[Bug]: In live server I can't generating my pdf

[ahgalib]

What happened?

In live server I can't generating my pdf without follwing paths that I've described bleow and I've also installed browsershot version ( 4.1.1 ) .

$pdf = Browsershot::html($html)
->format('A4')
->waitUntilNetworkIdle()
->setNodeBinary('C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe')
->setNpmBinary('C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.cmd')
->setChromePath('C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe')
->timeout(120)
->save($output_path);

How to reproduce the bug

it's woks on locally but when I live the project it's not working because locally I've set location of follwing path
->setNodeBinary('C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe')
->setNpmBinary('C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.cmd')
->setChromePath('C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe') but In live I couldn't

Package Version

1.5.1

PHP Version

8.2.12

Laravel Version

11

Which operating systems does with happen with?

No response

Notes

No response

[ArielMejiaDev]

@ahgalib

I strongly suggest different solutions:

First use Browsershot as headless

Add headless option from browsershot:

->withBrowsershot(function (Browsershot $browsershot) {
    $browsershot->newHeadless();
})

Your code should look like this:

$pdf = Browsershot::html($html)
    ->format('A4')
    ->waitUntilNetworkIdle()
    ->timeout(120)
    ->withBrowsershot(function (Browsershot $browsershot) {
        $browsershot->newHeadless();
    })
    ->save($output_path);

Second approach Operate Browsershot without sandboxing

Using ->noSandbox() ensures that Browsershot operates without sandboxing restrictions, which resolves common issues related to sandboxing errors when generating PDFs.

->withBrowsershot(function (Browsershot $browsershot) {
     // Ensure Browsershot works without node command recognition issues
    $browsershot->noNodeInstallation()->noSandbox()->scale(0.5);
})

Note: This solution is particularly effective on Windows where sandboxing configurations may differ from Unix-based systems.

3 Adding custom paths for every environment

Probably running something like this would work:

$pdf = Browsershot::html($html)
    ->format('A4')
    ->waitUntilNetworkIdle()
    ->timeout(120)
    ->save($output_path);

if (app()->isLocal()) {
    return $pdf->setNodeBinary('C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe')
        ->setNpmBinary('C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.cmd')
        ->setChromePath('C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe');
}

return $pdf->setNodeBinary('path-in-your-server-to/node.exe')
        ->setNpmBinary('/path-in-your-server-to/npm.cmd')
        ->setChromePath('path-in-your-server-to/chrome.exe');

Please let me know if some of this solution works and what is the solution that works for you (if works 😄 ).