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[BUG] Cannot install chromium on Cloud Functions

See original GitHub issue

Context:

Playwright Version: v1.6.1
Operating System: Linux
Node.js version: v12.18.4
Browser: Chromium
Extra: PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0

Code Snippet

const playwright = require('playwright-chromium');
exports.capture = (req, res) => {
    capturePage(res)
};

function capturePage(res) {
    (async () => {
        const browser = await playwright.chromium.launch({
            args: ["--no-sandbox"],
        });
        const page = await browser.newPage();
        await page.goto('http://whatsmyuseragent.org/');
        await page.screenshot({ path: `/tmp/example.png` });
        await browser.close();
    })();
}

Describe the bug

I tried three libraries with Node 12.

puppeteer
playwright-aws-lambda
playwright-chromium

puppeteer and playwright-aws-lambda are work fine.

playwright-chromium is not work.

I guess download failed.

Error

2020-11-15 18:46:06.530 JSTcapturema7fim0d6js8 browserType.launch: Failed to launch chromium because executable doesn't exist at /workspace/node_modules/playwright-chromium/.local-browsers/chromium-823944/chrome-linux/chrome
browserType.launch: Failed to launch chromium because executable doesn't exist at /workspace/node_modules/playwright-chromium/.local-browsers/chromium-823944/chrome-linux/chrome
2020-11-15 18:46:06.530 JSTcapturema7fim0d6js8 Try re-installing playwright with "npm install playwright"

I use environment variables

PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0

Any solution?

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:9 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

sakebookcommented, Nov 21, 2020

You tell it not to download Playwright, so it doesn’t. And then it can’t launch!

I’m using PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH, not PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD .

I think PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0 mean install to node_modules/${PACKAGE}/.local-browsers.

https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/master/docs/api.md#environment-variables

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pavelfeldmancommented, Jul 12, 2021

I’ll close this as a part of the bug triaging process. We have hundreds of bugs and feature requests with dozens and even hundreds of upvotes, while this one only has a few thumbs up. Please feel free to open a new bug and link this one if you’d like to see it addressed.