Rod

What Rod is

Rod is a free, high-level driver for the Chrome DevTools Protocol, built for web automation and scraping. Documented uses include screenshots, collecting content from client-rendered pages, form autofill, end-to-end testing, and request hijacking. It can automatically find or download a browser, wait for elements, and chain contexts for timeouts or cancellation. Rod handles nested iframes and shadow DOMs, while its APIs are described as thread-safe when controlling multiple browsers from multiple Go routines. Input simulation covers mouse, keyboard, and touch actions such as clicks, text entry, key combinations, checkboxes, and file inputs. Additional tools include input tracing and remote monitoring of headless browsers. The documentation supports both high-level and low-level use, allowing experienced developers to customize behavior with lower-level packages and functions. Rod is available for API, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows environments. It is MIT-licensed, with questions directed to GitHub issues, discussions, or a chat room.