Prerender-Example

an example for prerender html page using nodejs + selenium + chrome.

Requirements

• NodeJs >= 9
• Chrome Driver (download page) in working directory or PATH
• Chrome browser that matches driver version

Run example

npm install
node bin/www /path/to/chrome

open http://localhost:3000/page.html, you can see the result render by browser. If you checked Disable JavaScript in browser developer tools, the page will not be rendered.

open http://localhost:3000/page.html?prerender=true, the page will prerendered on server, and don't need to run render scripts on the client.

Usage

renderer a page:

const Renderer = require("kx-prerender/lib/prerender");
const renderer = await Renderer.create("/path/to/chrome", false);
const html = await renderer.render("http://example.com");

Notice: if you will build a service on linux, don't run as root, which will cause chrome to crash unpredictable.