Browserless
Browserless is a cloud-hosted service that empowers developers to run scalable, undetectable web automation and data extraction. It seamlessly works with Puppeteer and Playwright, handling infrastructure so you can focus on complex tasks like scraping, testing, and content generation.
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Introduction
Browserless is a fully managed cloud service delivering headless Chrome browsers for developers. It streamlines web automation tasks—including data scraping, testing, PDF creation, and screenshot capture—by eliminating the need to maintain browser infrastructure. The platform integrates smoothly with leading automation libraries like Puppeteer and Playwright and provides APIs for routine operations, along with sophisticated capabilities to avoid bot detection and CAPTCHAs. It manages session isolation, scaling, load distribution, and crash recovery autonomously, ensuring robust and high-performance browser automation.
Key Features
Managed Headless Browsers: Hosts and operates Chrome browsers in the cloud, freeing users from local installation and upkeep.
Supports Puppeteer and Playwright: Designed for compatibility with common automation frameworks, facilitating straightforward adoption of existing code.
Stealth Automation with BrowserQL: Employs advanced methods to circumvent anti-bot systems and CAPTCHAs, ensuring successful automation runs.
Scalable Browser Pool: Access to a vast pool of managed browsers to scale operations seamlessly without losing performance.
Session Isolation and Reconnect: Every session operates in a pristine, isolated context, with features to maintain active browsers and re-establish connections.
APIs for Common Tasks: Simplified RESTful endpoints for generating PDFs, capturing screenshots, fetching HTML, and obtaining Lighthouse analytics.
Use Cases
Automated Testing: Execute dependable, isolated browser tests on a large scale without handling underlying browser setups.
Content Generation: Produce visual materials such as screenshots, PDF documents, and other assets for reports, dashboards, or social media.
AI Chatbot Web Access: Equip AI agents with the ability to fetch current web information for more accurate and timely replies.
Web Scraping and Data Collection: Automate intricate website interactions to gather data while effectively evading anti-scraping protections.
Proxy-Backed Regional Scraping: Utilize built-in or custom proxies to conduct geographically targeted data extraction with consistent reliability.
