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How to pass userDataDir profile folder to Puppeteer

rated 0 times [ 29] [ 6] / answers: 1 / hits: 25033 / 7 Years ago, tue, october 24, 2017, 12:00:00

I want to pass a custom profile to Puppeteer.
To start I've tried to pass my real Google Chrome profile:

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({

  userDataDir: '/Users/[USERNAME]/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default',

  headless: false,

  slowMo: 250,

  ...

}

but when the browser opens if I go to Settings it shows Person 1 rather than the data from my Google Chrome profile

The userDataDir path above is what is shown in Profile Path when on Google Chrome I visit chrome://version (where [USERDATA] is my username)

I've tried also userDataDir: '~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default'

I'm using

Puppeteer 0.11.0

Node 8.4.0

NPM 5.2.0

macOS El Capitan 10.11.6

MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015

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answered 7 Years ago eliezerc · Accepted Answer

Using a relative path worked. The path is relative to the folder where you are executing the cli command running the javascript that uses puppeteer:

await puppeteer.launch({

  userDataDir: './myUserDataDir',

})