New: Add flag to use default user profile instead

README.md

@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ npm install chrome-launcher
   // * Otherwise, a detected Chrome (stable) will be used
   chromePath: string;
 
-  // (optional) Chrome profile path to use
+  // (optional) Chrome profile path to use, if set to `false` then the default profile will be used.
   // By default, a fresh Chrome profile will be created
-  userDataDir: string;
+  userDataDir: string | boolean;
 
   // (optional) Starting URL to open the browser with
   // Default: `about:blank`

chrome-launcher.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export interface Options {
   port?: number;
   handleSIGINT?: boolean;
   chromePath?: string;
-  userDataDir?: string;
+  userDataDir?: string|boolean;
   logLevel?: string;
   enableExtensions?: boolean;
   connectionPollInterval?: number;
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export class Launcher {
   private fs: typeof fs;
   private rimraf: typeof rimraf;
   private spawn: typeof childProcess.spawn;
+  private useDefaultProfile: boolean;
 
   userDataDir?: string;
   port?: number;
@@ -118,15 +119,28 @@ export class Launcher {
     this.enableExtensions = defaults(this.opts.enableExtensions, false);
     this.connectionPollInterval = defaults(this.opts.connectionPollInterval, 500);
     this.maxConnectionRetries = defaults(this.opts.maxConnectionRetries, 50);
+
+    if (typeof this.opts.userDataDir === 'boolean') {
+      if (!this.opts.userDataDir) {
+        this.useDefaultProfile = true;
+        this.userDataDir = undefined;
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('userDataDir must be false or a path');
+      }
+    } else {
+      this.useDefaultProfile = false;
+      this.userDataDir = this.opts.userDataDir;
+    }
   }
 
   private get flags() {
-    let flags = DEFAULT_FLAGS.concat([
-      `--remote-debugging-port=${this.port}`,
-      // Place Chrome profile in a custom location we'll rm -rf later
+    let flags = DEFAULT_FLAGS.concat([`--remote-debugging-port=${this.port}`]);
+
+    // Place Chrome profile in a custom location we'll rm -rf later
+    if (!this.useDefaultProfile) {
       // If in WSL, we need to use the Windows format
-      `--user-data-dir=${isWsl ? toWinDirFormat(this.userDataDir) : this.userDataDir}`
-    ]);
+      flags.push(`--user-data-dir=${isWsl ? toWinDirFormat(this.userDataDir) : this.userDataDir}`);
+    }
 
     if (this.enableExtensions) {
       flags = flags.filter(flag => flag !== '--disable-extensions');
@@ -153,7 +167,7 @@ export class Launcher {
       throw new Error(`Platform ${platform} is not supported`);
     }
 
-    this.userDataDir = this.opts.userDataDir || this.makeTmpDir();
+    this.userDataDir = this.userDataDir || this.makeTmpDir();
     this.outFile = this.fs.openSync(`${this.userDataDir}/chrome-out.log`, 'a');
     this.errFile = this.fs.openSync(`${this.userDataDir}/chrome-err.log`, 'a');
 

test/chrome-launcher-test.ts

@@ -123,6 +123,25 @@ describe('Launcher', () => {
     assert.ok(!chromeFlags.includes('--disable-extensions'));
   });
 
+  it('removes --user-data-dir if userDataDir is false', async () => {
+    const spawnStub = stub().returns({pid: 'some_pid'});
+
+    const chromeInstance = new Launcher(
+        {userDataDir: false}, {fs: fsMock as any, rimraf: spy() as any, spawn: spawnStub as any});
+    stub(chromeInstance, 'waitUntilReady').returns(Promise.resolve());
+
+    chromeInstance.prepare();
+
+    try {
+      await chromeInstance.launch();
+    } catch (err) {
+      return Promise.reject(err);
+    }
+
+    const chromeFlags = spawnStub.getCall(0).args[1] as string[];
+    assert.ok(!chromeFlags.includes('--user-data-dir'));
+  });
+
   it('throws an error when chromePath is empty', (done) => {
     const chromeInstance = new Launcher({chromePath: ''});
     chromeInstance.launch().catch(() => done());