puppeteer dep is huge about instamancer HOT 3 CLOSED

@ScriptSmith thanks! Really cool. I'll check it out asap. This was for a hackathon project so probably later in the week.

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Puppeteer is big because it uses chromium, and downloads its binary.

This dependency is pretty fixed because there aren't many other packages that can do request interception like puppeteer. puppeteer-firefox is close to being compatible, but is likely just as big.

We could transition to puppeteer-core, but instamancer is intended to be used on servers so it makes sense for it to manage the chromium dependency itself.

I can add an additional flag or environment variable to allow you to use a system chromium/chrome binary that has already been installed. And if you use the PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD environment variable when installing instamancer, puppeteer will skip downloading the chromium binary.

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You can now use the PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD environment variable before installation, and use the --browser flag or PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH environment variable to specify a path to an existing chromium/chrome installation

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