Bridge Node.js functions into page scope in Puppeteer using page.exposeFunction()

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Verified steps

  1. Call await page.exposeFunction('myFunctionName', async (...args) => { /* Node.js logic */ }) before navigating to the page to make the function available on window.myFunctionName in the browser
  2. In the page's JavaScript, call window.myFunctionName(arg1, arg2) like a regular async function; Puppeteer serializes arguments and return values using structured clone
  3. Use exposeFunction to inject helpers such as file writers, crypto operations, or database calls that cannot run in the browser sandbox
  4. The exposed function persists through navigations on the same page — it does not need to be re-registered after a page reload
  5. To expose the function across all new pages in a context, call browserContext.exposeFunction() instead of the page-level variant

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