refactor(browser):

Update browser channel default to 'chromium' in BrowserConfig.from_args method

crawl4ai/__version__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # crawl4ai/_version.py
-__version__ = "0.4.243"
+__version__ = "0.4.244"

crawl4ai/async_configs.py

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ class BrowserConfig:
         user_data_dir (str or None): Path to a user data directory for persistent sessions. If None, a
                                      temporary directory may be used. Default: None.
         chrome_channel (str): The Chrome channel to launch (e.g., "chrome", "msedge"). Only applies if browser_type
-                              is "chromium". Default: "chrome".
+                              is "chromium". Default: "chromium".
+        channel (str): The channel to launch (e.g., "chromium", "chrome", "msedge"). Only applies if browser_type
+                              is "chromium". Default: "chromium".
         proxy (str or None): Proxy server URL (e.g., "http://username:password@proxy:port"). If None, no proxy is used.
                              Default: None.
         proxy_config (dict or None): Detailed proxy configuration, e.g. {"server": "...", "username": "..."}.
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ class BrowserConfig:
         use_managed_browser: bool = False,
         use_persistent_context: bool = False,
         user_data_dir: str = None,
-        chrome_channel: str = "chrome",
+        chrome_channel: str = "chromium",
+        channel: str = "chromium",
         proxy: str = None,
         proxy_config: dict = None,
         viewport_width: int = 1080,
@@ -107,14 +110,8 @@ class BrowserConfig:
         self.use_managed_browser = use_managed_browser
         self.use_persistent_context = use_persistent_context
         self.user_data_dir = user_data_dir
-        if self.browser_type == "chromium":
+        self.chrome_channel = chrome_channel or self.browser_type or "chromium"
-            self.chrome_channel = "chrome"
+        self.channel = channel or self.browser_type or "chromium"
-        elif self.browser_type == "firefox":
-            self.chrome_channel = "firefox"
-        elif self.browser_type == "webkit":
-            self.chrome_channel = "webkit"
-        else:
-            self.chrome_channel = chrome_channel or "chrome"
         self.proxy = proxy
         self.proxy_config = proxy_config
         self.viewport_width = viewport_width
@@ -161,7 +158,8 @@ class BrowserConfig:
             use_managed_browser=kwargs.get("use_managed_browser", False),
             use_persistent_context=kwargs.get("use_persistent_context", False),
             user_data_dir=kwargs.get("user_data_dir"),
-            chrome_channel=kwargs.get("chrome_channel", "chrome"),
+            chrome_channel=kwargs.get("chrome_channel", "chromium"),
+            channel=kwargs.get("channel", "chromium"),
             proxy=kwargs.get("proxy"),
             proxy_config=kwargs.get("proxy_config"),
             viewport_width=kwargs.get("viewport_width", 1080),