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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

typescript
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

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Method

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Modifiers

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Description

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<span id="aspage">asPage()</span>

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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().

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<span id="browser">browser()</span>

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Get the browser the target belongs to.

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<span id="browsercontext">browserContext()</span>

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Get the browser context the target belongs to.

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<span id="createcdpsession">createCDPSession()</span>

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Creates a Chrome Devtools Protocol session attached to the target.

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<span id="opener">opener()</span>

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

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<span id="page">page()</span>

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

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<span id="type">type()</span>

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Identifies what kind of target this is.

Remarks:

See docs for more info about background pages.

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<span id="url">url()</span>

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<span id="worker">worker()</span>

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

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