New tab official example not working for headless mode

[jeandat]

I must have missed something but executing the official example for creating a new tab in headless mode doesn't work for me:

const CDP = require('chrome-remote-interface');

CDP.New().then((tab) => {
    return CDP({tab: tab});
}).then((client) => {
    return client.Runtime.evaluate({
        expression: 'alert("Closing this tab...")'
    }).then(() => {
        const tab = client.chooseTab;
        return CDP.Close({id: tab.id});
    });
}).catch((err) => {
    console.error(err);
});

I get: Error: Could not create new page

I tried with the command line: chrome-remote-interface new http://www.ingdirect.fr. Same error.

I'm executing Chrome on Ubuntu. I customized the IP on which chrome listen but I tried with the default (localhost) and I observed same results.

Regarding the command line, inspect and list works. But not new nor close.

[ { description: '',
    devtoolsFrontendUrl: '/devtools/inspector.html?ws=192.168.1.44:9222/devtools/page/49db60ac-cc96-4e0f-bba2-7403f40a82bf',
    id: '49db60ac-cc96-4e0f-bba2-7403f40a82bf',
    title: 'about:blank',
    type: 'page',
    url: 'about:blank',
    webSocketDebuggerUrl: 'ws://192.168.1.44:9222/devtools/page/49db60ac-cc96-4e0f-bba2-7403f40a82bf' } ]

I'm using the latest version of node and CRI:

 npm ls -g --depth=0
/home/jon/.nvm/versions/node/v7.9.0/lib
├── [email protected]
└── [email protected]

[cyrus-and]

There's a note about the headless version:

Please note that currently the DevTools methods are not properly supported in headless mode; use the Target domain instead. See #83 and #84 for more information.

It will be fixed in Chrome 59, you can use the google-chrome-unstable Ubuntu package.

[jeandat]

OK good to know. Saw that but thought DevTools was a domain. Thanks.

[jeandat]

Switching to Chrome 59 unstable resolved several issues I had including creating a new tab.

[pthieu]

@jdat82 what OS are you on?

[jeandat]

The chrome server was on Ubuntu and the client script on a Mac. Can't wait to get rid of Linux for chrome headless.

[skaliber]

@cyrus-and I cant get new tab working using headless
I tried debian and ubuntu docker image and mac os
I tried with a selenium click and running java script to perform the click action for the link that is supposed to open a new tab but it doesnt open

Im using chromedriver 2.3 and google chrome stable 61 and google chrome unstable 63 still doesnt work

can you give me any suggestions how can I get it work ?

[cyrus-and]

@skaliber if it's ChromeDriver-related then you may want to take a look at #265, otherwise please file a new issue with all the details.