rocel · April 12, 2017 20:14 · Apr 3, 2017 · Apr 3, 2017 · Oct 6, 2016 · Apr 8, 2013
diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 If you're looking at this in 2016 and beyond, I strongly recommend investigating real headless Chrome: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr/headless/README.md
 
+Windows and Mac users might find using Justin Ribeiro's [Docker setup](https://t.co/wyVjzUVmBe) useful here while full support for these platforms is being worked out.
+
+You can use `chrome --headless` on Linux as of M57 but note you'll need to build the binaries yourself for now.
+
 The metabug for adding headless mode to Chromium is [over here](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546953).
 
-If you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM...
+Otherwise, if you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM that isn't working with Linux:
 
 ## Step 1: Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:
 

diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Update
 
-If you're looking at this in 2016, I strongly recommend investigating real headless Chrome: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr/headless/README.md
+If you're looking at this in 2016 and beyond, I strongly recommend investigating real headless Chrome: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr/headless/README.md
 
-#If you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM...
+The metabug for adding headless mode to Chromium is [over here](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=546953).
+
+If you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM...
 
 ## Step 1: Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ Start and open a page:
 xvfb-run --server-args='-screen 0, 1024x768x16' google-chrome -start-maximized http://www.example.com > /dev/null &
 ```
 
-#If you're on Windows..
+# If you're on Windows..
 
 Use [Desktops](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx) from the MS SysInternals package. You can spawn your Chrome process directly from the "hidden" desktop and keep it working there (I have not personally tested this).
 

diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Update
+
+If you're looking at this in 2016, I strongly recommend investigating real headless Chrome: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr/headless/README.md
+
 #If you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM...
 
 ## Step 1: Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:

diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ Use [Desktops](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx) fr
 #Other options...
 
 You could try spawning Chrome as a child process using something like Node.js and piping the output back to the terminal.
-See chrome.js for an example of how to do this (todo: update to latest Express).
+See runChrome.js for an example of how to do this (todo: update to latest Express).
diff --git a/chrome.js → runChrome.js b/chrome.js → runChrome.js
diff --git a/chrome.js b/chrome.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+var express = require('express');
+var http = require('http');
+var cp = require('child_process');
+var port = 3000;
+var app = express();
+//var app = express();
+//var server = http.createServer(app);
+var chrome_count = 0;
+
+
+app.get('/', function(req, res){
+    startChrome(chrome_count++,9222,function chromeStared(err,id,chrome){
+    	res.send('Chrome '+id+' Started\r\n');
+    	console.log('Simulating some data parsing');
+    	setTimeout(function(){
+    		console.log('Shutdown chrome '+id);
+    		chrome.kill('doh!');
+    	},1000);
+    });
+});
+
+
+app.listen(port);
+console.log('Server is listening on port ' + port);
+
+function startChrome(id,port,callback){
+	var terminal = cp.spawn('bash');
+	var chrome = {};
+
+	terminal.on('exit', function (code) {
+
+		console.log('Starting chrome');
+		chrome = cp.spawn('/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome',[
+			'--remote-debugging-port='+port,
+			'--user-data-dir=/Volumes/DATA/repos/scrapper/userdata',
+			'http://www.chrome.com'
+		]);
+		callback(null,id,chrome);
+	});
+
+	setTimeout(function() {
+		console.log('Sending stdin to terminal');
+		//terminal.stdin.write('echo "Hello $USER"');
+		terminal.stdin.write('rm -rf /Volumes/DATA/repos/scrapper/userdata'+'\n');
+		terminal.stdin.write('mkdir /Volumes/DATA/repos/scrapper/userdata'+'\n');
+		terminal.stdin.write('touch "/Volumes/DATA/repos/scrapper/userdata/First Run"'+'\n');
+		terminal.stdin.write('chmod 777 "/Volumes/DATA/repos/scrapper/userdata/First Run"'+'\n');
+		terminal.stdin.end();
+	}, 5000);	
+}
diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ Use [Desktops](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx) fr
 #Other options...
 
 You could try spawning Chrome as a child process using something like Node.js and piping the output back to the terminal.
+See chrome.js for an example of how to do this (todo: update to latest Express).
diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-If you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM...
+#If you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM...
 
 ## Step 1: Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:
 
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Start and open a page:
 xvfb-run --server-args='-screen 0, 1024x768x16' google-chrome -start-maximized http://www.example.com > /dev/null &
 ```
 
-If you're on Windows..
+#If you're on Windows..
 
-Use [Desktops](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx) from the MS SysInternals package. You can spawn your Chrome process directly from the "hidden" desktop and keep it working there (I have not personally tested this).
+Use [Desktops](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx) from the MS SysInternals package. You can spawn your Chrome process directly from the "hidden" desktop and keep it working there (I have not personally tested this).
+
+#Other options...
+
+You could try spawning Chrome as a child process using something like Node.js and piping the output back to the terminal.
diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ Start and open a page:
 
 ```
 xvfb-run --server-args='-screen 0, 1024x768x16' google-chrome -start-maximized http://www.example.com > /dev/null &
-```
+```
+
+If you're on Windows..
+
+Use [Desktops](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx) from the MS SysInternals package. You can spawn your Chrome process directly from the "hidden" desktop and keep it working there (I have not personally tested this).
diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+If you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM...
+
 ## Step 1: Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:
 
 SSH into your server as a root or do sudo -i.

diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1. Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:
+## Step 1: Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:
 
 SSH into your server as a root or do sudo -i.
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ apt-get install -y python-gobject-2
 apt-get install -y curl git
 ```
 
-2. Options for starting:
+## Step 2. Options for starting:
 
 Normal: 
 

diff --git a/headless.md b/headless.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+1. Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:
+
+SSH into your server as a root or do sudo -i.
+
+Then install necessary software:
+
+```
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y xvfb fluxbox x11vnc dbus libasound2 libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libxss1 libpython2.7 libqt4-xml libaudio2 libmng1 fontconfig liblcms1 lib32stdc++6 lib32asound2 ia32-libs libc6-i386 lib32gcc1 nano
+apt-get install -y python-gobject-2
+apt-get install -y curl git
+```
+
+2. Options for starting:
+
+Normal: 
+
+```
+xvfb-run --server-args='-screen 0, 1024x768x16' google-chrome -start-maximized > /dev/null &
+```
+
+Start and open a page: 
+
+```
+xvfb-run --server-args='-screen 0, 1024x768x16' google-chrome -start-maximized http://www.example.com > /dev/null &
+```
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