Puppeteer Recorder

Puppeteer recorder is a Chrome extension that records your browser interactions and generates a Puppeteer script. Install it from the Chrome Webstore. This project is pretty fresh, but does the following already:

Records clicks and type events.
Add waitForNavigation, setViewPort and other useful clauses.
Generates a Puppeteer script.
Shows which events are being recorded.
Copy to clipboard.
Offers configuration options.

Note: we only record clicks etc. on a handful of elements, see the elements-to-bind-to.js and dom-events-to-record.js files in the code-generator folder for which events. This collection will be expanded in future releases.

Usage

Click the icon and hit Record.
Hit tab after you finish typing in an input element.
Click links, inputs and other elements.
Wait for full page load on each navigation. The icon will switch from to .
Click Pause when you want to navigate without recording anything. Hit Resume to continue recording.

Background

Writing Puppeteer scripts for scraping, testing and monitoring can be tricky. A recorder / code generator can be helpful, even if the code isn't perfect. This project builds on other projects (see disclaimer below) but add extensibility, configurability and a smoother UI.

Development

Run: git clone https://github.com/checkly/puppeteer-recorder.git
Build the project: cd puppeteer-recorder && npm i && npm run dev
Navigate to chrome://extensions
Make sure 'Developer mode' is checked
Click Load unpacked extension...
Browse to puppeteer-recorder/build and click Select

Credits & disclaimer

Puppeteer recorder is the spiritual successor & love child of segment.io's Daydream and ui recorder.

License