Getting remote debugging set up with PhantomJS
phantomjs
Solution
The documentation says :
To run your script, simply enter the __run() command in the Web Inspector Console.
`__run()` is not a no-op but just a wrapper to your script. You need to select Console tab first and then enter `__run()` in the command window. If you are familiar with Chrome, it's fairly the same as for developpers tool.
Problem
I'm trying to set up remote debugging with PhantomJS, without much luck. I am following the instructions at https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/wiki/Troubleshooting. I have a little program named `debug.js`: ``` var system = require('system' ), fs = require('fs'), webpage = require('webpage'); (function(phantom){ var page=webpage.create(); function debugPage(){ console.log("Refresh a second debugger-port page and open a second webkit inspector for the target page."); console.log("Letting this page continue will then trigger a break in the target page."); debugger; // pause here in first web browser tab for steps 5 & 6 page.open(system.args[1]); page.evaluateAsync(function() { debugger; // step 7 will wait here in the second web browser tab }); } debugPage(); }(phantom)); ``` Now I run this from the command line: ``` $ phantomjs --remote-debugger-port=9001 --remote-debugger-autorun=yes debug.js my.xhtml ``` The `console.log` messages are now displayed in the shell window. I open a browser page to `localhost:9001`. It is at this point that the documentation says "get first web inspector for phantom context" However, I see only a single entry for `about:blank`. When I click on that, I get an inspector for the irrelevant about:blank page, with the URL `http://localhost:9001/webkit/inspector/inspector.html?page=1`. The documentation talks about executing `__run()`, but I can't seem to get to the page where I would do that; `about:html` seems to contina a `__run()` which is a no-op. FWIW, I am using PhantomJS 1.9.1 under W8. What am I missing?