fix: improve TS types for launching browsers

src/api-docs-entry.ts

@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { LaunchOptions, ChromeArgOptions } from './node/LaunchOptions.js';
-import { BrowserOptions } from './common/BrowserConnector.js';
+import {
+  LaunchOptions,
+  BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions,
+} from './node/LaunchOptions.js';
+import { BrowserConnectOptions } from './common/BrowserConnector.js';
 import { Product } from './common/Product.js';
 import { Browser } from './common/Browser.js';
 import { ConnectOptions } from './common/Puppeteer.js';
@@ -95,8 +98,8 @@ export * from 'devtools-protocol/types/protocol';
  */
 export declare function launch(
   options?: LaunchOptions &
-    ChromeArgOptions &
-    BrowserOptions & {
+    BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions &
+    BrowserConnectOptions & {
       product?: Product;
       extraPrefsFirefox?: Record<string, unknown>;
     }

src/common/BrowserConnector.ts

@@ -24,12 +24,24 @@ import { Viewport } from './PuppeteerViewport.js';
 import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
 
 /**
- * Generic browser options that can be passed when launching any browser.
+ * Generic browser options that can be passed when launching any browser or when
+ * connecting to an existing browser instance.
  * @public
  */
-export interface BrowserOptions {
+export interface BrowserConnectOptions {
+  /**
+   * Whether to ignore HTTPS errors during navigation.
+   * @defaultValue false
+   */
   ignoreHTTPSErrors?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Sets the viewport for each page.
+   */
   defaultViewport?: Viewport;
+  /**
+   * Slows down Puppeteer operations by the specified amount of milliseconds to
+   * aid debugging.
+   */
   slowMo?: number;
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +58,7 @@ const getWebSocketTransportClass = async () => {
  * @internal
  */
 export const connectToBrowser = async (
-  options: BrowserOptions & {
+  options: BrowserConnectOptions & {
     browserWSEndpoint?: string;
     browserURL?: string;
     transport?: ConnectionTransport;

src/common/Puppeteer.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   CustomQueryHandler,
 } from './QueryHandler.js';
 import { Product } from './Product.js';
-import { connectToBrowser, BrowserOptions } from './BrowserConnector.js';
+import { connectToBrowser, BrowserConnectOptions } from './BrowserConnector.js';
 import {
   PredefinedNetworkConditions,
   networkConditions,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export interface CommonPuppeteerSettings {
   isPuppeteerCore: boolean;
 }
 
-export interface ConnectOptions extends BrowserOptions {
+export interface ConnectOptions extends BrowserConnectOptions {
   browserWSEndpoint?: string;
   browserURL?: string;
   transport?: ConnectionTransport;

src/node/LaunchOptions.ts

@@ -13,30 +13,110 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
+import { BrowserConnectOptions } from '../common/BrowserConnector.js';
+import { Product } from '../common/Product.js';
+
 /**
  * Launcher options that only apply to Chrome.
  *
  * @public
  */
-export interface ChromeArgOptions {
+export interface BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions {
+  /**
+   * Whether to run the browser in headless mode.
+   * @defaultValue true
+   */
   headless?: boolean;
-  args?: string[];
+  /**
+   * Path to a user data directory.
+   * {@link https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/user_data_dir.md | see the Chromium docs}
+   * for more info.
+   */
   userDataDir?: string;
+  /**
+   * Whether to auto-open a DevTools panel for each tab. If this is set to
+   * `true`, then `headless` will be set to `false` automatically.
+   * @defaultValue `false`
+   */
   devtools?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Additional command line arguments to pass to the browser instance.
+   */
+  args?: string[];
 }
 
 /**
  * Generic launch options that can be passed when launching any browser.
  * @public
  */
 export interface LaunchOptions {
+  /**
+   * Path to a browser executable to use instead of the bundled Chromium. Note
+   * that Puppeteer is only guaranteed to work with the bundled Chromium, so use
+   * this setting at your own risk.
+   */
   executablePath?: string;
+  /**
+   * If `true`, do not use `puppeteer.defaultArgs()` when creating a browser. If
+   * an array is provided, these args will be filtered out. Use this with care -
+   * you probably want the default arguments Puppeteer uses.
+   * @defaultValue false
+   */
   ignoreDefaultArgs?: boolean | string[];
+  /**
+   * Close the browser process on `Ctrl+C`.
+   * @defaultValue `true`
+   */
   handleSIGINT?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Close the browser process on `SIGTERM`.
+   * @defaultValue `true`
+   */
   handleSIGTERM?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Close the browser process on `SIGHUP`.
+   * @defaultValue `true`
+   */
   handleSIGHUP?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the browser to start.
+   * Pass `0` to disable the timeout.
+   * @defaultValue 30000 (30 seconds).
+   */
   timeout?: number;
+  /**
+   * If true, pipes the browser process stdout and stderr to `process.stdout`
+   * and `process.stderr`.
+   * @defaultValue false
+   */
   dumpio?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Specify environment variables that will be visible to the browser.
+   * @defaultValue The contents of `process.env`.
+   */
   env?: Record<string, string | undefined>;
+  /**
+   * Connect to a browser over a pipe instead of a WebSocket.
+   * @defaultValue false
+   */
   pipe?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Which browser to launch.
+   * @defaultValue `chrome`
+   */
+  product?: Product;
+  /**
+   * {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference | Additional preferences } that can be passed when launching with Firefox.
+   */
+  extraPrefsFirefox?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Utility type exposed to enable users to define options that can be passed to
+ * `puppeteer.launch` without having to list the set of all types.
+ * @public
+ */
+export type PuppeteerNodeLaunchOptions = BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions &
+  LaunchOptions &
+  BrowserConnectOptions;

src/node/Launcher.ts

@@ -25,18 +25,20 @@ import { promisify } from 'util';
 const mkdtempAsync = promisify(fs.mkdtemp);
 const writeFileAsync = promisify(fs.writeFile);
 
-import { ChromeArgOptions, LaunchOptions } from './LaunchOptions.js';
-import { BrowserOptions } from '../common/BrowserConnector.js';
+import {
+  BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions,
+  PuppeteerNodeLaunchOptions,
+} from './LaunchOptions.js';
 import { Product } from '../common/Product.js';
 
 /**
  * Describes a launcher - a class that is able to create and launch a browser instance.
  * @public
  */
 export interface ProductLauncher {
-  launch(object);
+  launch(object: PuppeteerNodeLaunchOptions);
   executablePath: () => string;
-  defaultArgs(object);
+  defaultArgs(object: BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions);
   product: Product;
 }
 
@@ -58,9 +60,7 @@ class ChromeLauncher implements ProductLauncher {
     this._isPuppeteerCore = isPuppeteerCore;
   }
 
-  async launch(
-    options: LaunchOptions & ChromeArgOptions & BrowserOptions = {}
-  ): Promise<Browser> {
+  async launch(options: PuppeteerNodeLaunchOptions = {}): Promise<Browser> {
     const {
       ignoreDefaultArgs = false,
       args = [],
@@ -152,11 +152,7 @@ class ChromeLauncher implements ProductLauncher {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @param {!Launcher.ChromeArgOptions=} options
-   * @returns {!Array<string>}
-   */
-  defaultArgs(options: ChromeArgOptions = {}): string[] {
+  defaultArgs(options: BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions = {}): string[] {
     const chromeArguments = [
       '--disable-background-networking',
       '--enable-features=NetworkService,NetworkServiceInProcess',
@@ -230,13 +226,7 @@ class FirefoxLauncher implements ProductLauncher {
     this._isPuppeteerCore = isPuppeteerCore;
   }
 
-  async launch(
-    options: LaunchOptions &
-      ChromeArgOptions &
-      BrowserOptions & {
-        extraPrefsFirefox?: { [x: string]: unknown };
-      } = {}
-  ): Promise<Browser> {
+  async launch(options: PuppeteerNodeLaunchOptions = {}): Promise<Browser> {
     const {
       ignoreDefaultArgs = false,
       args = [],
@@ -346,7 +336,7 @@ class FirefoxLauncher implements ProductLauncher {
     return 'firefox';
   }
 
-  defaultArgs(options: ChromeArgOptions = {}): string[] {
+  defaultArgs(options: BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions = {}): string[] {
     const firefoxArguments = ['--no-remote', '--foreground'];
     if (os.platform().startsWith('win')) {
       firefoxArguments.push('--wait-for-browser');

src/node/Puppeteer.ts

@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ import {
   ConnectOptions,
 } from '../common/Puppeteer.js';
 import { BrowserFetcher, BrowserFetcherOptions } from './BrowserFetcher.js';
-import { LaunchOptions, ChromeArgOptions } from './LaunchOptions.js';
-import { BrowserOptions } from '../common/BrowserConnector.js';
+import {
+  LaunchOptions,
+  BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions,
+} from './LaunchOptions.js';
+import { BrowserConnectOptions } from '../common/BrowserConnector.js';
 import { Browser } from '../common/Browser.js';
 import Launcher, { ProductLauncher } from './Launcher.js';
 import { PUPPETEER_REVISIONS } from '../revisions.js';
@@ -146,8 +149,8 @@ export class PuppeteerNode extends Puppeteer {
    */
   launch(
     options: LaunchOptions &
-      ChromeArgOptions &
-      BrowserOptions & {
+      BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions &
+      BrowserConnectOptions & {
         product?: Product;
         extraPrefsFirefox?: Record<string, unknown>;
       } = {}
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@ export class PuppeteerNode extends Puppeteer {
    * @param options - Set of configurable options to set on the browser.
    * @returns The default flags that Chromium will be launched with.
    */
-  defaultArgs(options: ChromeArgOptions = {}): string[] {
+  defaultArgs(options: BrowserLaunchArgumentOptions = {}): string[] {
     return this._launcher.defaultArgs(options);
   }