midscene/apps/site/docs/en/integrate-with-puppeteer.mdx

import SetupEnv from './common/setup-env.mdx';

# Integrate with Puppeteer

import { PackageManagerTabs } from '@theme';

[Puppeteer](https://pptr.dev/) is a Node.js library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Firefox over the DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi. Puppeteer runs in the headless (no visible UI) by default but can be configured to run in a visible ("headful") browser.

:::info Demo Project
you can check the demo project of Puppeteer here: [https://github.com/web-infra-dev/midscene-example/blob/main/puppeteer-demo](https://github.com/web-infra-dev/midscene-example/blob/main/puppeteer-demo)

There is also a demo of Puppeteer with Vitest: [https://github.com/web-infra-dev/midscene-example/tree/main/puppeteer-with-vitest-demo](https://github.com/web-infra-dev/midscene-example/tree/main/puppeteer-with-vitest-demo)
:::

<SetupEnv />

## Step 1. install dependencies

<PackageManagerTabs command="install @midscene/web puppeteer tsx --save-dev" />

## Step 2. write scripts

Write and save the following code as `./demo.ts`.

```typescript title="./demo.ts"
import puppeteer from "puppeteer";
import { PuppeteerAgent } from "@midscene/web/puppeteer";

const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
Promise.resolve(
  (async () => {
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
      headless: false, // here we use headed mode to help debug
    });

    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.setViewport({
      width: 1280,
      height: 800,
      deviceScaleFactor: 1,
    });

    await page.goto("https://www.ebay.com");
    await sleep(5000);

    // 👀 init Midscene agent
    const agent = new PuppeteerAgent(page);

    // 👀 type keywords, perform a search
    await agent.aiAction('type "Headphones" in search box, hit Enter');
    await sleep(5000);

    // 👀 understand the page content, find the items
    const items = await agent.aiQuery(
      "{itemTitle: string, price: Number}[], find item in list and corresponding price"
    );
    console.log("headphones in stock", items);

    // 👀 assert by AI
    await agent.aiAssert("There is a category filter on the left");

    await browser.close();
  })()
);
```


## Step 3. run

Using `tsx` to run, you will get the data of Headphones on eBay:

```bash
# run
npx tsx demo.ts

# it should print 
#  [
#   {
#     itemTitle: 'Beats by Dr. Dre Studio Buds Totally Wireless Noise Cancelling In Ear + OPEN BOX',
#     price: 505.15
#   },
#   {
#     itemTitle: 'Skullcandy Indy Truly Wireless Earbuds-Headphones Green Mint',
#     price: 186.69
#   }
# ]
```

For the agent's more APIs, please refer to [API](./API).

## Step 4: view the report

After the above command executes successfully, the console will output: `Midscene - report file updated: /path/to/report/some_id.html`. You can open this file in a browser to view the report.

## More options in PuppeteerAgent constructor

### To limit the popup to the current page

If you want to limit the popup to the current page (like clicking a link with `target="_blank"`), you can set the `forceSameTabNavigation` option to `true`:

```typescript
const mid = new PuppeteerAgent(page, {
  forceSameTabNavigation: true,
});
```

## More

* For all the APIs on the Agent, please refer to [API Reference](./API).
* For more details about prompting, please refer to [Prompting Tips](./prompting-tips)