puppeteer-pool

Resource pool based on generic-pool for Puppeteer.

Creating new phantom instances with puppeteer.launch() can be slow. If you are frequently creating new instances and destroying them, as a result of HTTP requests for example, this module can help by keeping a pool of puppeteer instances alive and making it easy to re-use them across requests.

Install

npm install --save puppeteer-pool

Requires Node v6+

Usage

const createPuppeteerPool = require('puppeteer-pool')

// Returns a generic-pool instance
const pool = createPuppeteerPool({
  max: 10, // default
  min: 2, // default
  // how long a resource can stay idle in pool before being removed
  idleTimeoutMillis: 30000, // default.
  // maximum number of times an individual resource can be reused before being destroyed; set to 0 to disable
  maxUses: 50, // default
  // function to validate an instance prior to use; see https://github.com/coopernurse/node-pool#createpool
  validator: () => Promise.resolve(true), // defaults to always resolving true
  // validate resource before borrowing; required for `maxUses and `validator`
  testOnBorrow: true, // default
  // For all opts, see opts at https://github.com/coopernurse/node-pool#createpool
  puppeteerArgs: []
})

// Automatically acquires a puppeteer instance and releases it back to the
// pool when the function resolves or throws
pool.use(async (browser) => {
  const page = await browser.newPage()
  const status = await page.goto('http://google.com')
  if (!status.ok) {
    throw new Error('cannot open google.com')
  }
  const content = await page.content()
  page.close()
  return content
}).then((content) => {
  console.log(content)
})

// Destroying the pool:
pool.drain().then(() => pool.clear())

// For more API doc, see https://github.com/coopernurse/node-pool#generic-pool

Security

When using puppeteer-pool, you should be aware that the puppeteer instance you are getting might not be in a completely clean state. It could have browser history, cookies or other persistent data from a previous use.

If that is an issue for you, make sure you clean up any sensitive data on the puppeteer instance before returning it to the pool.

Credits

This module is forked from phantom-pool and all phantom related code has been sustituted with puppeteer.