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Supports Linux, Mac and Windows.**\n\n[![npm status](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/the-last-browser-launcher.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/the-last-browser-launcher)\n[![node](https://img.shields.io/node/v/the-last-browser-launcher.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/the-last-browser-launcher)\n[![Travis build status](https://img.shields.io/travis/com/airtap/the-last-browser-launcher.svg?label=travis)](http://travis-ci.com/airtap/the-last-browser-launcher)\n[![JavaScript Style Guide](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-standard-brightgreen.svg)](https://standardjs.com)\n\nThis project is the latest in a long series, each forked from the last:\n\n- [`substack/browser-launcher`](https://github.com/substack/browser-launcher) (lightly maintained)\n- [`benderjs/browser-launcher2`](https://github.com/benderjs/browser-launcher2) (unmaintained).\n- [`james-proxy/james-browser-launcher`](https://github.com/james-proxy/james-browser-launcher) (unmaintained)\n- [`httptoolkit/browser-launcher`](https://github.com/httptoolkit/browser-launcher) (actively maintained)\n\nThey all have their problems. This fork is temporary, meant to consolidate fixes and reduce API surface, after which it will be split up into small, community-owned modules. In other words, this fork exists so that the project can die a good death. Its API is subject to change without warning.\n\n## Supported browsers\n\n- Chrome\n- Chromium\n- Firefox\n- IE (Windows only)\n- Chromium-based Edge (Windows \u0026 Mac only)\n- Brave\n- Opera\n- Safari\n\n## Install\n\n```\nnpm install the-last-browser-launcher\n```\n\n## Example\n\n### Browser launch\n\n```js\nconst launcher = require('the-last-browser-launcher')\n\nlauncher.detect(function(err, manifests) {\n  if (err) throw err\n\n  launcher.launch(manifests[0], 'http://example.com/', function(err, instance) {\n    if (err) throw err\n\n    console.log('Instance started with PID:', instance.pid)\n\n    instance.on('stop', function(code) {\n      console.log('Instance stopped with exit code:', code)\n    })\n  })\n})\n```\n\nOutputs:\n\n```\n$ node example/launch.js\nInstance started with PID: 12345\nInstance stopped with exit code: 0\n```\n\n## API\n\n``` js\nconst launcher = require('the-last-browser-launcher')\n```\n\n### `launcher.detect(callback)`\n\nGet available browsers.\n\n**Parameters:**\n\n- *Function* `callback(err, manifests)`\n\n### `launcher.launch(manifest, uri[, options], callback)`\n\nOpen given URI in a browser and yield an `instance` of it.\n\n**Parameters:**\n\n- *Object* `manifest` - A manifest from `detect()`\n- *String* `uri` - URI to open in a newly started browser\n- *Object* `options`:\n  - *String* `proxy` - URI of the proxy server\n  - *Array* `args` - additional command line arguments\n  - *Boolean* `skipDefaults` - don't supply any default args to browser\n  - *Boolean* `detached` - if true, then killing your script will not kill the opened browser\n  - *Array|String* `noProxy` - An array of strings, containing proxy routes to skip over\n  - *Boolean* `headless` - run in headless mode. Supported cross-platform by Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Brave and Firefox.\n- *Function* `callback(err, instance)`\n\n### `instance`\n\nBrowser instance object.\n\n**Properties:**\n- *Object* `process` - reference to instance's process started with Node's `child_process.spawn` API\n- *Number* `pid` - instance's process PID\n- *Stream* `stdout` - instance's process STDOUT stream\n- *Stream* `stderr` - instance's process STDERR stream\n\n**Events:**\n- `stop` - fired when instance stops\n\n**Methods:**\n- `unref()`\n- `stop(callback)` - stop the instance and fire the callback once stopped\n\n## Known Issues\n\n- IE8: after several starts and stops, if you manually open IE it will come up with a pop-up asking if we want to restore tabs (#21)\n- Chrome @ OSX: it's not possible to launch multiple instances of Chrome at once\n\n## License\n\nMIT\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fairtap%2Fthe-last-browser-launcher","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fairtap%2Fthe-last-browser-launcher","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fairtap%2Fthe-last-browser-launcher/lists"}