Package: chromote 0.4.0.9000

Winston Chang

chromote: Headless Chrome Web Browser Interface

An implementation of the 'Chrome DevTools Protocol', for controlling a headless Chrome web browser.

Authors:Winston Chang [aut, cre], Barret Schloerke [aut], Garrick Aden-Buie [aut], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd]

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chromote/json (API)
NEWS

# Install 'chromote' in R:
install.packages('chromote', repos = c('https://posit-dev-shinycoreci.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/rstudio/chromote/issues

Pkgdown site:https://rstudio.github.io

On CRAN:

Conda:

13.82 score 164 stars 28 packages 162 scripts 38k downloads 32 exports 17 dependencies

Last updated 12 hours agofrom:6c6cf66630. Checks:9 OK. Indexed: no.

TargetResultLatest binary
Doc / VignettesOKMar 13 2025
R-4.5-winOKMar 13 2025
R-4.5-macOKMar 13 2025
R-4.5-linuxOKMar 13 2025
R-4.4-winOKMar 13 2025
R-4.4-macOKMar 13 2025
R-4.4-linuxOKMar 13 2025
R-4.3-winOKMar 13 2025
R-4.3-macOKMar 13 2025

Exports:%...!%%...>%%...T!%%...T>%%>%%T>%BrowsercatchChromechrome_versions_addchrome_versions_listchrome_versions_pathchrome_versions_path_cachechrome_versions_removeChromeRemoteChromotechromote_infoChromoteSessiondefault_chrome_argsdefault_chromote_objectfinallyfind_chromeget_chrome_argshas_default_chromote_objectlocal_chrome_versionlocal_chromote_chromepromiseset_chrome_argsset_default_chromote_objectthenwith_chrome_versionwith_chromote_chrome

Dependencies:AsioHeadersclicpp11curlfastmapjsonlitelatermagrittrprocessxpromisespsR6Rcpprlangwebsocketwithrzip

Attaching to existing tabs

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Choosing which Chrome-based browser to use

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Chrome on remote hosts

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chromote

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Commands and events

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Extracting text from a web page

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Loading a page reliably

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Setting custom headers

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Setting custom user agent

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Synchronous vs. asynchronous usage

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Taking a screenshot of a web page

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Websites that require authentication

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Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Browser base classBrowser
Local Chrome processChrome
Chrome versions cache helperschrome_versions chrome_versions_add chrome_versions_path chrome_versions_path_cache chrome_versions_remove
List installed or available Chrome binary versionschrome_versions_list
Remote Chrome processChromeRemote
Chromote classChromote
Show information about the chromote package and Chrome browserchromote_info
chromote Optionschromote-options
ChromoteSession classChromoteSession
Default Chrome argumentsdefault_chrome_args get_chrome_args set_chrome_args
Default Chromote objectdefault_chromote_object has_default_chromote_object set_default_chromote_object
Find path to Chrome or Chromium browserfind_chrome
Use a specific version of Chrome or related binarieslocal_chrome_version local_chromote_chrome with_chrome_version with_chromote_chrome