puppeteer/website/versioned_docs/version-19.1.0/api/puppeteer.puppeteernode.connect.md

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sidebar_label: PuppeteerNode.connect
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# PuppeteerNode.connect() method

This method attaches Puppeteer to an existing browser instance.

**Signature:**

```typescript
class PuppeteerNode {
  connect(options: ConnectOptions): Promise<Browser>;
}
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type                                            | Description                                        |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| options   | [ConnectOptions](./puppeteer.connectoptions.md) | Set of configurable options to set on the browser. |

**Returns:**

Promise&lt;[Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md)&gt;

Promise which resolves to browser instance.