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Integrate with Puppeteer

Aluvia integrates with Puppeteer by configuring Chromium's proxy settings. You pass a proxy server to Puppeteer via Chromium args (e.g., puppeteer.launch({ args: ['--proxy-server=...'] })), and browser traffic is routed through that proxy.

By default, AluviaClient starts a local proxy on 127.0.0.1. This is the safest/cleanest integration because:

  • No proxy credentials are embedded in your Puppeteer config (the SDK holds gateway credentials internally).
  • The SDK can do per-hostname routing (direct vs Aluvia) when running the local proxy.
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
import { AluviaClient } from '@aluvia/sdk';

const client = new AluviaClient({
apiKey: process.env.ALUVIA_API_KEY!,
connectionId: process.env.ALUVIA_CONNECTION_ID, // optional
});

const connection = await client.start();

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
args: connection.asPuppeteer(),
});

try {
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('https://ipconfig.io/json');
} finally {
await browser.close();
await connection.close();
}

Node.js: use the SDK API wrapper to fetch gateway proxy credentials

If you don’t want to start the SDK’s local proxy process, you can call the Aluvia API directly via the SDK’s API wrapper (AluviaApi) to fetch the proxy username/password for an account connection, then configure Puppeteer to use the gateway.

Important notes:

  • These calls use /account/... endpoints, so you must use an account API token.
  • The SDK’s gateway host is gateway.aluvia.io. You choose protocol/port (commonly http:8080 or https:8443).
  • Treat proxy credentials as secrets. Don’t log them.
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
import { AluviaApi } from '@aluvia/sdk';

const apiKey = process.env.ALUVIA_API_KEY!;
const connectionId = process.env.ALUVIA_CONNECTION_ID!;

const api = new AluviaApi({ apiKey });

const accountConn = await api.account.connections.get(connectionId);
if (!accountConn) {
throw new Error('Connection config was not returned (HTTP 304 Not Modified)');
}

const username = accountConn.proxy_username;
const password = accountConn.proxy_password;
if (!username || !password) {
throw new Error('API response missing proxy credentials (proxy_username/proxy_password)');
}

// Gateway proxy server (choose protocol/port)
const server = 'http://gateway.aluvia.io:8080';

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
args: [`--proxy-server=${server}`],
});

try {
const page = await browser.newPage();

// Puppeteer sets proxy credentials per page
await page.authenticate({ username, password });

await page.goto('https://ipconfig.io/json');
} finally {
await browser.close();
}

Raw HTTP examples (JavaScript / Python)

These examples show how to:

  • send an HTTP request to GET /v1/account/connections/:id
  • extract proxy_username / proxy_password
  • configure Puppeteer with the resulting proxy settings
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';

const apiKey = process.env.ALUVIA_API_KEY;
const connectionId = process.env.ALUVIA_CONNECTION_ID;

if (!apiKey || !connectionId) {
throw new Error('Missing ALUVIA_API_KEY or ALUVIA_CONNECTION_ID');
}

const res = await fetch(`https://api.aluvia.io/v1/account/connections/${connectionId}`, {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
Accept: 'application/json',
},
});

if (!res.ok) {
throw new Error(`Aluvia API request failed (HTTP ${res.status})`);
}

const json = await res.json();
const data = json?.data ?? null;
if (!data) {
throw new Error('Aluvia API response missing data envelope');
}

const username = data.proxy_username;
const password = data.proxy_password;
if (!username || !password) {
throw new Error('Aluvia API response missing proxy_username/proxy_password');
}

const server = 'http://gateway.aluvia.io:8080';

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
args: [`--proxy-server=${server}`],
});

try {
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.authenticate({ username, password });
await page.goto('https://ipconfig.io/json');
} finally {
await browser.close();
}