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Phantomjs vs puppeteer

A side-by-side look at Phantomjs and puppeteer. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Phantomjs

Phantomjs

Development

PhantomJS is an open-source headless web browser scriptable with JavaScript. It is used for automating web page interactions, testing, web scraping, and capturing website screenshots. PhantomJS implements web standards and runs the latest web technologies without requiring a visual browser.

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puppeteer

puppeteer

Development

Puppeteer is a Node.js library developed by Google which provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. It allows developers to automate browser testing and scraping tasks.

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