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Version: 23.10.0

Target class

Target represents a CDP target. In CDP a target is something that can be debugged such a frame, a page or a worker.

Signature

export declare abstract class Target

Remarks

The constructor for this class is marked as internal. Third-party code should not call the constructor directly or create subclasses that extend the Target class.

Methods

Method

Modifiers

Description

asPage()

Forcefully creates a page for a target of any type. It is useful if you want to handle a CDP target of type other as a page. If you deal with a regular page target, use Target.page().

browser()

Get the browser the target belongs to.

browserContext()

Get the browser context the target belongs to.

createCDPSession()

Creates a Chrome Devtools Protocol session attached to the target.

opener()

Get the target that opened this target. Top-level targets return null.

page()

If the target is not of type "page", "webview" or "background_page", returns null.

type()

Identifies what kind of target this is.

Remarks:

See docs for more info about background pages.

url()
worker()

If the target is not of type "service_worker" or "shared_worker", returns null.