instance that is either:
- connected to via [Puppeteer.connect()](./puppeteer.puppeteer.connect.md) or - launched by [PuppeteerNode.launch()](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.launch.md).
[Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md) [emits](./puppeteer.eventemitter.emit.md) various events which are documented in the [BrowserEvent](./puppeteer.browserevent.md) enum.
#### Signature:
```typescript
export declare abstract class Browser extends EventEmitter<BrowserEvents>
```
**Extends:** [EventEmitter](./puppeteer.eventemitter.md)&lt;[BrowserEvents](./puppeteer.browserevents.md)&gt;
## Remarks
The constructor for this class is marked as internal. Third-party code should not call the constructor directly or create subclasses that extend the `Browser` class.
## Example 1
Using a [Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md) to create a [Page](./puppeteer.page.md):
```ts
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('https://example.com');
await browser.close();
```
## Example 2
Disconnecting from and reconnecting to a [Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md):
```ts
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
// Store the endpoint to be able to reconnect to the browser.
const browserWSEndpoint = browser.wsEndpoint();
// Disconnect puppeteer from the browser.
await browser.disconnect();
// Use the endpoint to reestablish a connection
const browser2 = await puppeteer.connect({browserWSEndpoint});
// Close the browser.
await browser2.close();
```
## Properties
<table><thead><tr><th>
Property
</th><th>
Modifiers
</th><th>
Type
</th><th>
Description
</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>
<span id="connected">connected</span>
</td><td>
`readonly`
</td><td>
boolean
</td><td>
Whether Puppeteer is connected to this [browser](./puppeteer.browser.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="debuginfo">debugInfo</span>
</td><td>
`readonly`
</td><td>
[DebugInfo](./puppeteer.debuginfo.md)
</td><td>
**_(Experimental)_** Get debug information from Puppeteer.
**Remarks:**
Currently, includes pending protocol calls. In the future, we might add more info.
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
## Methods
<table><thead><tr><th>
Method
</th><th>
Modifiers
</th><th>
Description
</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>
<span id="browsercontexts">[browserContexts()](./puppeteer.browser.browsercontexts.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets a list of open [browser contexts](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).
In a newly-created [browser](./puppeteer.browser.md), this will return a single instance of [BrowserContext](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="close">[close()](./puppeteer.browser.close.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Closes this [browser](./puppeteer.browser.md) and all associated [pages](./puppeteer.page.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="createbrowsercontext">[createBrowserContext(options)](./puppeteer.browser.createbrowsercontext.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Creates a new [browser context](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).
This won't share cookies/cache with other [browser contexts](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="defaultbrowsercontext">[defaultBrowserContext()](./puppeteer.browser.defaultbrowsercontext.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets the default [browser context](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).
**Remarks:**
The default [browser context](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md) cannot be closed.
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="disconnect">[disconnect()](./puppeteer.browser.disconnect.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Disconnects Puppeteer from this [browser](./puppeteer.browser.md), but leaves the process running.
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="isconnected">[isConnected()](./puppeteer.browser.isconnected.md)</span>
</td><td>
`deprecated`
</td><td>
Whether Puppeteer is connected to this [browser](./puppeteer.browser.md).
**Deprecated:**
Use [Browser.connected](./puppeteer.browser.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="newpage">[newPage()](./puppeteer.browser.newpage.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Creates a new [page](./puppeteer.page.md) in the [default browser context](./puppeteer.browser.defaultbrowsercontext.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="pages">[pages()](./puppeteer.browser.pages.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets a list of all open [pages](./puppeteer.page.md) inside this [Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md).
If there ar multiple [browser contexts](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md), this returns all [pages](./puppeteer.page.md) in all [browser contexts](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).
**Remarks:**
Non-visible [pages](./puppeteer.page.md), such as `"background_page"`, will not be listed here. You can find them using [Target.page()](./puppeteer.target.page.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="process">[process()](./puppeteer.browser.process.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets the associated [ChildProcess](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#class-childprocess).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="target">[target()](./puppeteer.browser.target.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets the [target](./puppeteer.target.md) associated with the [default browser context](./puppeteer.browser.defaultbrowsercontext.md)).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="targets">[targets()](./puppeteer.browser.targets.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets all active [targets](./puppeteer.target.md).
In case of multiple [browser contexts](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md), this returns all [targets](./puppeteer.target.md) in all [browser contexts](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="useragent">[userAgent()](./puppeteer.browser.useragent.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets this [browser's](./puppeteer.browser.md) original user agent.
[Pages](./puppeteer.page.md) can override the user agent with [Page.setUserAgent()](./puppeteer.page.setuseragent.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="version">[version()](./puppeteer.browser.version.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets a string representing this [browser's](./puppeteer.browser.md) name and version.
For headless browser, this is similar to `"HeadlessChrome/61.0.3153.0"`. For non-headless or new-headless, this is similar to `"Chrome/61.0.3153.0"`. For Firefox, it is similar to `"Firefox/116.0a1"`.
The format of [Browser.version()](./puppeteer.browser.version.md) might change with future releases of browsers.
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="waitfortarget">[waitForTarget(predicate, options)](./puppeteer.browser.waitfortarget.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Waits until a [target](./puppeteer.target.md) matching the given `predicate` appears and returns it.
This will look all open [browser contexts](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<span id="wsendpoint">[wsEndpoint()](./puppeteer.browser.wsendpoint.md)</span>
</td><td>
</td><td>
Gets the WebSocket URL to connect to this [browser](./puppeteer.browser.md).
This is usually used with [Puppeteer.connect()](./puppeteer.puppeteer.connect.md).
You can find the debugger URL (`webSocketDebuggerUrl`) from `http://HOST:PORT/json/version`.
See [browser endpoint](https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/#how-do-i-access-the-browser-target) for more information.
**Remarks:**
The format is always `ws://HOST:PORT/devtools/browser/<id>`.
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>