How to disable caching in puppeteer

To disable caching in Puppeteer, you can use the setCacheEnabled method available on the Page class. Here’s how you can modify your Puppeteer script to disable caching:

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();

  // Disable cache
  await page.setCacheEnabled(false);

  // Navigate to a website
  await page.goto('https://example.com');

  // Your Puppeteer script continues here

  await browser.close();
})();

Explanation:

• setCacheEnabled(false): This method call disables the browser cache for the current page context. By setting it to false, Puppeteer ensures that subsequent navigations and requests do not use cached resources.

• Navigation: After disabling the cache, you can use page.goto() or any other Puppeteer navigation methods to navigate to your target website or perform actions as needed.

• Browser Closure: Always ensure to close the Puppeteer browser instance using browser.close() to release resources properly after your script completes its tasks.