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puppeteer: a node.js package to simulate browsers

It can be used for web scrapping as well.

Setting up one:

npm init --yes
npm install puppeteer

Create an index.js page, with the following:

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto('https://yoururlhere.com/');
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'takingasnapshotofyourpagehere.png' });

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