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Puppeteer-extra is a modular plugin framework that wraps Puppeteer (and Playwright) to add extra functionality through a plugin system. It acts as a drop-in replacement for Puppeteer while enabling powerful extensions for stealth, captcha solving, ad blocking, and more.

The most popular plugins include:

puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth Applies various evasion techniques to make the automated browser harder to detect. Patches common detection vectors like navigator.webdriver, Chrome.runtime, WebGL renderer strings, and more. This is the most widely used Puppeteer stealth solution.
puppeteer-extra-plugin-recaptcha Automatically detects and solves reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha challenges using third-party solving services (2captcha, anti-captcha).
puppeteer-extra-plugin-adblocker Blocks ads and trackers to speed up page loading and reduce bandwidth usage during scraping.
puppeteer-extra-plugin-anonymize-ua Randomizes the User-Agent string to avoid fingerprinting.

Key features of the framework:

Drop-in replacement Use puppeteer-extra instead of puppeteer in your imports - existing code works without changes.
Plugin composition Multiple plugins can be stacked and they work together without conflicts.
Playwright support The same plugin system works with Playwright via playwright-extra.
Community plugins Active community creating and maintaining plugins for various use cases.

Puppeteer-extra is the go-to solution for adding stealth capabilities to Puppeteer-based scrapers without rewriting existing code.

Puppeteer is a Node.js library that provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. It allows you to automate browser tasks such as generating screenshots, creating PDFs, and testing web pages by simulating user interactions.

Puppeteer is commonly used for web scraping, end-to-end testing, and browser automation.

Puppeteer is one of the most popular browser automation toolkits though it's only available in NodeJS. It offers asynchronous API which enables easy asynchronous scaling.

Highlights

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Example Use

```javascript const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-extra'); // Add stealth plugin to avoid bot detection const StealthPlugin = require('puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth'); puppeteer.use(StealthPlugin()); // Add recaptcha solving plugin const RecaptchaPlugin = require('puppeteer-extra-plugin-recaptcha'); puppeteer.use(RecaptchaPlugin({ provider: { id: '2captcha', token: 'YOUR_API_KEY' }, })); (async () => { // Launch browser - stealth is applied automatically const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: true }); const page = await browser.newPage(); await page.goto('https://example.com/login'); // If there's a captcha, it will be solved automatically const { solved } = await page.solveRecaptchas(); console.log(`Solved ${solved.length} captchas`); // Regular Puppeteer API works as normal await page.type('#username', 'user@example.com'); await page.type('#password', 'password'); await page.click('#login-button'); await page.waitForNavigation(); console.log('Logged in:', page.url()); await browser.close(); })(); ```

```javascript const puppeteer = require('puppeteer'); (async () => { const browser = await puppeteer.launch(); const page = await browser.newPage(); // go to pages await page.goto('https://www.example.com'); // take a screenshot await page.screenshot({path: 'example.png'}); // fill in the form await page.type('input[name="name"]', 'John Doe'); await page.type('input[name="email"]', 'johndoe@example.com'); await page.select('select[name="country"]', 'US'); // submit the form await page.click('button[type="submit"]'); // wait for the page to load after the form is submitted await page.waitForNavigation(); // take a screenshot await page.screenshot({path: 'form-submission.png'}); await browser.close(); })(); ```