Modify location and method for chromium install

Author: Domin0de

Dockerfile

@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ ENV NODE_ENV=production
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# We don't need the standalone Chromium
+ENV PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD true
+
+# Install Google Chrome Stable and fonts
+# Note: this installs the necessary libs to make the browser work with Puppeteer.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install gnupg wget -y && \
+  wget --quiet --output-document=- https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/google-archive.gpg && \
+  sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list' && \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install google-chrome-stable -y --no-install-recommends && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Install dependencies
 COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
 RUN npm ci --omit=dev

commands/courseRating.js

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");
  * Extracts the relevant information from the course page
  */
 async function extractRating(url) {
-    const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
+    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
+        executablePath: "/usr/bin/google-chrome",
+    });
 
     const page = await browser.newPage();
     await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: "networkidle2" });