To test our Puppeteer web scrapers we might want o use local files instead of public websites. Just like real web browsers Puppeteer can load local files using the file:// URL protocol. Here's an example in Python:
from playwright import sync_playwright with sync_playwright() as pw: browser = pw.chromium.launch(headless=False) context = browser.new_context(viewport={"width": 1920, "height": 1080}) page = context.new_page() # open a local file (note: absolute path needs to be used) page.goto("file://home/user/projects/test.html"); # linux page.goto("file://C:/Users/projects/test.html"); # windows print(page.content()) 
