browser-commander 0.16.0

Universal browser automation library that supports multiple browser engines with a unified API
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//! Connect to an already-running Chromium-family browser over CDP.

use std::path::PathBuf;
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::time::Duration;

use chromiumoxide::browser::Browser as CdpBrowser;
use chromiumoxide::cdp::browser_protocol::network::CookieParam;
use futures::StreamExt;
use serde_json::Value;

use crate::browser::chromiumoxide_adapter::ChromiumoxidePage;
use crate::browser::launcher::{Browser, LaunchResult};
use crate::browser::media::ColorScheme;
use crate::browser::node_bridge::NodeBridgePage;
use crate::browser::playwright_driver_page::{PlaywrightConnect, PlaywrightDriverPage};
use crate::browser::storage_state::{StorageState, StorageStateInput};
use crate::core::engine::{EngineAdapter, EngineType};
use crate::downloads::{attach_downloads, DownloadSetting};
use crate::fingerprint::apply::{apply_fingerprint, ApplyOptions};
use crate::fingerprint::profile::FingerprintProfile;
use crate::playwright::{DriverOptions, PlaywrightDriver};

/// Options for attaching to a running browser over CDP.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct ConnectOptions {
    /// Browser automation engine used for the connection.
    pub engine: EngineType,
    /// HTTP DevTools endpoint, for example `http://127.0.0.1:9222`.
    pub cdp_endpoint: Option<String>,
    /// DevTools browser WebSocket endpoint.
    pub ws_endpoint: Option<String>,
    /// Slow down Playwright/Puppeteer operations by this many milliseconds.
    pub slow_mo: u64,
    /// Optional connection timeout.
    pub timeout: Option<Duration>,
    /// Optional Puppeteer timeout for individual CDP calls.
    pub protocol_timeout: Option<Duration>,
    /// Cookies to seed after attaching, in CDP/Playwright cookie format.
    pub seed_cookies: Vec<Value>,
    /// Playwright-compatible cookies and origin-scoped localStorage to restore.
    pub storage_state: Option<StorageStateInput>,
    /// Enable verbose bridge logging.
    pub verbose: bool,
    /// Node.js executable for Playwright/Puppeteer bridge engines.
    pub node_executable: Option<PathBuf>,
    /// Directory where Node resolves the Playwright/Puppeteer package.
    pub node_working_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
    /// Manage the attached browser's downloads.
    ///
    /// The same setting and the same manager as
    /// [`LaunchOptions`](super::launcher::LaunchOptions), because a browser
    /// somebody else started downloads files the same way — including the ones
    /// a person clicks by hand. See [`downloads`](crate::downloads).
    pub downloads: DownloadSetting,
}

impl Default for ConnectOptions {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self {
            engine: EngineType::Chromiumoxide,
            cdp_endpoint: None,
            ws_endpoint: None,
            slow_mo: 0,
            timeout: None,
            protocol_timeout: None,
            seed_cookies: Vec::new(),
            storage_state: None,
            verbose: false,
            node_executable: None,
            node_working_dir: None,
            downloads: DownloadSetting::Off,
        }
    }
}

impl ConnectOptions {
    /// Create Chromiumoxide connection options.
    pub fn chromiumoxide() -> Self {
        Self::default()
    }

    /// Create Playwright bridge connection options.
    pub fn playwright() -> Self {
        Self {
            engine: EngineType::Playwright,
            ..Self::default()
        }
    }

    /// Create Puppeteer bridge connection options.
    pub fn puppeteer() -> Self {
        Self {
            engine: EngineType::Puppeteer,
            ..Self::default()
        }
    }

    /// Select an HTTP DevTools endpoint.
    pub fn cdp_endpoint(mut self, endpoint: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        self.cdp_endpoint = Some(endpoint.into());
        self
    }

    /// Select a DevTools browser WebSocket endpoint.
    pub fn ws_endpoint(mut self, endpoint: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        self.ws_endpoint = Some(endpoint.into());
        self
    }

    /// Set the engine operation delay.
    pub fn slow_mo(mut self, milliseconds: u64) -> Self {
        self.slow_mo = milliseconds;
        self
    }

    /// Set the connection timeout.
    pub fn timeout(mut self, timeout: Duration) -> Self {
        self.timeout = Some(timeout);
        self
    }

    /// Set Puppeteer's timeout for individual CDP calls.
    pub fn protocol_timeout(mut self, timeout: Duration) -> Self {
        self.protocol_timeout = Some(timeout);
        self
    }

    /// Seed cookies immediately after the connection is established.
    pub fn seed_cookies(mut self, cookies: Vec<Value>) -> Self {
        self.seed_cookies = cookies;
        self
    }

    /// Restore portable state before returning the connected page.
    pub fn storage_state(mut self, state: impl Into<StorageStateInput>) -> Self {
        self.storage_state = Some(state.into());
        self
    }

    /// Enable verbose connection logging.
    pub fn verbose(mut self, verbose: bool) -> Self {
        self.verbose = verbose;
        self
    }

    /// Override the Node.js executable for bridge engines.
    pub fn node_executable(mut self, executable: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self {
        self.node_executable = Some(executable.into());
        self
    }

    /// Set the directory where Node resolves Playwright or Puppeteer.
    pub fn node_working_dir(mut self, directory: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self {
        self.node_working_dir = Some(directory.into());
        self
    }

    /// Manage the attached browser's downloads.
    ///
    /// # Arguments
    ///
    /// * `downloads` - `true` for the defaults, `false` for none, or
    ///   [`DownloadOptions`](crate::downloads::DownloadOptions)
    pub fn downloads(mut self, downloads: impl Into<DownloadSetting>) -> Self {
        self.downloads = downloads.into();
        self
    }

    pub(crate) fn endpoint(&self) -> Result<&str, anyhow::Error> {
        match (&self.cdp_endpoint, &self.ws_endpoint) {
            (Some(endpoint), None) | (None, Some(endpoint)) if !endpoint.is_empty() => Ok(endpoint),
            _ => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
                "connect_browser requires exactly one of cdp_endpoint or ws_endpoint"
            )),
        }
    }
}

/// Attach to a running Chromium-family browser over CDP.
///
/// Chromiumoxide connects natively. Playwright and Puppeteer use the same
/// official Node.js packages as [`launch_browser`](super::launcher::launch_browser).
/// The returned page implements the crate's shared [`EngineAdapter`]
/// API. The browser's profile and process remain externally managed.
pub async fn connect_browser(options: ConnectOptions) -> Result<LaunchResult, anyhow::Error> {
    connect_browser_with(options, AttachSettings::default()).await
}

/// What [`launch_browser`](super::launcher::launch_browser) sets up on the
/// page it attaches to, before the caller gets it.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
pub(crate) struct AttachSettings<'a> {
    /// Applied before the caller can navigate, so the first document already
    /// sees the configured environment.
    pub(crate) fingerprint: Option<&'a FingerprintProfile>,
    /// Emulated on the attached page (best-effort).
    pub(crate) color_scheme: Option<&'a ColorScheme>,
}

/// Refuse a fingerprint profile an engine cannot apply.
///
/// The node bridge speaks its own command protocol rather than CDP, so a
/// profile handed to it would be silently dropped and the page would report
/// the real machine. Failing is the honest answer.
pub(crate) fn refuse_unappliable_fingerprint(
    engine: EngineType,
    fingerprint: Option<&FingerprintProfile>,
) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
    if fingerprint.is_some() && engine != EngineType::Chromiumoxide {
        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
            "the {engine} engine cannot apply a fingerprint profile yet; \
             use EngineType::Chromiumoxide, or apply the profile from the \
             JavaScript package, which drives Playwright and Puppeteer directly"
        ));
    }
    Ok(())
}

/// [`connect_browser`] with the page set up as `settings` asks. Used by
/// [`launch_browser`](super::launcher::launch_browser) to attach to the
/// browser it started.
pub(crate) async fn connect_browser_with(
    options: ConnectOptions,
    settings: AttachSettings<'_>,
) -> Result<LaunchResult, anyhow::Error> {
    let endpoint = options.endpoint()?.to_string();
    let storage_state = options
        .storage_state
        .as_ref()
        .map(StorageStateInput::load)
        .transpose()?;
    refuse_unappliable_fingerprint(options.engine, settings.fingerprint)?;
    if options.verbose {
        tracing::info!(engine = %options.engine, %endpoint, "connecting to browser");
    }

    match options.engine {
        EngineType::Chromiumoxide => {
            connect_chromiumoxide(options, endpoint, settings, storage_state).await
        }
        EngineType::Playwright | EngineType::Puppeteer => {
            let engine = options.engine;
            let timeout = options.timeout;
            let seed_cookies = options.seed_cookies.clone();
            // Refused before the connection is made, for the same reason the
            // launcher refuses it: the bridge has no CDP route, so a manager
            // here would watch a directory the browser never writes into.
            crate::downloads::normalize_download_options(options.downloads.clone())
                .map(|_| crate::downloads::supported_engine(engine))
                .transpose()
                .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("{error}"))?;
            let connection = connect_node_engine(options, endpoint, settings.color_scheme);
            let page = if let Some(timeout) = timeout {
                tokio::time::timeout(timeout, connection)
                    .await
                    .map_err(|_| anyhow::anyhow!("timed out connecting to browser"))??
            } else {
                connection.await?
            };
            if let Some(mut state) = storage_state {
                state.cookies.extend(seed_cookies);
                let value = serde_json::to_value(state)?;
                if let Err(error) = page.adapter().restore_storage_state(value).await {
                    page.close().await;
                    return Err(error.into());
                }
            }
            Ok(LaunchResult::attached(
                Browser {
                    engine,
                    user_data_dir: PathBuf::new(),
                    headless: false,
                },
                page.into_adapter(),
                None,
            ))
        }
        EngineType::Fantoccini => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
            "fantoccini does not connect over CDP; use chromiumoxide, playwright, or puppeteer"
        )),
    }
}

/// A Playwright or Puppeteer page attached to a running browser.
enum NodeEngine {
    Driver(PlaywrightDriverPage),
    Bridge(NodeBridgePage),
}

impl NodeEngine {
    fn adapter(&self) -> &dyn EngineAdapter {
        match self {
            Self::Driver(page) => page,
            Self::Bridge(page) => page,
        }
    }

    fn into_adapter(self) -> Arc<dyn EngineAdapter> {
        match self {
            Self::Driver(page) => Arc::new(page),
            Self::Bridge(page) => Arc::new(page),
        }
    }

    async fn close(&self) {
        match self {
            Self::Driver(page) => {
                let _ = page.close().await;
            }
            Self::Bridge(page) => {
                let _ = page.close().await;
            }
        }
    }
}

/// Playwright attaches through its official driver; Puppeteer, and
/// Playwright without a matching driver, through the Node bridge.
async fn connect_node_engine(
    options: ConnectOptions,
    endpoint: String,
    color_scheme: Option<&ColorScheme>,
) -> Result<NodeEngine, anyhow::Error> {
    if options.engine == EngineType::Playwright {
        let driver = PlaywrightDriver::launch(DriverOptions {
            node: options.node_executable.clone(),
            working_dir: options.node_working_dir.clone(),
            verbose: options.verbose,
        })
        .await;
        match driver {
            Ok(driver) => {
                let connect = PlaywrightConnect {
                    driver: DriverOptions::default(),
                    endpoint,
                    slow_mo: options.slow_mo,
                    timeout: options.timeout,
                    seed_cookies: options.seed_cookies.clone(),
                    color_scheme: color_scheme.map(|cs| cs.as_str().to_string()),
                };
                let page = PlaywrightDriverPage::connect_with(driver, connect).await?;
                return Ok(NodeEngine::Driver(page));
            }
            Err(error) => {
                tracing::info!(%error, "Playwright driver unavailable; using the Node bridge");
            }
        }
    }
    Ok(NodeEngine::Bridge(
        NodeBridgePage::connect(options, color_scheme).await?,
    ))
}

async fn connect_chromiumoxide(
    options: ConnectOptions,
    endpoint: String,
    settings: AttachSettings<'_>,
    storage_state: Option<StorageState>,
) -> Result<LaunchResult, anyhow::Error> {
    let connection = CdpBrowser::connect(endpoint);
    let (browser, mut handler) = if let Some(timeout) = options.timeout {
        tokio::time::timeout(timeout, connection)
            .await
            .map_err(|_| anyhow::anyhow!("timed out connecting to browser"))??
    } else {
        connection.await?
    };

    let handler_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
        while let Some(event) = handler.next().await {
            if let Err(error) = event {
                tracing::debug!(%error, "chromiumoxide handler event error");
            }
        }
    });

    if !options.seed_cookies.is_empty() {
        let cookies = options
            .seed_cookies
            .iter()
            .cloned()
            .map(serde_json::from_value::<CookieParam>)
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
            .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("invalid seed cookie: {error}"))?;
        browser.set_cookies(cookies).await?;
    }

    let page = match pick_foreground_page(browser.pages().await?).await {
        Some(page) => page,
        None => browser.new_page("about:blank").await?,
    };
    let engine = options.engine;
    let adapter = ChromiumoxidePage::new(page, browser, handler_task, PathBuf::new());

    if let Some(mut state) = storage_state {
        state.cookies.extend(options.seed_cookies.clone());
        if let Err(error) = adapter
            .restore_storage_state(serde_json::to_value(state)?)
            .await
        {
            let _ = adapter.close().await;
            return Err(error.into());
        }
    }

    // A failure here is fatal rather than best-effort: a half-applied profile
    // describes a machine that does not exist, which is louder than none.
    if let Some(profile) = settings.fingerprint {
        apply_fingerprint(&adapter, profile, ApplyOptions::default()).await?;
        if options.verbose {
            tracing::info!("Fingerprint profile applied");
        }
    }
    if let Some(color_scheme) = settings.color_scheme {
        if let Err(error) = adapter.set_color_scheme(Some(color_scheme)).await {
            if options.verbose {
                tracing::warn!(%error, "could not set color scheme");
            }
        }
    }

    // `Browser.setDownloadBehavior` is browser-wide, so an attached browser's
    // downloads are managed even when a person starts them from the window
    // rather than from automation. That is the point of managing a *connected*
    // browser at all.
    let downloads = attach_downloads(engine, &adapter, options.downloads.clone())
        .await
        .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("{error}"))?;

    Ok(LaunchResult::attached(
        Browser {
            engine,
            user_data_dir: PathBuf::new(),
            headless: false,
        },
        Arc::new(adapter),
        downloads,
    ))
}

/// Pick the tab that is on screen.
///
/// A browser attached after it started can already have several tabs - a
/// fresh profile can open a welcome tab next to the New Tab page - and CDP
/// does not list them in a stable order. Driving a background tab would make
/// `document.hidden` true where a person's first navigation sees a visible
/// page, so the visible tab wins and the first tab is the fallback.
async fn pick_foreground_page(pages: Vec<chromiumoxide::Page>) -> Option<chromiumoxide::Page> {
    for page in &pages {
        let state = page
            .evaluate("document.visibilityState")
            .await
            .ok()
            .and_then(|result| result.into_value::<String>().ok());
        if state.as_deref() == Some("visible") {
            return Some(page.clone());
        }
    }
    pages.into_iter().next()
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use serde_json::json;

    #[test]
    fn connect_options_carry_a_download_setting() {
        assert!(matches!(
            ConnectOptions::default().downloads,
            DownloadSetting::Off
        ));
        assert!(matches!(
            ConnectOptions::chromiumoxide().downloads(true).downloads,
            DownloadSetting::On
        ));
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn connect_playwright_refuses_downloads_it_cannot_manage() {
        let options = ConnectOptions::playwright()
            .cdp_endpoint("http://127.0.0.1:9222")
            .downloads(true);

        let error = connect_browser(options).await.unwrap_err();

        assert!(
            error
                .to_string()
                .contains("managed downloads are not supported"),
            "unexpected message: {error}"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn connect_options_builders_preserve_endpoints_and_cookies() {
        let cookies = vec![json!({"name": "SID", "value": "saved", "domain": ".example.com"})];
        let options = ConnectOptions::playwright()
            .cdp_endpoint("http://127.0.0.1:9222")
            .slow_mo(25)
            .seed_cookies(cookies.clone())
            .node_working_dir("../js");

        assert_eq!(options.engine, EngineType::Playwright);
        assert_eq!(options.endpoint().unwrap(), "http://127.0.0.1:9222");
        assert_eq!(options.slow_mo, 25);
        assert_eq!(options.seed_cookies, cookies);
        assert_eq!(options.node_working_dir, Some(PathBuf::from("../js")));
    }

    #[test]
    fn connect_options_require_exactly_one_endpoint() {
        assert!(ConnectOptions::default().endpoint().is_err());
        assert!(ConnectOptions::puppeteer()
            .cdp_endpoint("http://127.0.0.1:9222")
            .ws_endpoint("ws://127.0.0.1:9222/devtools/browser/id")
            .endpoint()
            .is_err());
    }
}