browser-run

The easiest way of running code in a browser environment.

Bundles electronjs by default!

Usage

$ echo "console.log('Hey from ' + location); window.close()" | browser-run
Hey from http://localhost:53227/
$

Or use browser-run programmatically:

var run = require('browser-run');

var browser = run();
browser.pipe(process.stdout);
browser.end('console.log(location); window.close()');

Example with browserify

$ browserify main.js | browser-run

var browserify = require('browserify');
var browser = require('browser-run');

browserify('main.js').bundle().pipe(browser()).pipe(process.stdout);

CLI

$ browser-run --help
Run JavaScript in a browser.
Write code to stdin and receive console output on stdout.
Usage: browser-run [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --browser, -b  Browser to use. Always available: electron. Available if installed: chrome, firefox, ie, phantom, safari  [default: "electron"]
  --port         Starts listening on that port and waits for you to open a browser                                       
  --static       Serve static assets from this directory                                                                 
  --input        Input type. Defaults to 'javascript', can be set to 'html'.                                             
  --help         Print help

Custom html file

By using -input html or { input: 'html' } you can provide a custom html file for browser-run to use. Keep in mind though that it always needs to have <script src="/reporter.js"></script> above other script tags so browser-run is able to properly forward your console.logs etc to the terminal.

API

run([opts])

Returns a duplex stream and starts a webserver.

opts can be:

port: If speficied, no browser will be started, so you can point one yourself to http://localhost/<port>
browser: Browser to use. Defaults to electron. Available if installed:
- chrome
- firefox
- ie
- phantom
- safari
static: Serve static files from this directory
input: Input type. Defaults to javascript, can be set to html.

If only an empty string is written to it, an error will be thrown as there is nothing to execute.

If you call window.close() inside the script, the browser will exit.

run#stop()

Stop the underlying webserver.

Headless testing

To use the default electron browser on travis, add this to your travis.yml:

addons:
  apt:
    packages:
      - xvfb
install:
  - export DISPLAY=':99.0'
  - Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
  - npm install

Source.

For gnu/linux installations without a graphical environment:

$ sudo apt-get install xvfb # or equivalent
$ export DISPLAY=':99.0'
$ Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
$ browser-run ...

There is also an example docker machine here.

Installation

With npm do

$ npm install browser-run    # for library
$ npm install -g browser-run # for cli

License

(MIT)

yosiat / browser-run