Docker Node:Alpine-12: how to install Chromium 73 in Dockerfile?

Question

Since I would like to run [email protected] but faces error in page.pdf().

Some blobs just mentioned to downgrade Chromium from version 76 to 73. How to do it in Dockerfile with using node:alpine-12? Thanks

Below is my setting (chromium version is 76):

FROM node:12-alpine
########## 
## Setting for using Puppeteer (for using node:XX-alpine)
##########    
ENV CHROME_BIN="/usr/bin/chromium-browser"\
    PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD="true"
########## 
## Update and Install packages
##########
RUN set -x \
    && apk update \
    && apk upgrade \
    && echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" >> /etc/hosts \
    && echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" > /etc/apk/repositories \
    && echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community" >> /etc/apk/repositories \
    && echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" >> /etc/apk/repositories \
    # add the packages
    ## g++: used to install NodeJS related packages
    ## chromium: used to run Puppeteer
    && apk add --no-cache g++ chromium 

Tried to change last line to chromium to chromium-browser@73 or chromium@73 but faced below error:

The repository tag for world dependency 'chromium@73' does not exist

FYI, error when I just installed chromium with running below NodeJS code:

Line239: await page.pdf({
            path: TEMP_DIR + filename, 
            format: 'A4',
            printBackground: true
         });

printPdf() Error
Error: Protocol error (IO.read): Invalid parameters handle: string value expected
 at /usr/src/app/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Connection.js:183:56
 at new Promise ()
 at CDPSession.send (/usr/src/app/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Connection.js:182:12)
 at Function.readProtocolStream (/usr/src/app/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/helper.js:241:37)
 at async Page.pdf (/usr/src/app/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Page.js:988:12)
 at async printPdf (/usr/src/app/puppeteer.js:239:9)
 at async /usr/src/app/puppeteer.js:129:21
 -- ASYNC --
 at Page. (/usr/src/app/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/helper.js:111:15)
 at printPdf (/usr/src/app/puppeteer.js:239:20)
 at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:85:5)
 at async /usr/src/app/puppeteer.js:129:21 { message: 'Protocol error (IO.read): Invalid parameters handle: string value expected'
}

Answer 1

chromium73 does not exist in the edge branch which is used in nodejs base image. you have to set branch to v3.10 to download chromium73.

alpine chromium&branch=v3.10

FROM node:12-alpine
RUN apk add --no-cache  chromium --repository=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.10/main

verify installtion

docker run -it --rm myalpine ash -c "apk -e info chromium"