--- sidebar_label: PuppeteerNode --- # 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) | readonly | [Product](./puppeteer.product.md) | | | [lastLaunchedProduct](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.lastlaunchedproduct.md) | readonly | [Product](./puppeteer.product.md) | | | [product](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.product.md) | readonly | 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) | |

Launches a browser instance with given arguments and options when specified.

When using with puppeteer-core, [options.executablePath](./puppeteer.launchoptions.executablepath.md) or [options.channel](./puppeteer.launchoptions.channel.md) must be provided.

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