UWNetworksLab/node-chrome-runner

Name: node-chrome-runner

Owner: UW Networks Lab

Description: A small library to run Chrome

Created: 2015-03-02 19:56:01.0

Updated: 2017-11-14 06:17:59.0

Pushed: 2017-06-20 14:49:37.0

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Size: 17

Language: TypeScript

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README

node-chrome-runner

A small library to run Chrome.

Building the library

tup install  # install npm and third_party tools/libraries
 dist # build the library

Usage

ad with a relative path from the root of the node-chrome-runner repo...
chrome_runner = require('./build/dist/node-chrome-runner/chrome-runner');

ad if it is in your npm path (e.g. if it's in your package dependencies).
chrome_runner = require('node-chrome-runner');

art chrome; returns the child process as `c1.childProcess`...
c = chrome_runner.runChrome();

nsole log the path used to start chrome...
ole.log(c.path);

n chrome with a custom path, and argument to make chrome start
th user directory `tmp/foo` on Mac...
c = chrome_runner.runChrome({
rsions: [chrome_runner.chromePaths.canary],
gs:['--user-data-dir=tmp/foo'],
ocessOptions:{stdio: 'inherit'}


n chrome with a custom path, and argument to make chrome start
th user directory `tmp/foo` on Mac...
c = chrome_runner.runChrome({
th: '/Applications/Google\ Chrome\ Canary.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome\ Canary',
gs:['--user-data-dir=tmp/foo'],
ocessOptions:{stdio: 'inherit'}


 use platform found version, but set the user-data dir...
c = chrome_runner.runChrome({
gs:['--user-data-dir=tmp/foo'],
ocessOptions:{stdio: 'inherit'}


nd a close signal to the started chrome.
ildProcess.kill();