Product Information
What is Headless recorder?
Headless Recorder is a popular open-source Chrome extension designed for recording browser interactions and generating Puppeteer & Playwright scripts effortlessly, without the need for coding 🚀.
This free extension makes writing Playwright/Puppteer scripts much easier. It records your browser interactions and automatically generates the code. It's highly useful for creating:
👉 E2E test scripts
👉 Web scraping scripts
👉 Synthetic monitoring scripts
**Features of Headless Recorder:**
- Records clicks, input events, and more.
- Captures screenshots.
- Pauses recording during navigation.
- Identifies elements from overlays.
- Monitors recorded events.
- Exports to Puppeteer code or Inspector.
- Adjustable settings for generated code.
- Light mode available.
**How to Use It:**
1. Click the icon and hit "Record."
2. After filling in input elements, press Tab.
3. Click links, inputs, and other elements.
4. Wait for full page loads on each navigation.
5. To navigate without recording, click "Pause." Hit "Resume" to continue.
The extension is under active development, with future versions adding more events and actions.
Check it out at [https://checklyhq.com/headless-recorder/](https://checklyhq.com/headless-recorder/). If you have feedback or wish to contribute, visit [https://github.com/checkly/headless-recorder](https://github.com/checkly/headless-recorder).
How to use Headless recorder?
Headless Recorder is a Chrome extension that simplifies the writing of Puppeteer and Playwright scripts by recording browser interactions and automatically generating the scripts.
Core Functions of Headless recorder
Record and playback
Recording and playback
Usage Scenarios of Headless recorder
- Create end-to-end test scripts
- Create web scraping scripts
- Create synthetic monitoring scripts
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