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Puppeteer

Controls Chrome from code: screenshots, PDFs and automation.

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Node library that controls Chrome and Firefox over a protocol, used for automation, PDF generation and screenshots.

When to use

To generate PDFs and screenshots and automate tasks in Chrome via Node.

When to avoid

For complete E2E test suites across several browsers; Playwright is more complete.

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