puppeteer/website/versioned_docs/version-19.8.0/api/puppeteer.puppeteernode.md

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sidebar_label: PuppeteerNode
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# PuppeteerNode class

Extends the main [Puppeteer](./puppeteer.puppeteer.md) class with Node specific behaviour for fetching and downloading browsers.

If you're using Puppeteer in a Node environment, this is the class you'll get when you run `require('puppeteer')` (or the equivalent ES `import`).

#### Signature:

```typescript
export declare class PuppeteerNode extends Puppeteer
```

**Extends:** [Puppeteer](./puppeteer.puppeteer.md)

## Remarks

The most common method to use is [launch](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.launch.md), which is used to launch and connect to a new browser instance.

See [the main Puppeteer class](./puppeteer.puppeteer.md) for methods common to all environments, such as [Puppeteer.connect()](./puppeteer.puppeteer.connect.md).

The constructor for this class is marked as internal. Third-party code should not call the constructor directly or create subclasses that extend the `PuppeteerNode` class.

## Example

The following is a typical example of using Puppeteer to drive automation:

```ts
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';

(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto('https://www.google.com');
  // other actions...
  await browser.close();
})();
```

Once you have created a `page` you have access to a large API to interact with the page, navigate, or find certain elements in that page. The [\`page\` documentation](./puppeteer.page.md) lists all the available methods.

## Properties

| Property                                                                | Modifiers             | Type                              | Description |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------- |
| [defaultProduct](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.defaultproduct.md)           | <code>readonly</code> | [Product](./puppeteer.product.md) |             |
| [lastLaunchedProduct](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.lastlaunchedproduct.md) | <code>readonly</code> | [Product](./puppeteer.product.md) |             |
| [product](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.product.md)                         | <code>readonly</code> | string                            |             |

## Methods

| Method                                                                             | Modifiers | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [connect(options)](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.connect.md)                           |           | This method attaches Puppeteer to an existing browser instance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [createBrowserFetcher(options)](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.createbrowserfetcher.md) |           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [defaultArgs(options)](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.defaultargs.md)                   |           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [executablePath(channel)](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.executablepath.md)             |           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [launch(options)](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.launch.md)                             |           | <p>Launches a browser instance with given arguments and options when specified.</p><p>When using with <code>puppeteer-core</code>, [options.executablePath](./puppeteer.launchoptions.executablepath.md) or [options.channel](./puppeteer.launchoptions.channel.md) must be provided.</p> |