puppeteer-jsonrpc

A console-based JSON-RPC 2.0 server for controlling Puppeteer via stdin/stdout.

Installation

# Install globally
npm install -g puppeteer-jsonrpc

# Install Chrome for Puppeteer (needed before first use)
npx [email protected] browsers install chrome

# Or run directly with npx
npx puppeteer-jsonrpc

Usage

This package provides a JSON-RPC 2.0 interface to control Puppeteer through stdin/stdout, making it easy to automate browser tasks from any language or environment.

// Example of sending a command
const command = {
  jsonrpc: '2.0',
  id: 1,
  method: 'goto',
  params: {
    url: 'https://example.com'
  }
};

// Write to stdin of the process
process.stdin.write(JSON.stringify(command) + '\n');

Available Methods

• goto: Navigate to a URL

  • Params: { url: string }

• getConsole: Get console messages from the page

  • Params: None

• takeScreenshot: Take a screenshot

  • Params: { fullPage?: boolean }

• getAccessibilitySnapshot: Get accessibility snapshot of the page

  • Params: None

• clickElement: Click an element identified by accessibility properties

  • Params: { name: string, role: string }

License

MIT

Publishing

https://jetbrains.team/p/crl/packages/npm/darkmatter/puppeteer-jsonrpc https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-jsonrpc