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 by [Bernardas Alisauskas](https://scrapfly.io/blog/author/bernardas) Oct 20, 2022 1 min read [\#puppeteer](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/puppeteer) 

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To speed up Puppeteer web scrapers we can block media and other non-essential requests using the request interception feature:

javascript```javascript
// we can block by resrouce type like fonts, images etc.
const blockResourceType = [
  'beacon',
  'csp_report',
  'font',
  'image',
  'imageset',
  'media',
  'object',
  'texttrack',
];
// we can also block by domains, like google-analytics etc.
const blockResourceName = [
  'adition',
  'adzerk',
  'analytics',
  'cdn.api.twitter',
  'clicksor',
  'clicktale',
  'doubleclick',
  'exelator',
  'facebook',
  'fontawesome',
  'google',
  'google-analytics',
  'googletagmanager',
  'mixpanel',
  'optimizely',
  'quantserve',
  'sharethrough',
  'tiqcdn',
  'zedo',
];
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
// we need to enable interception feature
await page.setRequestInterception(true);
// then we can add a call back which inspects every
// outgoing request browser makes and decides whether to allow it
page.on('request', request => {
  const requestUrl = request._url.split('?')[0];
  if (
    (request.resourceType() in blockedResourceType) ||
    blockResourceName.some(resource => requestUrl.includes(resource))
  ) {
    request.abort();
  } else {
    request.continue();
  }
});
}
```





 

    



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