@chegger/node-obscura

Tiny Node.js wrapper around the Obscura browser binary.

It downloads the matching Obscura release artifact at install time and exposes a small runtime API so you can start obscura serve and connect with Playwright or Puppeteer over CDP.

Install

npm install @chegger/node-obscura

Supported today:

• Linux x64
• macOS arm64
• macOS x64

Usage

const { chromium } = require('playwright-core');
const { startObscura } = require('@chegger/node-obscura');

async function main() {
  const obscura = await startObscura({ stealth: true });
  const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP(obscura.endpoint);

  try {
    const context = browser.contexts()[0] || (await browser.newContext());
    const page = await context.newPage();
    await page.goto('https://example.com');
    console.log(await page.title());
  } finally {
    await browser.close();
    await obscura.close();
  }
}

main().catch((error) => {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
});

API

getBinaryPath()

Returns the installed Obscura binary path for the current platform.

startObscura(options?)

Starts obscura serve and resolves when the CDP endpoint is ready.

Options:

• port?: number
• host?: string
• stealth?: boolean
• startupTimeoutMs?: number
• extraArgs?: string[]

Returns:

{
  endpoint: string;
  wsEndpoint: string;
  close: () => Promise<void>;
}

Environment variables

• OBSCURA_RELEASE_TAG overrides the release tag to download. Default: v0.1.1
• OBSCURA_DOWNLOAD_BASE_URL overrides the GitHub release base URL
• NODE_OBSCURA_SKIP_DOWNLOAD=1 skips binary download during install

Notes

• This package does not bundle playwright-core or puppeteer-core; install your preferred CDP client separately.
• The package currently downloads upstream release binaries rather than building Obscura from source.