Install

Package requires chromedriver to be installed as a dependency in your project.

To install both packages:

npm i -g @jirkakrepl/chimpy chromedriver

Npm package

https://www.npmjs.com/package/@jirkakrepl/chimpy

Old Chromium macOS build

Follow these instructions. macOS Chromium 106 added to the root of this repository Mac_1036822_chrome-mac.zip. Chromium 106 is the latest chromium for chromedriver 106 - latest chromium which works on Node 10.

Chimpy with Chromium on MacOS

It seems that Chrome binary paths is compiled in Chrome driver binary. It should be possible to compile Chromedriver (part of Chromium project) from source. Although it is possible, the steps below are a good workaround.

Install chromedriver as you normally would. Then create empty Google Chrome folder with Chromium launcher script.

mkdir -p /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/
cd /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/
touch Google\ Chrome

paste the following into the file "Google Chrome"

#! /bin/sh

cd /Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS
./Chromium "$@"

Then change the permissions

chmod 755 Google\ Chrome

There should not be any configuration needed in chimpy config file. Chromedriver binary should find chromium launcher script on the path: /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - July 22nd, 2018

The Chimp that you know and love is now being split into two separate projects, both of which are intended to help you deliver higher quality faster.

The first is Chimpy, which will be developed and maintained by TheBrain team. This project will continue evolving and supporting the current thinking behind Chimp 1.x.

The second is Chimp 2.0, which will be developed and maintained by Xolv.io. This project will be built from scratch based on the learnings made while using Chimp 1.x in the field.

For more details about this decision, please see the full announcement here.

Access the documentation site here.