How to close a tab through chrome dev tools protocol?

[Oren Bilgoray]

How can I close a tab through chrome dev tools protocol?

I'm using chrome dev tools for android.

[PhistucK]

The Developer Tools protocol is not meant for controlling the browser, but only for controlling the page, so I do not think there is an explicit way to do it.

As far as workarounds go, you can try evaluating window.close(); or adding a function that calls the same function as a click event listener and use the screencasting feature for clicking on the element to which you added that click event listener.

☆PhistucK

On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Oren Bilgoray <bil...@gmail.com> wrote:

How can I close a tab through chrome dev tools protocol?

I'm using chrome dev tools for android.

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[Pavel Feldman]

How do you connect over remote debugging protocol?

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[Oren Bilgoray]

Do you know what the "close" page in the web inspector doing?

On Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:58:12 PM UTC+3, pfeldman wrote:

How do you connect over remote debugging protocol?

On Jul 12, 2014 9:55 PM, "PhistucK" <phis...@gmail.com> wrote:

The Developer Tools protocol is not meant for controlling the browser, but only for controlling the page, so I do not think there is an explicit way to do it.

As far as workarounds go, you can try evaluating window.close(); or adding a function that calls the same function as a click event listener and use the screencasting feature for clicking on the element to which you added that click event listener.

☆PhistucK

On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Oren Bilgoray <bil...@gmail.com> wrote:

How can I close a tab through chrome dev tools protocol?

I'm using chrome dev tools for android.

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[Pavel Feldman]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Oren Bilgoray <bil...@gmail.com> wrote:

Do you know what the "close" page in the web inspector doing?

"close" page?

 

On Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:58:12 PM UTC+3, pfeldman wrote:

How do you connect over remote debugging protocol?

Depending on how your remote debugging session is initiated, you might be able to automate chrome and close the page. But I need to know how you are doing it to help further.

 

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[Oren Bilgoray]

I mean this close page (attached screenshot).

I'm using javascript to get the pages and opening a websocket to the desired page.

I want to know if I can close a page somehow...

[Pavel Feldman]

It issues http get at /json/close/<target_guid>

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[Oren Bilgoray]

Thx. This is what I wanted.

Now I need to find how can I get the number of the front page.

[Pavel Feldman]

I don't think you can. You could try using chrome.tabs extensions api for automation instead - it would give you more options.

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[Oren Bilgoray]

chrome.tabs extension api works also for Android chrome?

[Pavel Feldman]

No. But in Chrome for Android tabs are (currently) sorted by last access time, so the first one is topmost.

Pavel

[mi...@bocoup.com]

This is an old thread, but it still ranks in search engine results.

Here's what I've found in February 2019.

Executing a script with `window.close` probably requires `userGesture`

parameter of `Page.evaluate` [1]. That's just speculation, though; I

couldn't get it to work personally.

The "tip-of-tree" protocol now defines a `Target` domain which includes

`Target.closeTarget` [2]. That seems like the expected way to achieve

this.

For folks who can't use that version, Chromium exposes an endpoint on

its REST endpoint, `GET /json/close/{targetId}` [3]. I don't know if

this is technically part of CDP, but it's what ChromeDriver is using

currently.

[1] https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/1-3/Runtime#method-evaluate

[2] https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/tot/Target#method-closeTarget

[3] https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/#endpoints