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78 lines
7.1 KiB
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sidebar_label: Browser
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# Browser class
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A Browser is created when Puppeteer connects to a browser instance, either through [PuppeteerNode.launch()](./puppeteer.puppeteernode.launch.md) or [Puppeteer.connect()](./puppeteer.puppeteer.connect.md).
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#### Signature:
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```typescript
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export declare class Browser extends EventEmitter
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```
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**Extends:** [EventEmitter](./puppeteer.eventemitter.md)
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## Remarks
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The Browser class extends from Puppeteer's [EventEmitter](./puppeteer.eventemitter.md) class and will emit various events which are documented in the [BrowserEmittedEvents](./puppeteer.browseremittedevents.md) enum.
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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.
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## Example 1
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An example of using a [Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md) to create a [Page](./puppeteer.page.md):
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```ts
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import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
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(async () => {
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const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
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const page = await browser.newPage();
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await page.goto('https://example.com');
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await browser.close();
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})();
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```
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## Example 2
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An example of disconnecting from and reconnecting to a [Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md):
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```ts
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import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
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(async () => {
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const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
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// Store the endpoint to be able to reconnect to the browser.
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const browserWSEndpoint = browser.wsEndpoint();
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// Disconnect puppeteer from the browser.
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browser.disconnect();
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// Use the endpoint to reestablish a connection
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const browser2 = await puppeteer.connect({browserWSEndpoint});
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// Close the browser.
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await browser2.close();
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})();
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```
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## Methods
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| Method | Modifiers | Description |
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| [browserContexts()](./puppeteer.browser.browsercontexts.md) | | Returns an array of all open browser contexts. In a newly created browser, this will return a single instance of [BrowserContext](./puppeteer.browsercontext.md). |
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| [close()](./puppeteer.browser.close.md) | | Closes the browser and all of its pages (if any were opened). The [Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md) object itself is considered to be disposed and cannot be used anymore. |
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| [createIncognitoBrowserContext(options)](./puppeteer.browser.createincognitobrowsercontext.md) | | Creates a new incognito browser context. This won't share cookies/cache with other browser contexts. |
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| [defaultBrowserContext()](./puppeteer.browser.defaultbrowsercontext.md) | | Returns the default browser context. The default browser context cannot be closed. |
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| [disconnect()](./puppeteer.browser.disconnect.md) | | Disconnects Puppeteer from the browser, but leaves the browser process running. After calling <code>disconnect</code>, the [Browser](./puppeteer.browser.md) object is considered disposed and cannot be used anymore. |
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| [isConnected()](./puppeteer.browser.isconnected.md) | | Indicates that the browser is connected. |
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| [newPage()](./puppeteer.browser.newpage.md) | | Promise which resolves to a new [Page](./puppeteer.page.md) object. The Page is created in a default browser context. |
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| [pages()](./puppeteer.browser.pages.md) | | An array of all open pages inside the Browser. |
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| [process()](./puppeteer.browser.process.md) | | The spawned browser process. Returns <code>null</code> if the browser instance was created with [Puppeteer.connect()](./puppeteer.puppeteer.connect.md). |
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| [target()](./puppeteer.browser.target.md) | | The target associated with the browser. |
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| [targets()](./puppeteer.browser.targets.md) | | All active targets inside the Browser. In case of multiple browser contexts, returns an array with all the targets in all browser contexts. |
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| [userAgent()](./puppeteer.browser.useragent.md) | | The browser's original user agent. Pages can override the browser user agent with [Page.setUserAgent()](./puppeteer.page.setuseragent.md). |
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| [version()](./puppeteer.browser.version.md) | | A string representing the browser name and version. |
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| [waitForTarget(predicate, options)](./puppeteer.browser.waitfortarget.md) | | Searches for a target in all browser contexts. |
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| [wsEndpoint()](./puppeteer.browser.wsendpoint.md) | | The browser websocket endpoint which can be used as an argument to [Puppeteer.connect()](./puppeteer.puppeteer.connect.md). |
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