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dgtlmoonandClaude Opus 5 ba2280ba81 External CDP Browser engine - replaces the extra_browser_* hackery
An "extra browser" was a name + a ws(s):// endpoint in settings.requests.extra_browsers,
selected by a watch as the magic string 'extra_browser_<name>'. That string resolved to
html_webdriver plus a custom connection URL, which meant the protocol the endpoint was
spoken to came from env vars rather than from the entry: CDP over a WebSocket with
PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL set, CDP via pyppeteer with FAST_PUPPETEER_CHROME_FETCHER, and the
W3C WebDriver protocol over HTTP on a Selenium-only install - where a wss:// URL cannot
work at all. The form only ever accepted ws:// / wss://, so the feature was silently
broken on exactly the installs that could not honour it.

So it becomes an engine, html_external_cdp, which pins the protocol: a subclass of the
Playwright fetcher that takes its endpoint from the watch's browser config
(FetcherConfig.connection_url) instead of the environment. It is base-only
(ready_to_use=False) because an endpoint is required, so each endpoint is one browser
config ("variation") on the Browsers page - which is what the old settings list was.

update_36 migrates each extra_browsers row to such a variation, keyed by the SAME
'extra_browser_<name>' string watches already hold, so no watch, group override, API value
or global default needs rewriting; the legacy selector simply becomes a real browser-config
id. A row whose endpoint the model rejects is logged and skipped rather than taking the
update chain, and with it startup, down.

Knock-on cleanups, all of which delete a special case rather than add one:

 - The proxy opt-out for custom endpoints is now Fetcher.ignores_proxy_setting, asked of
   the engine, instead of a string-prefix test in call_browser().
 - A live browser-steps / visual-selector session asks the engine where to connect
   (Fetcher.browser_steps_connection_url, overridden by html_external_cdp) and refuses an
   engine whose supports_browser_steps is False, instead of reading the env var itself and
   silently stepping a browser the watch does not check with. That refusal is real: on a
   Selenium install html_webdriver cannot drive a live session.
 - is_valid_browser_selector() answers "may a watch store this in fetch_backend?" in one
   place; the API (create/update/import), the quick-add form validator and the bulk "set
   browser" operation each had their own copy, which is how they came to disagree about
   whether a browser-config id was acceptable.
 - api-spec.yaml's fetch_backend pattern enumerated extra_browser_* while rejecting
   browser-config ids and every engine newer than html_webdriver. Valid values are
   per-install, so the schema now bounds the string and the handlers do the real check.
 - html_external_cdp registers unconditionally (unlike html_playwright_builtin): migrated
   configs name it, so it must resolve even without the playwright library, or those
   watches would quietly fetch with the plain HTTP client. The library is imported lazily
   inside run(), and an unavailable engine now warns instead of falling back silently.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-17 19:39:16 +02:00

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import asyncio
import gc
import json
import os
from urllib.parse import urlparse
from loguru import logger
from changedetectionio.content_fetchers import SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT_DEFAULT, visualselector_xpath_selectors, \
SCREENSHOT_SIZE_STITCH_THRESHOLD, SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT, XPATH_ELEMENT_JS, INSTOCK_DATA_JS, FAVICON_FETCHER_JS
from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.base import Fetcher, get_playwright_bypass_csp, manage_user_agent
from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.exceptions import PageUnloadable, Non200ErrorCodeReceived, EmptyReply, ScreenshotUnavailable, \
BrowserStepsStepException
async def capture_full_page_async(page, screenshot_format='JPEG', watch_uuid=None, lock_viewport_elements=False):
import os
import time
start = time.time()
watch_info = f"[{watch_uuid}] " if watch_uuid else ""
setup_start = time.time()
page_height = await page.evaluate("document.documentElement.scrollHeight")
page_width = await page.evaluate("document.documentElement.scrollWidth")
original_viewport = page.viewport_size
dimensions_time = time.time() - setup_start
logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Playwright viewport size {page.viewport_size} page height {page_height} page width {page_width} (got dimensions in {dimensions_time:.2f}s)")
# Use an approach similar to puppeteer: set a larger viewport and take screenshots in chunks
step_size = SCREENSHOT_SIZE_STITCH_THRESHOLD # Size that won't cause GPU to overflow
screenshot_chunks = []
y = 0
elements_locked = False
# Only lock viewport elements if explicitly enabled (for image_ssim_diff processor)
# This prevents headers/ads from resizing when viewport changes
if lock_viewport_elements and page_height > page.viewport_size['height']:
lock_start = time.time()
lock_elements_js_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'res', 'lock-elements-sizing.js')
with open(lock_elements_js_path, 'r') as f:
lock_elements_js = f.read()
await page.evaluate(lock_elements_js)
elements_locked = True
lock_time = time.time() - lock_start
logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Viewport element locking enabled (took {lock_time:.2f}s)")
if page_height > page.viewport_size['height']:
if page_height < step_size:
step_size = page_height # Incase page is bigger than default viewport but smaller than proposed step size
# Never set viewport taller than our max capture height - otherwise one screenshot chunk
# captures the whole (e.g. 8098px) page even when SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT=1000
step_size = min(step_size, SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT)
viewport_start = time.time()
logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Setting bigger viewport to step through large page width W{page.viewport_size['width']}xH{step_size} because page_height > viewport_size")
# Set viewport to a larger size to capture more content at once
await page.set_viewport_size({'width': page.viewport_size['width'], 'height': step_size})
viewport_time = time.time() - viewport_start
logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Viewport changed to {page.viewport_size['width']}x{step_size} (took {viewport_time:.2f}s)")
# Capture screenshots in chunks up to the max total height
capture_start = time.time()
chunk_times = []
# Use PNG for better quality (no compression artifacts), JPEG for smaller size
screenshot_type = screenshot_format.lower() if screenshot_format else 'jpeg'
# PNG should use quality 100, JPEG uses configurable quality
screenshot_quality = 100 if screenshot_type == 'png' else int(os.getenv("SCREENSHOT_QUALITY", 72))
while y < min(page_height, SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT):
# Only scroll if not at the top (y > 0)
if y > 0:
await page.evaluate(f"window.scrollTo(0, {y})")
# Request GC only before screenshot (not 3x per chunk)
await page.request_gc()
screenshot_kwargs = {
'type': screenshot_type,
'full_page': False
}
# Only pass quality parameter for jpeg (PNG doesn't support it in Playwright)
if screenshot_type == 'jpeg':
screenshot_kwargs['quality'] = screenshot_quality
chunk_start = time.time()
screenshot_chunks.append(await page.screenshot(**screenshot_kwargs))
chunk_time = time.time() - chunk_start
chunk_times.append(chunk_time)
logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Chunk {len(screenshot_chunks)} captured in {chunk_time:.2f}s")
y += step_size
# Restore original viewport size
await page.set_viewport_size({'width': original_viewport['width'], 'height': original_viewport['height']})
# Unlock element dimensions if they were locked
if elements_locked:
unlock_elements_js_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'res', 'unlock-elements-sizing.js')
with open(unlock_elements_js_path, 'r') as f:
unlock_elements_js = f.read()
await page.evaluate(unlock_elements_js)
logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Element dimensions unlocked after screenshot capture")
capture_time = time.time() - capture_start
total_capture_time = sum(chunk_times)
logger.debug(f"{watch_info}All {len(screenshot_chunks)} chunks captured in {capture_time:.2f}s (total chunk time: {total_capture_time:.2f}s)")
# If we have multiple chunks, stitch them together
if len(screenshot_chunks) > 1:
stitch_start = time.time()
logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Starting stitching of {len(screenshot_chunks)} chunks")
# Always use spawn subprocess for ANY stitching (2+ chunks)
# PIL allocates at C level and Python GC never releases it - subprocess exit forces OS to reclaim
# Trade-off: 35MB resource_tracker vs 500MB+ PIL leak in main process
from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.screenshot_handler import stitch_images_worker_raw_bytes
import multiprocessing
import struct
ctx = multiprocessing.get_context('spawn')
parent_conn, child_conn = ctx.Pipe()
p = ctx.Process(target=stitch_images_worker_raw_bytes, args=(child_conn, page_height, SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT))
p.start()
# Send via raw bytes (no pickle)
parent_conn.send_bytes(struct.pack('I', len(screenshot_chunks)))
for chunk in screenshot_chunks:
parent_conn.send_bytes(chunk)
screenshot = parent_conn.recv_bytes()
p.join()
parent_conn.close()
child_conn.close()
del p, parent_conn, child_conn
stitch_time = time.time() - stitch_start
total_time = time.time() - start
setup_time = total_time - capture_time - stitch_time
logger.debug(
f"{watch_info}Screenshot complete - Page height: {page_height}px, Capture height: {SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT}px | "
f"Setup: {setup_time:.2f}s, Capture: {capture_time:.2f}s, Stitching: {stitch_time:.2f}s, Total: {total_time:.2f}s")
return screenshot
total_time = time.time() - start
setup_time = total_time - capture_time
logger.debug(
f"{watch_info}Screenshot complete - Page height: {page_height}px, Capture height: {SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT}px | "
f"Setup: {setup_time:.2f}s, Single chunk: {capture_time:.2f}s, Total: {total_time:.2f}s")
return screenshot_chunks[0]
class fetcher(Fetcher):
fetcher_description = "Playwright {}/Javascript".format(
os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE", 'chromium').capitalize()
)
if os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL"):
fetcher_description += " via '{}'".format(os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL"))
browser_type = ''
command_executor = ''
# Configs for Proxy setup
# In the ENV vars, is prefixed with "playwright_proxy_", so it is for example "playwright_proxy_server"
playwright_proxy_settings_mappings = ['bypass', 'server', 'username', 'password']
proxy = None
# Capability flags
supports_browser_steps = True
supports_screenshots = True
supports_xpath_element_data = True
supports_request_blocking = True
# When True, _get_browser() launches a local browser instead of connecting to a remote
# CDP endpoint (overridden by the html_playwright_builtin subclass).
local_launch = False
async def _get_browser(self, browser_type):
"""Acquire a Playwright browser. Default: connect to the configured remote CDP endpoint.
Subclasses (local launch) override this. Kept as the single seam so the tuned run()
body is shared."""
return await browser_type.connect_over_cdp(self.browser_connection_url, timeout=60000)
def _resolve_browser_type_name(self):
"""chromium/firefox/webkit - from the browser_config when the engine supports choosing
it (local launch), else the env default."""
bc = getattr(self, 'browser_config', None)
if bc is not None and getattr(bc, 'browser_type', None) and self.supports_browser_type:
return bc.browser_type
return self.browser_type
@classmethod
def get_status_icon_data(cls):
"""Return Chrome browser icon data for Playwright fetcher."""
return {
'filename': 'google-chrome-icon.png',
'alt': 'Using a Chrome browser',
'title': 'Using a Chrome browser'
}
def __init__(self, proxy_override=None, custom_browser_connection_url=None, **kwargs):
super().__init__(**kwargs)
self.browser_type = os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE", 'chromium').strip('"')
if custom_browser_connection_url:
self.browser_connection_is_custom = True
self.browser_connection_url = custom_browser_connection_url
else:
# Fallback to fetching from system
# .strip('"') is going to save someone a lot of time when they accidently wrap the env value
self.browser_connection_url = os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL", 'ws://playwright-chrome:3000').strip('"')
# If any proxy settings are enabled, then we should setup the proxy object
proxy_args = {}
for k in self.playwright_proxy_settings_mappings:
v = os.getenv('playwright_proxy_' + k, False)
if v:
proxy_args[k] = v.strip('"')
if proxy_args:
self.proxy = proxy_args
# allow per-watch proxy selection override
if proxy_override:
self.proxy = {'server': proxy_override}
if self.proxy:
# Playwright needs separate username and password values
parsed = urlparse(self.proxy.get('server'))
if parsed.username:
self.proxy['username'] = parsed.username
self.proxy['password'] = parsed.password
async def screenshot_step(self, step_n=''):
super().screenshot_step(step_n=step_n)
watch_uuid = getattr(self, 'watch_uuid', None)
screenshot = await capture_full_page_async(page=self.page, screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format, watch_uuid=watch_uuid, lock_viewport_elements=self.lock_viewport_elements)
# Request GC immediately after screenshot to free memory
# Screenshots can be large and browser steps take many of them
await self.page.request_gc()
if self.browser_steps_screenshot_path is not None:
destination = os.path.join(self.browser_steps_screenshot_path, 'step_{}.jpeg'.format(step_n))
logger.debug(f"Saving step screenshot to {destination}")
with open(destination, 'wb') as f:
f.write(screenshot)
# Clear local reference to allow screenshot bytes to be collected
del screenshot
gc.collect()
async def save_step_html(self, step_n):
super().save_step_html(step_n=step_n)
content = await self.page.content()
# Request GC after getting page content
await self.page.request_gc()
destination = os.path.join(self.browser_steps_screenshot_path, 'step_{}.html'.format(step_n))
logger.debug(f"Saving step HTML to {destination}")
with open(destination, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
f.write(content)
# Clear local reference
del content
gc.collect()
async def run(self,
fetch_favicon=True,
current_include_filters=None,
empty_pages_are_a_change=False,
ignore_status_codes=False,
is_binary=False,
request_body=None,
request_headers=None,
request_method=None,
screenshot_format=None,
timeout=None,
url=None,
watch_uuid=None,
):
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
import playwright._impl._errors
import time
self.delete_browser_steps_screenshots()
self.watch_uuid = watch_uuid # Store for use in screenshot_step
response = None
async with async_playwright() as p:
_browser_type_name = self._resolve_browser_type_name()
browser_type = getattr(p, _browser_type_name)
# Acquire the browser via the seam (remote connect by default, local launch in the
# html_playwright_builtin subclass).
browser = await self._get_browser(browser_type)
# SOCKS5 with authentication is not supported (yet)
# https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/10567
# Per-watch browser behaviour (viewport/locale/timezone) from the resolved
# FetcherConfig - only added when set so defaults/behaviour are unchanged.
# (locale also drives the Accept-Language header - see issues #4210 #1412; timezone #3303)
context_kwargs = dict(
accept_downloads=False, # Should never be needed
# Enabled by default because sites such as GitHub need it for injected JavaScript.
# Some CDP implementations do not support Page.setBypassCSP, so allow operators to disable it.
bypass_csp=get_playwright_bypass_csp(),
extra_http_headers=request_headers,
ignore_https_errors=True,
proxy=self.proxy,
user_agent=manage_user_agent(headers=request_headers),
)
# service_workers is a chromium-only new_context option - Firefox/WebKit reject it,
# so only pass it for chromium (matters for the local html_playwright_builtin fetcher).
if _browser_type_name == 'chromium':
context_kwargs['service_workers'] = os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_SERVICE_WORKERS', 'allow')
_bc = getattr(self, 'browser_config', None)
if _bc is not None:
context_kwargs.update(_bc.browser_context_kwargs())
# Set user agent to prevent Cloudflare from blocking the browser
# Use the default one configured in the App.py model that's passed from fetch_site_status.py
context = await browser.new_context(**context_kwargs)
self.page = await context.new_page()
# Track the LATEST main-frame document response for the whole fetch, not just the one
# goto() returns. This app compares the text of the page the browser ends up on, and a
# site that gates with an interstitial (503/429 + meta-refresh) navigates to the real
# page *during* the extra_wait below - judging the fetch on the first response fails a
# watch whose content is present and fine. Same for plain client-side redirects.
# Shared with action_goto_url() so only one 'response' listener exists on the page.
from changedetectionio.browser_steps.browser_steps import track_latest_navigation_response
# Must be an identity check - the tracker hands back the same (initially empty, so
# falsy) dict the listener writes into, and `or {}` would quietly swap in a different
# one that never gets updated.
latest_navigation_response = track_latest_navigation_response(self.page)
if latest_navigation_response is None:
latest_navigation_response = {}
# Listen for all console events and handle errors
self.page.on("console", lambda msg: logger.debug(f"Playwright console: Watch URL: {url} {msg.type}: {msg.text} {msg.args}"))
# Re-use as much code from browser steps as possible so its the same
from changedetectionio.browser_steps.browser_steps import steppable_browser_interface
browsersteps_interface = steppable_browser_interface(start_url=url)
browsersteps_interface.page = self.page
response = await browsersteps_interface.action_goto_url(value=url)
if response is None:
await context.close()
await browser.close()
logger.debug("Content Fetcher > Response object from the browser communication was none")
raise EmptyReply(url=url, status_code=None)
# In async_playwright, all_headers() returns a coroutine
try:
self.headers = await response.all_headers()
except TypeError:
# Fallback for sync version
self.headers = response.all_headers()
try:
if self.webdriver_js_execute_code is not None and len(self.webdriver_js_execute_code):
await browsersteps_interface.action_execute_js(value=self.webdriver_js_execute_code, selector=None)
except playwright._impl._errors.TimeoutError as e:
await context.close()
await browser.close()
# This can be ok, we will try to grab what we could retrieve
pass
except Exception as e:
logger.debug(f"Content Fetcher > Other exception when executing custom JS code {str(e)}")
await context.close()
await browser.close()
raise PageUnloadable(url=url, status_code=None, message=str(e))
extra_wait = int(os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_DELAY_BEFORE_CONTENT_READY", 5)) + self.render_extract_delay
await self.page.wait_for_timeout(extra_wait * 1000)
# A meta-refresh or client-side redirect usually lands during that wait, so judge the
# fetch on the document we are actually about to extract rather than the first one.
latest = latest_navigation_response.get('response')
if latest is not None and latest is not response:
logger.debug(f"Page navigated again while waiting, judging the fetch on {latest.url} "
f"(status {latest.status}) instead of the first response for {url}")
response = latest
try:
self.headers = await response.all_headers()
except Exception as e:
logger.debug(f"Could not refresh headers from the final document: {e}")
# Don't extract while a navigation is mid-flight, that is what produces
# "Execution context was destroyed, most likely because of a navigation"
try:
await self.page.wait_for_load_state('load', timeout=extra_wait * 1000)
except Exception as e:
logger.debug(f"Page did not reach a settled load state, continuing anyway: {e}")
try:
self.status_code = response.status
except Exception as e:
# https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/discussions/2122#discussioncomment-8241962
logger.critical(f"Response from the browser/Playwright did not have a status_code! Response follows.")
logger.critical(response)
await context.close()
await browser.close()
raise PageUnloadable(url=url, status_code=None, message=str(e))
if fetch_favicon:
try:
self.favicon_blob = await self.page.evaluate(FAVICON_FETCHER_JS)
await self.page.request_gc()
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error fetching FavIcon info {str(e)}, continuing.")
if self.status_code != 200 and not ignore_status_codes:
screenshot = await capture_full_page_async(self.page, screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format, watch_uuid=watch_uuid, lock_viewport_elements=self.lock_viewport_elements)
# Finally block will handle cleanup
raise Non200ErrorCodeReceived(url=url, status_code=self.status_code, screenshot=screenshot)
if not empty_pages_are_a_change and len((await self.page.content()).strip()) == 0:
logger.debug("Content Fetcher > Content was empty, empty_pages_are_a_change = False")
await context.close()
await browser.close()
raise EmptyReply(url=url, status_code=response.status)
# Wrap remaining operations in try/finally to ensure cleanup
try:
# Run Browser Steps here
if self.browser_steps:
try:
await self.iterate_browser_steps(start_url=url)
except BrowserStepsStepException:
# Finally block will handle cleanup
raise
await self.page.wait_for_timeout(extra_wait * 1000)
now = time.time()
# So we can find an element on the page where its selector was entered manually (maybe not xPath etc)
if current_include_filters is not None:
await self.page.evaluate("var include_filters={}".format(json.dumps(current_include_filters)))
else:
await self.page.evaluate("var include_filters=''")
await self.page.request_gc()
# request_gc before and after evaluate to free up memory
# @todo browsersteps etc
MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT = int(os.getenv("SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT", SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT_DEFAULT))
self.xpath_data = await self.page.evaluate(XPATH_ELEMENT_JS, {
"visualselector_xpath_selectors": visualselector_xpath_selectors,
"max_height": MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT
})
await self.page.request_gc()
self.instock_data = await self.page.evaluate(INSTOCK_DATA_JS)
await self.page.request_gc()
self.content = await self.page.content()
await self.page.request_gc()
logger.debug(f"Scrape xPath element data in browser done in {time.time() - now:.2f}s")
# Bug 3 in Playwright screenshot handling
# Some bug where it gives the wrong screenshot size, but making a request with the clip set first seems to solve it
# JPEG is better here because the screenshots can be very very large
# Screenshots also travel via the ws:// (websocket) meaning that the binary data is base64 encoded
# which will significantly increase the IO size between the server and client, it's recommended to use the lowest
# acceptable screenshot quality here
# The actual screenshot - this always base64 and needs decoding! horrible! huge CPU usage
self.screenshot = await capture_full_page_async(page=self.page, screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format, watch_uuid=watch_uuid, lock_viewport_elements=self.lock_viewport_elements)
# Force aggressive memory cleanup - screenshots are large and base64 decode creates temporary buffers
await self.page.request_gc()
gc.collect()
except ScreenshotUnavailable:
# Re-raise screenshot unavailable exceptions
raise ScreenshotUnavailable(url=url, status_code=self.status_code)
finally:
# Clean up resources properly with timeouts to prevent hanging
try:
if hasattr(self, 'page') and self.page:
await self.page.request_gc()
await asyncio.wait_for(self.page.close(), timeout=5.0)
logger.debug(f"Successfully closed page for {url}")
except asyncio.TimeoutError:
logger.warning(f"Timed out closing page for {url} (5s)")
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Error closing page for {url}: {e}")
finally:
self.page = None
try:
if context:
await asyncio.wait_for(context.close(), timeout=5.0)
logger.debug(f"Successfully closed context for {url}")
except asyncio.TimeoutError:
logger.warning(f"Timed out closing context for {url} (5s)")
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Error closing context for {url}: {e}")
finally:
context = None
try:
if browser:
await asyncio.wait_for(browser.close(), timeout=5.0)
logger.debug(f"Successfully closed browser connection for {url}")
except asyncio.TimeoutError:
logger.warning(f"Timed out closing browser connection for {url} (5s)")
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Error closing browser for {url}: {e}")
finally:
browser = None
# Force Python GC to release Playwright resources immediately
# Playwright objects can have circular references that delay cleanup
gc.collect()
# Plugin registration for built-in fetcher
class PlaywrightFetcherPlugin:
"""Plugin class that registers the Playwright fetcher as a built-in plugin."""
def register_content_fetcher(self):
"""Register the Playwright fetcher"""
return ('html_webdriver', fetcher)
# Create module-level instance for plugin registration
playwright_plugin = PlaywrightFetcherPlugin()