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How to sleep for X seconds in Puppeteer

In order to sleep for 5 seconds, use

await page.waitForTimeout(5000);

Full example based on Puppeteer minimal example:

// Minimal puppeteer example
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto('https://techoverflow.net', {waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded'});
  // Wait for 5 seconds
  await page.waitForTimeout(5000);
  // Take screenshot
  await page.screenshot({path: 'screenshot.png'});
  await browser.close();
})();