Sets the Environment Variable for the Playwright fetcher.
"db21ed7f-browserless-chrome" is the Hostname of the Browserless Chrome addon Docker Container and should be the same on every machine/architecture. Refereing to localhost/127.0.0.1 from inside a Docker Container (without additional fiddling in portainer) does not work. But refering to the Browserless Chrome addon Docker Container works.
How to use Playwright JS enabled fetcher instead of built in Plaintext/HTTP Client
The Changedetection.io addon by itself can only fetch websites using a built in Plaintext/HTTP Client.
Many modern web pages use JavaScript to fill-in the content, they are more dynamic and sometimes need a real chrome browser for fetching the content, although many may work with our built in 'fetcher'
You can configure Changedetection.io to fetch pages using the Playwright, otherwise it will fetch using a plain non-JS built in browser. Using the Playwright fetcher offers the full Changedetection.io functionality, incl. JS Browser steps to fetch content and Visual Filter Selector.
To use the Playwright fetcher Changedetection.io addon needs to team up with the Browserless Chrome addon made by alexbelgium.
To Install the Browserless Chrome addon, add the alexbelgium/hassio-addons repository (https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/) in Homeassistant. Install and start the addon from the Homeassistant Interface. To use the Playwright fetcher simply check "Playwright Chromium/Javascript" it in the "Request" tab when adding a new site to be monitored or to set it as system standard for all monitored Sites, go to the Webinterface of your Changedetection.io addon > Settings > Fetching and select "Playwright Chromium/Javascript".
Both addons need to run on the same machine.
Tested on Home Assistant 2023.5.3/Supervisor 2023.04.1/Operating System 10.1 on a Raspberry Pi 4B, but should work with any other Version and with amd64 devices as well.
Note: Browserless Chrome addon is quite ressource hungry when fetching websites, bot in terms of RAM an CPU. Works fine on RPi 4B, may be slow on older devices. Maximum simultaneous fetches are limited to 1.
Sets the Environment Variable for the Playwright fetcher.
"db21ed7f-browserless-chrome" is the Hostname of the Browserless Chrome addon Docker Container and should be the same on every machine/architecture. Refereing to localhost/127.0.0.1 from inside a Docker Container (without additional fiddling in portainer) does not work. But refering to the Browserless Chrome addon Docker Container works.
For more info about the combination of Changedetection.io an Browserless Chrome, see: https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/Playwright-content-fetcher
How to use Playwright JS enabled fetcher instead of built in Plaintext/HTTP Client
The Changedetection.io addon by itself can only fetch websites using a built in Plaintext/HTTP Client.
Many modern web pages use JavaScript to fill-in the content, they are more dynamic and sometimes need a real chrome browser for fetching the content, although many may work with our built in 'fetcher'
You can configure Changedetection.io to fetch pages using the Playwright, otherwise it will fetch using a plain non-JS built in browser. Using the Playwright fetcher offers the full Changedetection.io functionality, incl. JS Browser steps to fetch content and Visual Filter Selector.
To use the Playwright fetcher Changedetection.io addon needs to team up with the Browserless Chrome addon made by alexbelgium.
To Install the Browserless Chrome addon, add the alexbelgium/hassio-addons repository (https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/) in Homeassistant. Install and start the addon from the Homeassistant Interface. To use the Playwright fetcher simply check "Playwright Chromium/Javascript" it in the "Request" tab when adding a new site to be monitored or to set it as system standard for all monitored Sites, go to the Webinterface of your Changedetection.io addon > Settings > Fetching and select "Playwright Chromium/Javascript".
More on Browserless Chrome addon: https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/tree/master/browserless_chrome
Both addons need to run on the same machine. Tested on Home Assistant 2023.5.3/Supervisor 2023.04.1/Operating System 10.1 on a Raspberry Pi 4B, but should work with any other Version and with amd64 devices as well.
Note: Browserless Chrome addon is quite ressource hungry when fetching websites, bot in terms of RAM an CPU. Works fine on RPi 4B, may be slow on older devices. Maximum simultaneous fetches are limited to 1.