deno puppeteer 'chrome not found' trying to import npm dependency

I'm trying to use node-html-to-image in deno:

import nodeHtmlToImage from "npm:node-html-to-image";

nodeHtmlToImage({
  output: './image.png',
  html: '<html><body>Hello world!</body></html>'
})
  .then(() => console.log('The image was created successfully!'))

deno run --allow-env --allow-read --allow-write that-file.ts causes this error:

error: Uncaught Error: Unable to launch browser, error message: Could not find expected browser (chrome) locally. Run `npm install` to download the correct Chromium revision (982053).
    at Cluster.<anonymous> (file:///Users/theonlygusti/Library/Caches/deno/npm/registry.npmjs.org/puppeteer-cluster/0.23.0/dist/Cluster.js:119:23)
    at Generator.throw (<anonymous>)
    at rejected (file:///Users/theonlygusti/Library/Caches/deno/npm/registry.npmjs.org/puppeteer-cluster/0.23.0/dist/Cluster.js:6:65)

How can I use the node-html-to-image npm package from Deno?

Solution

Basically, this is answered in Could not find expected browser chrome locally.

The Deno-specific part is, that the NPM installation directory is different from the usual Node installations.

When you use the npm specifier in Deno, e.g. import nodeHtmlToImage from "npm:node-html-to-image";, the Node packages will be installed in a part of the deno caches directory:

Windows: <user directory>/AppData/Local/deno/npm/registry.npmjs.org/
macOS: ~/Library/Caches/deno/npm/registry.npmjs.org
Linux: $XDG_CACHE_HOME/deno/npm/registry.npmjs.org or $HOME/.cache/deno/npm/registry.npmjs.org

and specifically for Puppeteer: deno/npm/registry.npmjs.org/puppeteer/13.7.0

In the error message it's mentioned to

Run npm install to download the correct Chromium revision (982053)

That means you should run npm install in the above Puppeteer's directory, which contains a file named install.js.

This will install the correct revision of the chromium package into the Puppeteer's directory under .local-chromium.

The bad news is (at least under Windows), that you'll probably get the next error, which is

Uncaught Error: Unable to launch browser, error message: Windows only supports ctrl-c (SIGINT) and ctrl-break (SIGBREAK).