Browser Service
Quickstart [5 min]
Launch a Docker container with Chrome installed, connect to it remotely, and use it to fill out a form online
1. Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/finic-ai/finic.git
2. Run the test script locally to make sure it works.
It will open a local browser and navigate to this automation testing page, then fill out the form with hard-coded data.
python testscript.py
3. Launch the Chrome container
sudo docker-compose up --build
4. Connect the test script to the container
Comment out this line:
testscript.py
browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=False, slow_mo=500)
and uncomment this line:
testscript.py
browser = p.chromium.connect_over_cdp("ws://localhost:8000/ws")
Then running the script again:
python testscript.py
This is how you can toggle between local testing with a headful browser, to connecting your script to a deployed Chrome container in production. In reality you’ll probably want to deploy the Docker container to your cloud platform instead of running it on localhost.
Next Steps
You can now modify the test script however you want, or add Finic to an existing web automation project by using playwright.connect_over_cdp()
or puppeteer.connect()