Start a persistent browser session

Starts a headless Chrome browser session that will be reused by get_ad_snapshots(), get_deeplink(), and get_ad_html() until browser_session_close() is called.

Usage

browser_session_start()

Value

Invisibly returns TRUE on success.

Details

This significantly improves performance when processing multiple ads, as browser startup (~2-3 seconds) only happens once.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Start session
browser_session_start()

# Process multiple ads (each reuses the session)
result1 <- get_ad_snapshots("1103135646905363")
result2 <- get_ad_snapshots("561403598962843")
result3 <- get_ad_snapshots("711082744873817")

# Close when done
browser_session_close()
} # }