How to use LaunchAsync method of PuppeteerSharp.Puppeteer class

1using System;
2using System.Linq;
3
4namespace web_browser_csharp
5{
6    class Program
7    {
8        static PuppeteerSharp.Browser browser;
9        static PuppeteerSharp.Page browserPage;
10
11        static Action<string> callbackFromBrowserDelegate;
12
13        static string UserDataDirPath() =>
14            System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LOCALAPPDATA"), "bot", "web-browser", "user-data");
15
16
17        static void Main(string[] args)
18        {
19            /*
20            2020-02-17 Observation before introducing the killing of previous web browser processes:
21            LaunchAsync failed if a process from the last run was still present.
22            (See report of this issue at https://forum.botengine.org/t/farm-manager-tribal-wars-2-farmbot/3038/32?u=viir)
23
24            Unhandled exception. System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (Failed to launch Chromium! [28592:33396:0217/074915.470:ERROR:cache_util_win.cc(21)] Unable to move the cache: Access is denied. (0x5)
25            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:cache_util.cc(141)] Unable to move cache folder C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\bot\web-browser\user-data\ShaderCache\GPUCache to C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\bot\web-browser\user-data\ShaderCache\old_GPUCache_000
26            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:disk_cache.cc(178)] Unable to create cache
27            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:shader_disk_cache.cc(601)] Shader Cache Creation failed: -2
28            [28592:33396:0217/074915.473:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(138)] Failed to launch GPU process.
29            )
30            ---> PuppeteerSharp.ChromiumProcessException: Failed to launch Chromium! [28592:33396:0217/074915.470:ERROR:cache_util_win.cc(21)] Unable to move the cache: Access is denied. (0x5)
31            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:cache_util.cc(141)] Unable to move cache folder C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\bot\web-browser\user-data\ShaderCache\GPUCache to C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\bot\web-browser\user-data\ShaderCache\old_GPUCache_000
32            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:disk_cache.cc(178)] Unable to create cache
33            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:shader_disk_cache.cc(601)] Shader Cache Creation failed: -2
34            [28592:33396:0217/074915.473:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(138)] Failed to launch GPU process.
35
36            at PuppeteerSharp.ChromiumProcess.State.StartingState.StartCoreAsync(ChromiumProcess p)
37            at PuppeteerSharp.ChromiumProcess.State.StartingState.StartCoreAsync(ChromiumProcess p)
38            at PuppeteerSharp.Launcher.LaunchAsync(LaunchOptions options)
39            at PuppeteerSharp.Launcher.LaunchAsync(LaunchOptions options)
40            */
41
42            KillPreviousWebBrowserProcesses();
43
44            StartWebBrowser().Wait();
45        }
46
47        static void KillPreviousWebBrowserProcesses()
48        {
49            var matchingProcesses =
50                System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses()
51                /*
52                2020-02-17
53                .Where(process => process.StartInfo.Arguments.Contains(UserDataDirPath(), StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
54                */
55                .Where(ProcessIsWebBrowser)
56                .ToList();
57
58            foreach (var process in matchingProcesses)
59            {
60                if (process.HasExited)
61                    continue;
62
63                process.Kill();
64            }
65        }
66
67        static bool ProcessIsWebBrowser(System.Diagnostics.Process process)
68        {
69            try
70            {
71                return process.MainModule.FileName.Contains(".local-chromium");
72            }
73            catch
74            {
75                return false;
76            }
77        }
78
79        static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task StartWebBrowser()
80        {
81            await new PuppeteerSharp.BrowserFetcher().DownloadAsync(PuppeteerSharp.BrowserFetcher.DefaultRevision);
82            browser = await PuppeteerSharp.Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new PuppeteerSharp.LaunchOptions
83            {
84                Headless = false,
85                UserDataDir = UserDataDirPath(),
86                DefaultViewport = null,
87            });
88            browserPage = (await browser.PagesAsync()).FirstOrDefault() ?? await browser.NewPageAsync();
89
90            await browserPage.ExposeFunctionAsync("____callback____", (string returnValue) =>
91            {
92                callbackFromBrowserDelegate?.Invoke(returnValue);
93                return 0;
94            });
95        }
96
97    }
98}
99

Source: Program.cs

using System;
using System.Linq;

namespace web_browser_csharp
{
    class Program
    {
        static PuppeteerSharp.Browser browser;
        static PuppeteerSharp.Page browserPage;

        static Action<string> callbackFromBrowserDelegate;

        static string UserDataDirPath() =>
            System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LOCALAPPDATA"), "bot", "web-browser", "user-data");


        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            /*
            2020-02-17 Observation before introducing the killing of previous web browser processes:
            LaunchAsync failed if a process from the last run was still present.
            (See report of this issue at https://forum.botengine.org/t/farm-manager-tribal-wars-2-farmbot/3038/32?u=viir)

            Unhandled exception. System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (Failed to launch Chromium! [28592:33396:0217/074915.470:ERROR:cache_util_win.cc(21)] Unable to move the cache: Access is denied. (0x5)
            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:cache_util.cc(141)] Unable to move cache folder C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\bot\web-browser\user-data\ShaderCache\GPUCache to C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\bot\web-browser\user-data\ShaderCache\old_GPUCache_000
            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:disk_cache.cc(178)] Unable to create cache
            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:shader_disk_cache.cc(601)] Shader Cache Creation failed: -2
            [28592:33396:0217/074915.473:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(138)] Failed to launch GPU process.
            )
            ---> PuppeteerSharp.ChromiumProcessException: Failed to launch Chromium! [28592:33396:0217/074915.470:ERROR:cache_util_win.cc(21)] Unable to move the cache: Access is denied. (0x5)
            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:cache_util.cc(141)] Unable to move cache folder C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\bot\web-browser\user-data\ShaderCache\GPUCache to C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\bot\web-browser\user-data\ShaderCache\old_GPUCache_000
            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:disk_cache.cc(178)] Unable to create cache
            [28592:33396:0217/074915.471:ERROR:shader_disk_cache.cc(601)] Shader Cache Creation failed: -2
            [28592:33396:0217/074915.473:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(138)] Failed to launch GPU process.

            at PuppeteerSharp.ChromiumProcess.State.StartingState.StartCoreAsync(ChromiumProcess p)
            at PuppeteerSharp.ChromiumProcess.State.StartingState.StartCoreAsync(ChromiumProcess p)
            at PuppeteerSharp.Launcher.LaunchAsync(LaunchOptions options)
            at PuppeteerSharp.Launcher.LaunchAsync(LaunchOptions options)
            */

            KillPreviousWebBrowserProcesses();

            StartWebBrowser().Wait();
        }

        static void KillPreviousWebBrowserProcesses()
        {
            var matchingProcesses =
                System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses()
                /*
                2020-02-17
                .Where(process => process.StartInfo.Arguments.Contains(UserDataDirPath(), StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                */
                .Where(ProcessIsWebBrowser)
                .ToList();

            foreach (var process in matchingProcesses)
            {
                if (process.HasExited)
                    continue;

                process.Kill();
            }
        }

        static bool ProcessIsWebBrowser(System.Diagnostics.Process process)
        {
            try
            {
                return process.MainModule.FileName.Contains(".local-chromium");
            }
            catch
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task StartWebBrowser()
        {
            await new PuppeteerSharp.BrowserFetcher().DownloadAsync(PuppeteerSharp.BrowserFetcher.DefaultRevision);
            browser = await PuppeteerSharp.Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new PuppeteerSharp.LaunchOptions
            {
                Headless = false,
                UserDataDir = UserDataDirPath(),
                DefaultViewport = null,
            });
            browserPage = (await browser.PagesAsync()).FirstOrDefault() ?? await browser.NewPageAsync();

            await browserPage.ExposeFunctionAsync("____callback____", (string returnValue) =>
            {
                callbackFromBrowserDelegate?.Invoke(returnValue);
                return 0;
            });
        }

    }
}