How to render an HTML file locally with Puppeteer?

To render an HTML file locally using Puppeteer, you can follow these steps:

  1. Install Puppeteer in your project by running the following command in your terminal:
npm install puppeteer
  1. Create a new JavaScript file (e.g., renderHtml.js) and add the following code to it:
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer'); (async () => { const browser = await puppeteer.launch(); const page = await browser.newPage(); const filePath = 'file:///path/to/your/html/file.html'; // Update this with the path to your HTML file await page.goto(filePath, { waitUntil: 'networkidle2' }); await page.screenshot({path: 'renderedPage.png'}); // Save a screenshot of the rendered HTML file console.log('Page rendered successfully!'); await browser.close(); })();
  1. Update the filePath variable with the path to your HTML file that you want to render.

  2. Run the JavaScript file using Node.js in your terminal:

node renderHtml.js

This will launch a headless browser with Puppeteer, navigate to the specified HTML file, wait for the network to be idle, take a screenshot of the rendered page, and save it as renderedPage.png in your project directory. You can modify the code to perform additional actions on the rendered HTML file as needed.