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How do I enable remote debugger for python webdriver phantomjs?
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remote-debugger-phantomjs.md

I couldn't find this documented anywhere, but the option exists and lives in the code!

If you're using python, selenium, and phantomjs, somewhere in your code you have a line like this:

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS()

To enable remote debugging you need to know that PhantomJS() takes a 'service_args' argument. Change the second line as follows and you should be good to go.

driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(service_args=["--remote-debugger-port=9000"])

You can then follow along with the various tutorials on remote debugging for PhantomJS. I like this one:

https://drupalize.me/blog/201410/using-remote-debugger-casperjs-and-phantomjs

To learn about more hidden options for PhatomJS, read the code!

PhantomJS Class

Underylying Service Class

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