Managing and interacting with pop-up windows using Puppeteer

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Hey everyone! I’m trying to figure out how to deal with pop-up windows in Puppeteer. I want to be able to interact with them and perform some actions. Here’s a basic script I’ve got so far:

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

async function startBrowsing() {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const mainPage = await browser.newPage();
  await mainPage.goto('https://somewebsite.com');
  await mainPage.click('#openPopupButton');
  
  // What do I do next to handle the pop-up?
}

I’ve managed to open the main page and click a button that triggers a pop-up, but I’m stuck on how to actually access and manipulate the pop-up window. Any tips or examples would be super helpful! Thanks in advance!

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I’ve encountered similar challenges with Puppeteer and pop-ups. Here’s an approach that’s worked well for me:

After triggering the pop-up, use browser.waitForTarget() to wait for the new window to open. Then, you can get a handle on the pop-up page like this:

const newTarget = await browser.waitForTarget(target => target.opener() === mainPage.target());
const popupPage = await newTarget.page();

Now you have a popupPage object to work with. You can use standard Puppeteer methods on this object to interact with the pop-up window, such as popupPage.click(), popupPage.type(), etc.

Remember to handle closing the pop-up when you’re done, either by calling popupPage.close() or by interacting with a close button within the pop-up itself.

3

hey FlyingStar! u can use page.waitForTarget() to catch the popup. then use browser.pages() to get all pages and find the new one. here’s a quick example:

const popupTarget = await page.waitForTarget(target => target.url().includes('popup'));
const popupPage = await popupTarget.page();
await popupPage.waitForSelector('#someElement');
// now u can interact with the popup

hope this helps!

4

As someone who’s worked extensively with Puppeteer, I can share a robust approach for handling pop-ups. First, set up a listener for new pages before triggering the pop-up:

const pagePromise = new Promise(x => browser.once('targetcreated', target => x(target.page())));
await mainPage.click('#openPopupButton');
const popupPage = await pagePromise;

This method is reliable and works even if the pop-up takes a while to load. Once you have the popupPage, you can interact with it just like any other page:

await popupPage.waitForSelector('.popup-content');
const popupText = await popupPage.$eval('.popup-content', el => el.textContent);
console.log('Popup content:', popupText);

Remember to handle errors and close the popup when you’re done to avoid memory leaks. This approach has served me well in various projects.