[BUG] Failed to launch the browser process

[AgniaStaravoitava]

"Failed to launch the browser process!\n/var/folders/ss/tlgf043d2_d50b22hy4r0tk40000gn/T/chromium: /var/folders/ss/tlgf043d2_d50b22hy4r0tk40000gn/T/chromium: cannot execute binary file\n\n\nTROUBLESHOOTING: https://pptr.dev/troubleshooting\n"

Version
"@sparticuz/chromium": "^109.0.6",
"puppeteer": "^19.7.5",
"puppeteer-core": "^19.7.5",

import chromium from '@sparticuz/chromium';
import log from 'lambda-log';
import puppeteer, { Browser, Page } from 'puppeteer-core';

export class WebSiteParserBase {
  protected pageTimeout: number;

  constructor(pageTimeout: number | null = null) {
    this.pageTimeout = pageTimeout ?? 180000;
  }

  protected async launchBrowser(headless?: boolean): Promise<Browser> {
    try {
      return await puppeteer.launch({
        args: chromium.args,
        defaultViewport: chromium.defaultViewport,
        executablePath: await chromium.executablePath(),
        headless: headless ?? chromium.headless,
        ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
      });
    } catch (error) {
      error.reason = 'Unable to start browser';
      log.error(error);
    }
  }

  protected async goToPage(sourceUrl: string, browser: Browser): Promise<Page> {
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto(sourceUrl, {
      timeout: this.pageTimeout,
      waitUntil: ['load', 'networkidle0', 'networkidle2'],
    });

    return page;
  }
}

[janvennemann]

Just ran into this as well while trying to get my project running locally with serverless-offline on my M1 Macbook. Are you trying to get it running on an ARM environment by any chance? According to #19 that's not support by this package yet.

[Myztiq]

Probably related, but I've been trying to get around this via docker #70 and setting the --platform linux/x86_64

The only alternative that has been successful for me is to use the locally installed chromium path. In this case I am using playwright:

const executablePath = process.env.ENV === 'local'
      ? playwright.chromium.executablePath()
      : await chromium.executablePath();

[Myztiq]

This issue is maybe a copy of #42 as well so you can likely close this out and comment over there instead with ideas.

[milindsingh]

Hi @AgniaStaravoitava I faced similar issues, but it was mostly due to version incompatibility. I have documented my ways to debug. Hope it helps!
https://adapttive.com/blog/serverless-scraping#how-to-debug

[alexcroox]

So this lib is a no-go for local testing if you have an M1/2 Mac?

[Sparticuz]

@alexcroox You can just use local chrome for testing.

set process.env.IS_LOCAL = something, and try something like this:

await puppeteer.launch({
  args: process.env.IS_LOCAL ? undefined : chromium.args,
  defaultViewport: chromium.defaultViewport,
  executablePath: process.env.IS_LOCAL ? '/path/to/Chromium' : await chromium.executablePath(),
  headless: process.env.IS_LOCAL ? false : chromium.headless,
});

[hasan-wajahat]

Hey @Sparticuz shouldn't it work locally for mac? I mean your previous package worked and so does puppeteer. I don't want to use my local Chrome as it reduces my confidence in my local env testing.
Is there a chance this is fixable?

[wickedst]

Workaround on mac in case anyone is still stuck

brew install chromium --no-quarantine

// index.js
await puppeteer.launch(
  executablePath: process.env.IS_LOCAL ? '/opt/homebrew/bin/chromium' : await chromium.executablePath(),
  // ...
});

IS_LOCAL=true node index.mjs

[conrad-scherb]

Here's a workaround I found if using with AWS SAM with M1 Macs:

• Set container architecture to "amd64".
• Set experimental Rosetta emulation on Apple Silicon in Docker settings. This is needed to avoid a segmentation fault bug when emulating with qemu (qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped docker/for-mac#6204)

[ccmetz]

@conrad-scherb Thank you! That worked perfectly for me.

[choijun]

Thank you so much @wickedst , you saved my life 🙏