Launch browser through testcafe without test

Question

I want to use testcafe to start browsers available through internal end external browser providers. I don't want any testing functionality. But I want to be able to use takeScreenshot, resizeWindow, etc.

Here is my code.

const pool = require("./node_modules/testcafe/lib/browser/provider/pool.js");

pool.getProvider("chrome").then((provider) => {
    const plugin = provider.plugin;

    console.log("open")

    plugin.openBrowser("foo", "http://google.de", "chrome").then(() => {
        console.log("done");

    }).catch(console.warn);;

    console.log("early");

}).catch(console.warn);

If I run or debug the file with this code, the open browser promise is never resolved. The console prints open and early and then the program exits.

If I copy and paste the code into an interactive node shell, the browser gets started. (I get an exception that connection is null but this code is never run if I start the file.

What am I doing wrong?

UPDATE: This is the code that uses async/await, but does not work either:

const pool = require("../node_modules/testcafe/lib/browser/provider/pool.js");

(async () => {
    const provider = await pool.getProvider("chrome");
    const plugin = provider.plugin;
    await plugin.openBrowser("foo", "http://google.de", "chrome");
    console.log("done");
})();

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 20 '21 at 15:06

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We advise against using this internal API as it can be changed at any time without notification. You can use the testcafe-browser-tools module instead.

The plugin.openBrowser method is async. So, you need to await the result of the method execution. Please see TestCafe's runBrowser code for more details.

edited Feb 20 '21 at 15:06

Alex Skorkin

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answered Apr 23 '19 at 14:31

mlosev

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Am I able to start any browser available through third party providers through testcafe-browser-tools? That is the requirement. – htho Apr 23 '19 at 14:53
You wrote: "The plugin.openBrowser method is async." Yes. I just use the Promise returned by the async function instead. I figured that might be easier to understand than an immediatly executed async function. (I tried that first) – htho Apr 23 '19 at 14:57

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