Replace Playwright server with a pre-built image

changedetectionio/content_fetcher.py

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class html_playwright(Fetcher):
         self.browser_type = os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE", 'chromium').strip('"')
         self.command_executor = os.getenv(
             "PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL",
-            'ws://playwright-server:4444/playwright'
+            'ws://playwright-chrome:3000/playwright'
         ).strip('"')
 
         # If any proxy settings are enabled, then we should setup the proxy object

docker-compose.yml

@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ services:
   #             https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/api.html#module-selenium.webdriver.common.proxy
   #
   #       Alternative Playwright URL, do not use "'s or 's!
-  #      - PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL=ws://playwright-server:4444/playwright
-  #
-  #       Alternative Playwright Browser Type, must match with PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE in the playwright-server service
-  #       See https://playwright.dev/docs/browsers
-  #      - PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE=chromium
+  #      - PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL=ws://playwright-chrome:3000/playwright
   #
   #       Playwright proxy settings playwright_proxy_server, playwright_proxy_bypass, playwright_proxy_username, playwright_proxy_password
   #
@@ -71,18 +67,12 @@ services:
 #            - /dev/shm:/dev/shm
 #        restart: unless-stopped
 
-#    playwright-server:
-#        hostname: playwright-server
-#        build: ./playwright
-#        environment:
-#            - PLAYWRIGHT_PORT=4444
-#            # Must match with PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE in the changedetection service
-#            - PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE=chromium
-#        ipc: host
-#        user: pwuser
-#        security_opt:
-#            - seccomp:./playwright/seccomp_profile.json
-#        restart: unless-stopped
+     # Used for fetching pages via Playwright+Chrome where you need Javascript support.
+
+    playwright-chrome:
+        hostname: playwright-chrome
+        image: browserless/chrome
+        restart: unless-stopped
 
 volumes:
   changedetection-data:

playwright/Dockerfile

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.20.0-focal
-
-WORKDIR /server
-RUN npm install playwright
-COPY server.js .
-
-ENV PLAYWRIGHT_PORT=4444
-ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE=chromium
-ENV PLAYWRIGHT_HEADLESS=true
-
-EXPOSE ${PLAYWRIGHT_PORT}
-
-CMD [ "node", "server.js" ]

playwright/seccomp_profile.json

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "comment": "Allow create user namespaces",
-  "names": [
-    "clone",
-    "setns",
-    "unshare"
-  ],
-  "action": "SCMP_ACT_ALLOW",
-  "args": [],
-  "includes": {},
-  "excludes": {}
-}

playwright/server.js

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-const playwright = require('playwright');
-
-const port = parseInt(process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_PORT) || 4444;
-const browserType = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE?.toLowerCase() || 'chromium';
-const headless = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_HEADLESS?.toLowerCase() === 'true' || true;
-const wsPath = 'playwright';
-console.log('using port:', port, 'browser:', browserType, 'headless:', headless, 'wspath:', wsPath);
-
-const serverPromise = playwright[browserType].launchServer({ headless: headless, port: port, wsPath: wsPath });
-serverPromise.then(bs => console.log(bs.wsEndpoint()));