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• use a new, more efficient chromium downloader
• start using a global store folder
• use a recommended chromium revision instead of downloading the latest one
• chromium will now be downloaded only once in the global store folder (instead of a local .chromium directory)
• local .cache and .session directories are also moved to the global store
• show a notification if there is a new update or chromium revision

Update to the latest version by running:

npm update -g ayakashi

The first major beta release :tada:

Changes

• domQL style queries now support hex and rgba colors. Learn more here: https://ayakashi.io/docs/guide/querying-with-domql.html#querying-with-style
• domQL like, nlike and $nlike operators now support regexes as well. Learn more here: https://ayakashi.io/docs/guide/querying-with-domql.html#like
• domQL where types are now more complete and include inline documentation in the editor (run npm update inside existing projects to fetch the latest types package)
• navigationClick() will now handle links with target="_blank" correctly
• CSP (Content Security Policy) is now bypassed by default
• internal connections are now automatically re-established if they time-out, making the scrappers more resilient to failure

Upgrade to the latest version by running:

npm install -g ayakashi

Another stability focused release before moving to beta 2.

• fix process buffer overflow
• fix long-running event memory leak
• small fixes and improvements

Upgrade to the latest version by running:

npm install -g ayakashi

Fix memory leak caused by zombie connections

• Add step retries and operation retries with the new ayakashi.retry() API.
  You can read more about it here: https://ayakashi.io/docs/going_deeper/automatic_retries.html
• Add and use the DOMContentLoaded event for page loads. Learn more here: https://ayakashi.io/docs/going_deeper/page-navigation.html
• Improve chromium ram usage
• fix IPC buffer overflows in concurrent scrapping scenarios

Includes some extra logging to help debugging

• add a hasMatches() helper method on props
• properly throw evaluate() errors
• minor fixes

fix some path issues on Windows

Improve getting started experience

First release! 🎉