So I end up using <https://github.com/GoogleChrome...

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[Nezteb]

So I end up using https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer a lot for browser automation, but it requires JS.

Is there a Kotlin alternative? I’d rather avoid Selenium if I can. Are there any fancy modern libraries for browser automation in Kotlin?

[jw]

You could create Kotlin external declarations for its API and then compile with Kotlin/JS

[jw]

I have a Chrome extension written in 100% Kotlin by doing this for the Chrome platform APIs. I actually planned on doing it for puppeteer eventually as well so that I could test the extension integration.

[Nezteb]

Ooo do you have a link to said extension? Or a blog/tutorial on writing Kotlin wrappers for JS APIs?

[jw]

The wrapper is here: https://github.com/JakeWharton/SdkSearch/tree/master/chrome-platform/src/main/kotlin/com/chrome/platform

[jw]

Don't know of any resources, unfortunately. Been fakin' it until I made it. There's #javascript that's here to help though.

[tipsy]

I’d rather avoid Selenium if I can

how come?

[Nezteb]

In my purely anecdotal experience Selenium is slow and janky. Its wait API is also a pain to use.

By comparison Puppeteer is a joy to work with.