Configure Puppeteer executablePath chrome in your local Windows

Question

Puppeteer version : 1.11.0
Platform / OS version: Windows 10 pro
Node.js version: 12.6.6

When I did a local development test in windows, happen was problem in executablePath.

"Failed to launch chrome! spawn /usr/bin/chromium-browser ENOENT"

I saw for windows needs to get complete path. Otherwise cannot find chrome.exe

Default in code:

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({executablePath: '/path/to/Chrome'});

In windows it worked thus:

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({executablePath: 'C:\\your_workspace\\node_modules\\puppeteer\\.local-chromium\\win64-(version)\\chrome-win\\chrome.exe'});

In visual code suggest the path

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I confirm that's solution worked correctly in my case – Nellonidas Jan 28 '20 at 12:21 — Nellonidas, Jan 28 '20 at 12:21

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '21 at 12:32

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You can also set the environment variable PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH.

This is useful in conjunction with PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD set to true

answered Mar 01 '21 at 12:32

chetbox

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thank you for this env tip i can use now chrome as background browser :D – bharat savani Jul 07 '21 at 06:45

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '20 at 07:49

Maybe this can help:

const osPlatform = os.platform(); // possible values are: 'darwin', 'freebsd', 'linux', 'sunos' or 'win32'
console.log('Scraper running on platform: ', osPlatform);
let executablePath;
if (/^win/i.test(osPlatform)) {
  executablePath = '';
} else if (/^linux/i.test(osPlatform)) {
  executablePath = '/usr/bin/google-chrome';
}

Configure Puppeteer executablePath chrome in your local Windows

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