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 by [Bernardas Alisauskas](https://scrapfly.io/blog/author/bernardas) Oct 28, 2022 1 min read [\#headless-browser](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/headless-browser) [\#puppeteer](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/puppeteer) 

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To test our Puppeteer web scrapers we might want o use local files instead of public websites. Just like real web browsers Puppeteer can load local files using the `file://` URL protocol:

javascript```javascript
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const path = require('path');

async function run() {
  // usual browser startup:
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
    const page = await browser.newPage();

    // we can use absolute paths like
    await page.goto("file://home/user/projects/test.html");  // linux
    await page.goto("file://C:/Users/projects/test.html");  // windows

    // or we can use relative paths: 
    // below will select test.html that is in the same directory as the script
    await page.goto(`file:${path.join(__dirname, 'test.html')}`);

    console.log(await page.content());
    browser.close();
}

run();
```





 

    



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