Running Nightmare headlessly on Linux

running_nightmare_headlessly_on_linux.md

Installation

Installing dependencies

sudo apt-get install build-essential clang libdbus-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev \
                       libnotify-dev libgnome-keyring-dev libgconf2-dev \
                       libasound2-dev libcap-dev libcups2-dev libxtst-dev \
                       gcc-multilib g++-multilib \
                       libgtk2.0-0 libgconf-2-4 \
                       libasound2 libxtst6 libxss1 libnss3 xvfb \

Install NodeJS

Download nvm

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh | bash

After install nvm, install a node version. For example:

nvm install v5.5.0

Close your terminal and open again.

Install Electron Pre-Built

In project folder run command

npm install electron-prebuilt@0.37.7 --save

Specify Electron Path

Add electronPath parameter

var nightmare = Nightmare({
  electronPath: require('electron-prebuilt')
});

Run Nightmare Script

xvfb-run -a node --harmony <your-script>

Your script didn't run?

DEBUG=nightmare:*,electron:* xvfb-run -a node --harmony <your-script>

OR

DEBUG=nightmare:*,electron:* node --harmony <your-script>

Check if there is not installed library. If you can not find the problem please visit this link

fyi, this Gist is out of date and doesn't work. this, however, does: https://medium.com/@cubxi/running-nightmare-js-on-a-headless-server-95f97d271488

Thank you very much for this script!

Just to let everyone know libgnome-keyring-dev making problems in debian 10 but you can just ignore it.