Install in the usual Go way:
$ go get -u github.com/chromedp/chromedp
Command click is a chromedp example demonstrating how to use a selector to click on an element.
package main
import (
"context"
"log"
"time"
"github.com/chromedp/chromedp"
)
func main() {
// create chrome instance
ctx, cancel := chromedp.NewContext(
context.Background(),
// chromedp.WithDebugf(log.Printf),
)
defer cancel()
// create a timeout
ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, 15*time.Second)
defer cancel()
// navigate to a page, wait for an element, click
var example string
err := chromedp.Run(ctx,
chromedp.Navigate(`https://pkg.go.dev/time`),
// wait for footer element is visible (ie, page is loaded)
chromedp.WaitVisible(`body > footer`),
// find and click "Example" link
chromedp.Click(`#example-After`, chromedp.NodeVisible),
// retrieve the text of the textarea
chromedp.Value(`#example-After textarea`, &example),
)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
log.Printf("Go's time.After example:\n%s", example)
}
clone, cancel := chromedp.NewContext(ctx)
defer cancel()
fmt.Printf("%s is opening in a new tab\n", url)
if err := chromedp.Run(clone, chromedp.Navigate(url)); err != nil {
// do something nice with you errors!
panic(err)
}
options := append(chromedp.DefaultExecAllocatorOptions[:],
chromedp.Flag(`headless`, false),
chromedp.Flag(`enable-automation`, false),
)
allocCtx, cancel := chromedp.NewExecAllocator(context.Background(), options...)
defer cancel()
ctx, cancel := chromedp.NewContext(allocCtx)
defer cancel()
if err := chromedp.Run(ctx, chromedp.Tasks{
chromedp.Navigate(pageURL),
chromedp.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
}); err != nil {
panic(err)
}