Debug in headless Chrome - ruby

Question

After switching from capybara_webkit to headless_chrome, I'm trying to find a way to replicate
Capybara::Webkit.configure do |config|
config.debug = true
end
or
Capybara.javascript_driver = :webkit_debug
with the new driver.
The goal is to be able to see the log of everything happening when running rspec my_spec.rb: for example, all GET requests.
Is there a way to achieve that?

Answer 1

There is no option when using Selenium like the capybara_webkit debug option that outputs the debug info in realtime, however you can get access to the Chrome logs and output those at the end of each test (or you could write a helper to output them whenever you call it of course).
First you'd need to configure your selenium driver for logging
Capybara.register_driver :logging_chrome do |app|
caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.chrome(
# customize this based on which and what level logs your prefer
loggingPrefs: {
browser: 'ALL',
driver: 'ALL',
performance: 'ALL'
}
)
browser_options = ::Selenium::WebDriver::Chrome::Options.new()
browser_options.headless!
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(
app,
browser: :chrome,
desired_capabilities: caps,
options: browser_options
)
end
Then you'd set up to use that driver
Capybara.javascript_driver = :logging_chrome # possibly default_driver = depending on your config
and then add an after block that gets the logs and displays them
after(:each) do
# customize based on which type of logs you want displayed
log_types = page.driver.browser.manage.logs.available_types
log_types.each do |t|
puts t.to_s + ": " + page.driver.browser.manage.logs.get(t).join("\n")
end
end