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Headless Browser for Web Scraping: Usage Features

Playwright puppeteer
  1. Playwright is automation software for Chromium, Firefox, Webkit using the Node.js library having a single API in place.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Playwright.js by Microsoft is a recent alternative to Puppeteer. It positions itself as end-to-end testing for modern web apps. Its primary purpose is testing, and it has an excellent toolset, including the error tracer capable of capturing and investigating the test failure. The same rendering engine works for mobile browsers, desktop, and the cloud. Supported browsers: Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. Supported programming languages: Playwright API can be used with TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, .NET, and Java.

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  2. Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome or Chromium...
    Puppeteer by Google is a Node.js library providing an API for headless browser control via DevTools Protocol. Originally, it was an automated testing library, but it has been successfully used for web scraping. Supported browsers: Chrome / Chromium, limited – Firefox. Supported programming languages: Node.js; has an unofficial Python library, “Pyppeteer.”.

    #Automated Testing #Browser Testing #Software Development 102 social mentions

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