Hi guys, I was hoping that someone could help me out with this. I am trying to test the scripting functionality of my local instance of this product, but even the most basic scripts don’t seem to work. I have confirmed that my script works at webpagetest.org, but when I try the exact same script on my local instance, it fails. Could I be missing something in my configuration or has anybody else experienced this issue and knows of a fix. My script looks like this(tab-delimited, not spaces):
logData 0
navigate http://www.mysite.com
logData 1
navigate http://www.myothersite.com
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Edit
I figured, I would add the errors that I am getting when I attempt to test this script on my local instance.
If i run it through the UI, I get the following error:
The testing completed but failed.
Timed out waiting for the browser to start.
Waterfall Screen Shot Video
First View: Test Data Missing
Repeat View: Test Error: Skipped repeat view, first view failed: Timed out waiting for the browser to start.
In reality, I am writing a simple php script using curl to start tests, collect the test results and store results in a database. An example of the curl call I am using to start the test is below:
$link = urlencode(file_get_contents(‘test.txt’));
$startTest = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($startTest, array(
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1,
CURLOPT_URL => ‘http://www.mylocalinstance.com/runTest.php’,
CURLOPT_POST => 1,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
‘location’ => ‘Office_wptdriver’,
‘f’ => ‘json’,
‘script’ => $link,
‘video’ => 1
)
));
$response = curl_exec($startTest);
curl_close($startTest);
//The script continues from here to check the test status then collect the results once it has been completed.
If i remove the script option and manually specify single URLs, using the url option, the script runs fine and all data is stored correctly. However, when I use the script option and point to my URL encoded version of the script file I wrote, I get the following error:
{“statusCode”:400,“statusText”:“Invalid Script (make sure there is at least one navigate command and that the commands are tab-delimited). Please contact us if you need help with your test script.”}
The URL encoded script looks like this:
logData%090%0Anavigate%09http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%0AlogData%091%0Anavigate%09http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aol.com%09%0A
I have also tested this without encoding my script file with the same results. There are definitely navigate commands in my script and they are tab-delimited so I’m not sure what I am doing wrong.
I have also verified that all necessary PHP modules from the installation documentation are installed on the server, so I don’t believe that is a problem.
Logs don’t seem to give me any truly useful information to narrow down the issue.
Anyone else experiencing or have experience this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
But if URLs work fine for you, and it is only the script that fails, shouldn’t be that. Maybe double check that you run script with the correct location/browser settings just in case? It can also help to remote desktop into the agent you are using and to watch what’s happening when you run the test. You might see the reason browser is not starting in the wptdriver window.