Is it possible to use remote debugging protocol in Phantomjs or other headless webkit browsers?

[Chen Yang]

I want to use remote debugging protocol on a linux server.It seems Chrome can't work on it.So I use Phantomjs.

I can use a remote inspector in Phantomjs.But I can't use remote debugging protocol directly in Phantomjs.

So I want to know if there is a way to use remote debugging protocol in a headless webkit browser.

And is there any way to let Chrome work on linux server?

[PhistucK]

You should take this question to a PhantomJS or other headless WebKit based browser groups.

What does running on a Linux server entail? No X server?

I recently saw that a headless Chrome is in the works, so that might be the answer when (if) it is done.

Star crbug.com/546953 for updates.

☆PhistucK

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[Andrey Sidorov]

yes, via --remote-debugger-port cmd line option - see http://phantomjs.org/api/command-line.html

>  I can't use remote debugging protocol directly in Phantomjs.

what do you mean by this? It might listen on localhost only, so if you want to connect from outside you maybe need to forward port

[Chen Yang]

I know --remote-debugger-port. And it just open a web inspector.But I can't use http://chromedevtools.github.io/debugger-protocol-viewer/ on this debugger port.  

[Andrey Sidorov]

Looks like top level protocol is different ( no http://localhost:9222/json etc ) but websocket connection is using same remote debugging protocol as normal chrome. Just make your debugger connect to 'ws://localhost:9222/devtools/page/1' 

[Andrey Sidorov]

I was able to connect my client ( https://github.com/sidorares/crconsole ) to it. If you want t give a try: `npm install -g crconsole && crconsole -w ws://localhost:9222/devtools/page/1` after starting phantomjs with --remote-debugger-port=9222 switch

[Chen Yang]

Thank you very much.I will try your way.

I found another way to do this.I used Xvfb to run headless google-chrome on a linux server.And the protocol works well on it.