Puppeteer

Drive a Steel cloud browser from Puppeteer over CDP in TypeScript.

Puppeteer is Chrome's reference Node.js automation library. The Steel integration attaches Puppeteer to a Steel cloud session through puppeteer.connect(), so page.goto, page.evaluate, page.waitForSelector, and the rest of the surface drive a remote browser. Stealth, proxies, and the live session viewer come from Steel without extra wiring.

The package is puppeteer-core — there's no Chromium to download because the browser lives on Steel.

Requirements

  • Steel API Key: Active Steel subscription
  • Runtime: Node.js 20+
  • Package: puppeteer-core

Connect Steel to Puppeteer

Pass Steel's CDP URL into puppeteer.connect() as browserWSEndpoint. Open a fresh tab with browser.newPage():

Typescript
import puppeteer from "puppeteer-core";

import Steel from "steel-sdk";



const client = new Steel({ steelAPIKey: STEEL_API_KEY });

const session = await client.sessions.create();



const browser = await puppeteer.connect({

  browserWSEndpoint: `${session.websocketUrl}&apiKey=${STEEL_API_KEY}`,

});

const page = await browser.newPage();

Full runnable starter: Steel + Puppeteer recipe →

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