Browser API Code Examples

Explore detailed code examples for using Bright Data’s Browser API with various technologies, including Playwright, Puppeteer, and Selenium.

Below are examples of Browser API usage in various scenarios and libraries.

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Nodejs Puppeteer Example

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Basic

Simple scraping of targeted page

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NodeJS

Playwright

#!/usr/bin/env node
const playwright = require('playwright');
const {
    AUTH = 'SBR_ZONE_FULL_USERNAME:SBR_ZONE_PASSWORD',
    TARGET_URL = 'https://example.com',
} = process.env;

async function scrape(url = TARGET_URL) {
    if (AUTH == 'SBR_ZONE_FULL_USERNAME:SBR_ZONE_PASSWORD') {
        throw new Error(`Provide Browser API credentials in AUTH`
            + ` environment variable or update the script.`);
    }
    console.log(`Connecting to Browser...`);
    const endpointURL = `wss://${AUTH}@brd.superproxy.io:9222`;
    const browser = await playwright.chromium.connectOverCDP(endpointURL);
    try {
        console.log(`Connected! Navigating to ${url}...`);
        const page = await browser.newPage();
        await page.goto(url, { timeout: 2 * 60 * 1000 });
        console.log(`Navigated! Scraping page content...`);
        const data = await page.content();
        console.log(`Scraped! Data: ${data}`);
    } finally {
        await browser.close();
    }
}

if (require.main == module) {
    scrape().catch(error => {
        console.error(error.stack || error.message || error);
        process.exit(1);
    });
}