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diff --git a/remote/doc/cdp/Usage.md b/remote/doc/cdp/Usage.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9eb62929fb --- /dev/null +++ b/remote/doc/cdp/Usage.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +# Usage + +When using the CDP-based Remote Agent in Firefox, there are +three different programs/components running simultaneously: + +* the __client__, being the out-of-process script or library + (such as Puppeteer) or web inspector frontend you use to control + and retrieve information out of Firefox; + +* the __agent__ that the client connects to which is an HTTPD living + inside Firefox, facilitating communication between clients + and targets; + +* and the __target__, which is the web document being debugging. + +Since Firefox 86 the Remote Agent ships in all Firefox releases by default. + +To check if your Firefox binary has the Remote Agent enabled, you +can look in its help message for this: + +```shell +% ./firefox -h +… + --remote-debugging-port [<port>] Start the Firefox Remote Agent, which is + a low-level debugging interface based on the CDP protocol. + Defaults to listen on localhost:9222. +… +``` + +When used, the Remote Agent will start an HTTP server and print a +message on stderr with the location of the main target’s WebSocket +listener: + +```shell +% firefox --remote-debugging-port +DevTools listening on ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/7b4e84a4-597f-4839-ac6d-c9e86d16fb83 +``` + +The argument takes an optional `port` as value: + +You can also instruct the Remote Agent to bind to a particular port on +your system. Therefore the argument accepts an optional value, which means +that `firefox --remote-debugging-port=9989` +will bind the HTTPD to port `9989`: + +```shell +% firefox --remote-debugging-port 9989 +DevTools listening on ws://localhost:9989/devtools/browser/b49481af-8ad3-9b4d-b1bf-bb0cdb9a0620 +``` + +If the value is missing the default port `9222` will be used. + +When you ask the Remote Agent to listen on port 0, +the system will atomically allocate an arbitrary free port: + +```shell +% firefox --remote-debugging-port 0 +DevTools listening on ws://localhost:59982/devtools/browser/a12b22a9-1b8b-954a-b81f-bd31552d3f1c +``` + +Allocating an atomic port can be useful if you want to avoid race +conditions. The atomically allocated port will be somewhere in the +ephemeral port range, which varies depending on your system and +system configuration, but is always guaranteed to be free thus +eliminating the risk of binding to a port that is already in use. |