npm package: @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda
Description: Chromium Binary for AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions, forked from @alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda
Author: Kyle McNally
Latest version: 17.1.3
Deprecated: @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda is deprecated. Please migrate to @sparticuz/chromium

# chrome-aws-lambda

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Chromium Binary for AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions

### Difference from alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda

This fork was born out of [alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda#264](https://github.com/alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda/pull/264).
The biggest difference, besides the chromium version, is the inclusion of some code from https://github.com/alixaxel/lambdafs,
as well as dropping that as a dependency. Due to some changes in WebGL, the files in bin/swiftshader.tar.br need to
be extracted to `/tmp` instead of `/tmp/swiftshader`. This necessitated changes in lambdafs.

## Install

```shell
npm install @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda --save-prod
```

This will ship with appropriate binary for the latest stable release of [`puppeteer`](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer) (usually updated within a few days).

You also need to install the corresponding version of `puppeteer-core` (or `puppeteer`):

```shell
npm install puppeteer-core --save-prod
```

If you wish to install an older version of Chromium, take a look at [Versioning](https://github.com/Sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda#versioning).

## Usage

This package works with all the currently supported AWS Lambda Node.js runtimes out of the box.

```javascript
const chromium = require('@sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda');

exports.handler = async (event, context, callback) => {
  let result = null;
  let browser = null;

  try {
    browser = await chromium.puppeteer.launch({
      args: chromium.args,
      defaultViewport: chromium.defaultViewport,
      executablePath: await chromium.executablePath,
      headless: chromium.headless,
      ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
    });

    let page = await browser.newPage();

    await page.goto(event.url || 'https://example.com');

    result = await page.title();
  } catch (error) {
    return callback(error);
  } finally {
    if (browser !== null) {
      await browser.close();
    }
  }

  return callback(null, result);
};
```

### Usage with Playwright

```javascript
const chromium = require('@sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda');
const playwright = require('playwright-core');

(async () => {
  const browser = await playwright.chromium.launch({
    args: chromium.args,
    executablePath: await chromium.executablePath,
    headless: chromium.headless,
  });

  // ...

  await browser.close();
})();
```

You should allocate at least 512 MB of RAM to your Lambda, however 1600 MB (or more) is recommended.

### Running Locally

Please refer to the [Local Development Wiki page](https://github.com/alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda/wiki/HOWTO:-Local-Development) for instructions and troubleshooting.

## API

| Method / Property | Returns              | Description                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `font(url)`       | `{?Promise<string>}` | Provisions a custom font and returns its basename.                                                                                                      |
| `args`            | `{!Array<string>}`   | Provides a list of recommended additional [Chromium flags](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher/blob/master/docs/chrome-flags-for-tools.md). |
| `defaultViewport` | `{!Object}`          | Returns more sensible default viewport settings.                                                                                                        |
| `executablePath`  | `{?Promise<string>}` | Returns the path the Chromium binary was extracted to.                                                                                                  |
| `headless`        | `{!boolean}`         | Returns `true` if we are running on AWS Lambda or GCF.                                                                                                  |
| `puppeteer`       | `{!Object}`          | Overloads `puppeteer` and returns the resolved package.                                                                                                 |

## Fonts

The Amazon Linux 2 AWS Lambda runtime is no longer provisioned with any font faces.

Because of this, this package ships with [Open Sans](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans), which supports the following scripts:

* Latin
* Greek
* Cyrillic

To provision additional fonts, simply call the `font()` method with an absolute path or URL:

```typescript
await chromium.font('/var/task/fonts/NotoColorEmoji.ttf');
// or
await chromium.font('https://raw.githack.com/googlei18n/noto-emoji/master/fonts/NotoColorEmoji.ttf');
```

> `Noto Color Emoji` (or similar) is needed if you want to [render emojis](https://getemoji.com/).

> For URLs, it's recommended that you use a CDN, like [raw.githack.com](https://raw.githack.com/) or [gitcdn.xyz](https://gitcdn.xyz/).

This method should be invoked _before_ launching Chromium.

> On non-serverless environments, the `font()` method is a no-op to avoid polluting the user space.

---

Alternatively, it's also possible to provision fonts via AWS Lambda Layers.

Simply create a directory named `.fonts` and place any font faces you want there:

```
.fonts
├── NotoColorEmoji.ttf
└── Roboto.ttf
```

Afterwards, you just need to ZIP the directory and upload it as a AWS Lambda Layer:

```shell
zip -9 --filesync --move --recurse-paths .fonts.zip .fonts/
```

## Overloading

Since version `8.0.0`, it's possible to [overload puppeteer](/typings/chrome-aws-lambda.d.ts) with the following convenient API:

```typescript
interface Browser {
  defaultPage(...hooks: ((page: Page) => Promise<Page>)[])
  newPage(...hooks: ((page: Page) => Promise<Page>)[])
}

interface BrowserContext {
  defaultPage(...hooks: ((page: Page) => Promise<Page>)[])
  newPage(...hooks: ((page: Page) => Promise<Page>)[])
}

interface Page {
  block(patterns: string[])
  clear(selector: string)
  clickAndWaitForNavigation(selector: string, options?: WaitForOptions)
  clickAndWaitForRequest(selector: string, predicate: string | RegExp, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForRequest(selector: string, predicate: ((request: HTTPRequest) => boolean | Promise<boolean>), options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForResponse(selector: string, predicate: string | RegExp, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForResponse(selector: string, predicate: ((request: HTTPResponse) => boolean | Promise<boolean>), options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  count(selector: string)
  exists(selector: string)
  fillFormByLabel(selector: string, data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormByName(selector: string, data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormBySelector(selector: string, data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormByXPath(selector: string, data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  number(selector: string, decimal?: string, property?: string)
  selectByLabel(selector: string, ...values: string[])
  string(selector: string, property?: string)
  waitForInflightRequests(requests?: number, alpha: number, omega: number, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  waitForText(predicate: string, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  waitUntilVisible(selector: string, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  waitWhileVisible(selector: string, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  withTracing(options: TracingOptions, callback: (page: Page) => Promise<any>)
}

interface Frame {
  clear(selector: string)
  clickAndWaitForNavigation(selector: string, options?: WaitForOptions)
  clickAndWaitForRequest(selector: string, predicate: string | RegExp, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForRequest(selector: string, predicate: ((request: HTTPRequest) => boolean | Promise<boolean>), options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForResponse(selector: string, predicate: string | RegExp, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForResponse(selector: string, predicate: ((request: HTTPResponse) => boolean | Promise<boolean>), options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  count(selector: string)
  exists(selector: string)
  fillFormByLabel(selector: string, data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormByName(selector: string, data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormBySelector(selector: string, data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormByXPath(selector: string, data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  number(selector: string, decimal?: string, property?: string)
  selectByLabel(selector: string, ...values: string[])
  string(selector: string, property?: string)
  waitForText(predicate: string, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  waitUntilVisible(selector: string, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  waitWhileVisible(selector: string, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
}

interface ElementHandle {
  clear()
  clickAndWaitForNavigation(options?: WaitForOptions)
  clickAndWaitForRequest(predicate: string | RegExp, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForRequest(predicate: ((request: HTTPRequest) => boolean | Promise<boolean>), options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForResponse(predicate: string | RegExp, options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  clickAndWaitForResponse(predicate: ((request: HTTPResponse) => boolean | Promise<boolean>), options?: WaitTimeoutOptions)
  fillFormByLabel(data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormByName(data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormBySelector(data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  fillFormByXPath(data: Record<string, boolean | string | string[]>)
  getInnerHTML()
  getInnerText()
  number(decimal?: string, property?: string)
  selectByLabel(...values: string[])
  string(property?: string)
}
```

To enable this behavior, simply call the `puppeteer` property exposed by this package.

> Refer to the [TypeScript typings](/typings/chrome-aws-lambda.d.ts) for general documentation.

## Page Hooks

When overloaded, you can specify a list of hooks to automatically apply to pages.

For instance, to remove the `Headless` substring from the user agent:

```typescript
async function replaceUserAgent(page: Page): Promise<Page> {
  let value = await page.browser().userAgent();

  if (value.includes('Headless') === true) {
    await page.setUserAgent(value.replace('Headless', ''));
  }

  return page;
}
```

And then simply pass that page hook to `defaultPage()` or `newPage()`:

```typescript
let page = await browser.defaultPage(replaceUserAgent);
```

> Additional bundled page hooks can be found on [`/build/hooks`](/source/hooks).

## Versioning

This package is versioned based on the underlying `puppeteer` minor version:

| `puppeteer` Version | `chrome-aws-lambda` Version                   | Chromium Revision                                       |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `17.1.*`            | `npm i @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda@~17.1.1`  | [`1036745`](https://crrev.com/1036745) (`106.0.5249.0`) |
| `16.1.*`            | `npm i @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda@~16.1.0`  | [`1022525`](https://crrev.com/1011831) (`105.0.5173.0`) |
| `15.5.*`            | `npm i @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda@~15.5.0`  | [`1022525`](https://crrev.com/1011831) (`105.0.5173.0`) |
| `14.4.*`            | `npm i @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda@~14.4.1`  | [`1002410`](https://crrev.com/1002410) (`103.0.5058.0`) |
| `14.3.*`            | `npm i @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda@~14.3.0`  | [`1002410`](https://crrev.com/1002410) (`103.0.5058.0`) |
| `14.2.*`            | `npm i @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda@~14.2.0`  | [`1002410`](https://crrev.com/1002410) (`103.0.5058.0`) |
| `14.1.*`            | `npm i @sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda@~14.1.1`  | [`991974`](https://crrev.com/991974) (`102.0.5002.0`)   |
| `10.1.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~10.1.0`             | [`884014`](https://crrev.com/884014) (`92.0.4512.0`)    |
| `10.0.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~10.0.0`             | [`884014`](https://crrev.com/884014) (`92.0.4512.0`)    |
| `9.1.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~9.1.0`              | [`869685`](https://crrev.com/869685) (`91.0.4469.0`)    |
| `9.0.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~9.0.0`              | [`869685`](https://crrev.com/869685) (`91.0.4469.0`)    |
| `8.0.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~8.0.2`              | [`856583`](https://crrev.com/856583) (`90.0.4427.0`)    |
| `7.0.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~7.0.0`              | [`848005`](https://crrev.com/848005) (`90.0.4403.0`)    |
| `6.0.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~6.0.0`              | [`843427`](https://crrev.com/843427) (`89.0.4389.0`)    |
| `5.5.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~5.5.0`              | [`818858`](https://crrev.com/818858) (`88.0.4298.0`)    |
| `5.4.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~5.4.0`              | [`809590`](https://crrev.com/809590) (`87.0.4272.0`)    |
| `5.3.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~5.3.1`              | [`800071`](https://crrev.com/800071) (`86.0.4240.0`)    |
| `5.2.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~5.2.1`              | [`782078`](https://crrev.com/782078) (`85.0.4182.0`)    |
| `5.1.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~5.1.0`              | [`768783`](https://crrev.com/768783) (`84.0.4147.0`)    |
| `5.0.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~5.0.0`              | [`756035`](https://crrev.com/756035) (`83.0.4103.0`)    |
| `3.1.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~3.1.1`              | [`756035`](https://crrev.com/756035) (`83.0.4103.0`)    |
| `3.0.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~3.0.4`              | [`737027`](https://crrev.com/737027) (`81.0.4044.0`)    |
| `2.1.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~2.1.1`              | [`722234`](https://crrev.com/722234) (`80.0.3987.0`)    |
| `2.0.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~2.0.2`              | [`705776`](https://crrev.com/705776) (`79.0.3945.0`)    |
| `1.20.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.20.4`             | [`686378`](https://crrev.com/686378) (`78.0.3882.0`)    |
| `1.19.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.19.0`             | [`674921`](https://crrev.com/674921) (`77.0.3844.0`)    |
| `1.18.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.18.1`             | [`672088`](https://crrev.com/672088) (`77.0.3835.0`)    |
| `1.18.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.18.0`             | [`669486`](https://crrev.com/669486) (`77.0.3827.0`)    |
| `1.17.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.17.1`             | [`662092`](https://crrev.com/662092) (`76.0.3803.0`)    |
| `1.16.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.16.1`             | [`656675`](https://crrev.com/656675) (`76.0.3786.0`)    |
| `1.15.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.15.1`             | [`650583`](https://crrev.com/650583) (`75.0.3765.0`)    |
| `1.14.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.14.0`             | [`641577`](https://crrev.com/641577) (`75.0.3738.0`)    |
| `1.13.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.13.0`             | [`637110`](https://crrev.com/637110) (`74.0.3723.0`)    |
| `1.12.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.12.2`             | [`624492`](https://crrev.com/624492) (`73.0.3679.0`)    |
| `1.11.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.11.2`             | [`609904`](https://crrev.com/609904) (`72.0.3618.0`)    |
| `1.10.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.10.1`             | [`604907`](https://crrev.com/604907) (`72.0.3582.0`)    |
| `1.9.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.9.1`              | [`594312`](https://crrev.com/594312) (`71.0.3563.0`)    |
| `1.8.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.8.0`              | [`588429`](https://crrev.com/588429) (`71.0.3542.0`)    |
| `1.7.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.7.0`              | [`579032`](https://crrev.com/579032) (`70.0.3508.0`)    |
| `1.6.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.6.3`              | [`575458`](https://crrev.com/575458) (`69.0.3494.0`)    |
| `1.5.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.5.0`              | [`564778`](https://crrev.com/564778) (`69.0.3452.0`)    |
| `1.4.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.4.0`              | [`555668`](https://crrev.com/555668) (`68.0.3419.0`)    |
| `1.3.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.3.0`              | [`549031`](https://crrev.com/549031) (`67.0.3391.0`)    |
| `1.2.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.2.0`              | [`543305`](https://crrev.com/543305) (`67.0.3372.0`)    |
| `1.1.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.1.0`              | [`536395`](https://crrev.com/536395) (`66.0.3347.0`)    |
| `1.0.*`             | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~1.0.0`              | [`526987`](https://crrev.com/526987) (`65.0.3312.0`)    |
| `0.13.*`            | `npm i chrome-aws-lambda@~0.13.0`             | [`515411`](https://crrev.com/515411) (`64.0.3264.0`)    |

Patch versions are reserved for bug fixes in `chrome-aws-lambda` and general maintenance.

## Compiling

To compile your own version of Chromium check the [Ansible playbook instructions](_/ansible).

## AWS Lambda Layer

[Lambda Layers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-layers.html) is a new convenient way to manage common dependencies between different Lambda Functions.

The following set of (Linux) commands will create a layer of this package alongside `puppeteer-core`:

```shell
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda.git && \
cd chrome-aws-lambda && \
make chrome_aws_lambda.zip
```

The above will create a `chrome-aws-lambda.zip` file, which can be uploaded to your Layers console.

Alternatively, you can also download the layer artifact from one of our [CI workflow runs](https://github.com/Sparticuz/chrome-aws-lambda/actions/workflows/aws.yml?query=is%3Asuccess+branch%3Amaster).

## Google Cloud Functions

Since version `1.11.2`, it's also possible to use this package on Google/Firebase Cloud Functions.

According to our benchmarks, it's 40% to 50% faster than using the off-the-shelf `puppeteer` bundle.

## Compression

The Chromium binary is compressed using the Brotli algorithm.

This allows us to get the best compression ratio and faster decompression times.

| File          | Algorithm | Level | Bytes     | MiB       | %          | Inflation  |
| ------------- | --------- | ----- | --------- | --------- | ---------- | ---------- |
| `chromium`    | -         | -     | 136964856 | 130.62    | -          | -          |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 1     | 51662087  | 49.27     | 62.28%     | 1.035s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 2     | 50438352  | 48.10     | 63.17%     | 1.016s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 3     | 49428459  | 47.14     | 63.91%     | 0.968s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 4     | 47873978  | 45.66     | 65.05%     | 0.950s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 5     | 46929422  | 44.76     | 65.74%     | 0.938s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 6     | 46522529  | 44.37     | 66.03%     | 0.919s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 7     | 46406406  | 44.26     | 66.12%     | 0.917s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 8     | 46297917  | 44.15     | 66.20%     | 0.916s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Gzip      | 9     | 46270972  | 44.13     | 66.22%     | 0.968s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Zopfli    | 10    | 45089161  | 43.00     | 67.08%     | 0.919s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Zopfli    | 20    | 45085868  | 43.00     | 67.08%     | 0.919s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Zopfli    | 30    | 45085003  | 43.00     | 67.08%     | 0.925s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Zopfli    | 40    | 45084328  | 43.00     | 67.08%     | 0.921s     |
| `chromium.gz` | Zopfli    | 50    | 45084098  | 43.00     | 67.08%     | 0.935s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 0     | 55401211  | 52.83     | 59.55%     | 0.778s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 1     | 54429523  | 51.91     | 60.26%     | 0.757s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 2     | 46436126  | 44.28     | 66.10%     | 0.659s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 3     | 46122033  | 43.99     | 66.33%     | 0.616s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 4     | 45050239  | 42.96     | 67.11%     | 0.692s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 5     | 40813510  | 38.92     | 70.20%     | **0.598s** |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 6     | 40116951  | 38.26     | 70.71%     | 0.601s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 7     | 39302281  | 37.48     | 71.30%     | 0.615s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 8     | 39038303  | 37.23     | 71.50%     | 0.668s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 9     | 38853994  | 37.05     | 71.63%     | 0.673s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 10    | 36090087  | 34.42     | 73.65%     | 0.765s     |
| `chromium.br` | Brotli    | 11    | 34820408  | **33.21** | **74.58%** | 0.712s     |

## License

MIT