Is Puppeteer-Sharp compatible with .NET Core and .NET Framework?

Yes, Puppeteer-Sharp is compatible with both .NET Core and .NET Framework. Puppeteer-Sharp is a .NET port of the Node library Puppeteer which provides a high-level API over the Chrome DevTools Protocol. Puppeteer-Sharp is intended to be used for headless Chrome automation purposes, such as generating PDFs, taking screenshots, or automating form submissions.

Puppeteer-Sharp targets .NET Standard 2.0, which makes it compatible with a wide range of .NET implementations, including:

• .NET Core 2.0 and above
• .NET Framework 4.6.1 and above
• Mono 5.4 and above
• Xamarin.iOS 10.14 and above
• Xamarin.Mac 3.8 and above
• Xamarin.Android 8.0 and above
• Universal Windows Platform (UWP) 10.0.16299 and above

To use Puppeteer-Sharp in a .NET Core or .NET Framework project, you can install it via NuGet Package Manager. Here's how you can do it using the NuGet Package Manager Console:

Install-Package PuppeteerSharp

Or you can use the .NET CLI to add Puppeteer-Sharp to your project:

dotnet add package PuppeteerSharp

Here's a simple example of how to use Puppeteer-Sharp in a C# project:

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using PuppeteerSharp;

class Program
{
    public static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Download the Chromium revision if it does not already exist
        await new BrowserFetcher().DownloadAsync(BrowserFetcher.DefaultRevision);

        // Launch the browser
        using var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new LaunchOptions
        {
            Headless = true // Launch in headless mode
        });

        // Create a new page
        using var page = await browser.NewPageAsync();

        // Navigate to a website
        await page.GoToAsync("https://example.com");

        // Take a screenshot of the page
        await page.ScreenshotAsync("example.png");

        Console.WriteLine("Screenshot taken.");

        // Always close the browser explicitly
        await browser.CloseAsync();
    }
}

In this example, Puppeteer-Sharp is used to launch a headless browser, navigate to "https://example.com", and take a screenshot of the page.

Puppeteer-Sharp provides a wide range of features that enable .NET developers to control headless Chrome browsers programmatically. If you are working with .NET Core or .NET Framework, Puppeteer-Sharp is a solid choice for web automation and scraping tasks.