ChromeRemoteDebugREPL

REPL for Chrome browser debugging using Chrome DevTools Protocol

Running chrome in debug mode

Prerequisite to using the module is a chrome instance running in debug mode

For Linux (tested on Ubuntu 16.04)

#sudo google-chrome --remote-debugging-port=<port number>

For MacOS

sudo /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --remote-debugging-port=<port number>

Starting the REPL

Clone the repo - git clone https://github.com/hrmeetsingh/ChromeRemoteDebugREPL.git

cd ChromeRemoteDebugREPL

After starting chrome with debuging flag, run the following command to start chrome devtools API

Installing dependencies - yarn install

Starting the REPL - yarn start

Getting list of running browsers and attaching remote interface

Getting list of browsers - ChromeRemoteDebugREPL:REPL> .list <port number>

Attaching remote interface to an instance - ChromeRemoteDebugREPL:REPL> .attach <port number>

Getting list of open pages and tabs - ChromeRemoteDebugREPL:REPL> pages

Getting hold of chrome devtools wrapper - ChromeRemoteDebugREPL:REPL> client

TODO

This is the bare minimum functionality and can be used for basic debugging of chrome browser. Needs more work on the endless possibilities the CDP offers.