headless - NodeJS API for Headless Chrome

😎 Easy to use

import startChrome from 'headless';

(async function() {
  const chrome = await startChrome();
  const tab = await chrome.createTab();
  await tab.setDevice('iPhone6Plus');
  await tab.navigate('https://news.ycombinator.com/');

  await tab.capture('./test.png', { clip: '.itemlist > tbody' });
  console.log('saved');

  await tab.close();
  await chrome.close();
}());

🖥 Installation

macOS

Install Chrome 59+ or the latests version of Chrome Canary.

• Chrome 59+ (not out yet)
• Chrome Canary (download)

Then install headless as a dependency using

$ npm install headless --save

Linux

Install Google Chrome (https://askubuntu.com/questions/79280/how-to-install-chrome-browser-properly-via-command-line )

$ sudo apt-get install libxss1 libappindicator1 libindicator7
$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i google-chrome*.deb  # Might show "errors", fixed by next line
$ sudo apt-get install -f

Then install headless as a dependency using

$ npm install headless --save

Windows

coming soon :(

API docs

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Tests

Coming soon