scitex-browser 0.1.8

Browser automation for scholarly paper access in the SciTeX ecosystem

scitex-browser

Browser automation for scholarly paper access in the SciTeX ecosystem.

Interfaces: Python ⭐⭐⭐ (primary) · CLI — · MCP — · Skills ⭐⭐ · Hook — · HTTP —

Problem and Solution

#	Problem	Solution
1	Playwright is great but verbose -- every scraping script reinvents popup dismissal, retry logic, Chrome-PDF-viewer workaround	Helpers: click_with_fallbacks_async([sel1, sel2]), save_as_pdf_async, close_popups_async, inject_visual_effects — focused wrappers around Playwright
2	Tests fail silently with no artifact -- pytest-playwright doesn't auto-capture screen + DOM on failure	TestMonitor + create_failure_capture_fixture -- captures screenshot + page HTML + console log on every failure

Features

• Debugging: Visual cursor feedback, popup logging, failure capture, test monitoring
• PDF: Chrome PDF viewer detection, save-as-PDF automation
• Interaction: Click/fill with fallbacks, popup handling
• Stealth: Human-like behavior simulation, stealth browser management
• Remote: ZenRows API integration, CAPTCHA handling
• Collaboration: Shared browser sessions, credential management
• Auth: Google authentication helpers

Installation

pip install scitex-browser

Optional extras

pip install scitex-browser[stealth]   # playwright-stealth
pip install scitex-browser[remote]    # ZenRows integration
pip install scitex-browser[scitex]    # Full SciTeX integration

Quick start

from scitex_browser import save_as_pdf, browser_logger
from scitex_browser.stealth import StealthManager

License

AGPL-3.0. See LICENSE for details.