grant a specific permission and set device geolocation in puppeteer using browsercontext setpermission and page setgeolocation
domain: pptr.dev · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
get the target browser context, e.g. browser.defaultBrowserContext(), and call context.setPermission(origin, permissionName, state) to grant (or deny) a single permission such as 'geolocation' for that origin
call page.setGeolocation({ latitude, longitude }) on a page navigated to that same origin to set the coordinates the browser reports
navigate to the page and trigger the app's geolocation request, confirming it resolves immediately without a native permission prompt
use context.clearPermissionOverrides() to reset permission state between tests that need different grant/deny scenarios
avoid the older context.overridePermissions() method for new code, since it is marked obsolete in favor of setPermission()
Known gotchas
BrowserContext.overridePermissions() is now marked obsolete in current Puppeteer docs in favor of the per-permission setPermission() method, so new automation should not rely on it
page.setGeolocation() only affects what coordinates are reported once permission is granted -- it does not itself grant the permission, so both calls are required together
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