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PhantomJS is a discontinued headless browser used for automating web page interaction. PhantomJS provides a JavaScript API enabling automated navigation, screenshots, user behavior and assertions making it a common tool used to run browser-based unit tests in a headless system like a continuous integration environment. PhantomJS is based on WebKit making it a similar browsing environment to Safari and Google Chrome. It is an open-source software released under the BSD License. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PhantomJSA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: PhantomJS CookbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: Headless browserA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Playwright (software)A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
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📚 Books worth reading
- 📕PhantomJS CookbookRob Friesel · 2014
Getting Started with PhantomJSAries Beltran · 2013- 📕Scraping the Dynamic Web with PhantomJSJames Morrin · 2012
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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