Webdriveragent: localhost:8100/inspector is not working

[prudhvialahari]

The error is shown in the screen shot

But I'm able to get the source as shown the image

System configuration:
Appium: 1.6.3
Xcode : 8.2.1
iOS simulator: 10.2
Using XCIUTest for automation

Please look into the issue.

[marekcirkos]

Did you run bootstrap script? It looks like code for inspector is missing

[prudhvialahari]

Yes, I ran "sh ./Scripts/bootstrap.sh -d"

[marekcirkos]

That will only fetch dependencies, but will not build inspector. Run it without any param, it will do both.

[prudhvialahari]

This the error when I try to do it without param

[prudhvialahari]

I tried to pull WebDriverAgent manually and replaced existing WDA with the one I have pulled. After executing bootstrap there were no errors as such mentioned above. But now the error with inspector is something like this,

I think this is the same error as stated at the beginning of the issue.

npm v4.0.5
node v7.4.0

[marekcirkos]

This should be fixed, can you confirm?

[prudhvialahari]

Not working yet. When I try to run "sh ./ Scripts/bootstrap.sh" then it throws an error at app.js... After then I tried to access inspector then there was a blank screen and as usually​ localhost:8100/source works.

[prudhvialahari]

Am I missing some system configuration for setting up the inspector?
What are the other ways to inspect through WDA?

[marekcirkos]

The app.js is the same you posted above or different?

[prudhvialahari]

Same..

[marekcirkos]

Make sure to try WDA independently. I have seen many issues with inspector when WDA in embedded in Appium.

[marekcirkos]

Can you try:

• removing node_modules in inspector folder?
• updating npm and node?

[prudhvialahari]

As you suggested, I have removed node_modules from inspector folder and updated node to 7.8.0 and npm to 4.2.0. bootstrap throws the same error(app.js) and the inspector screen is blank.

[marekcirkos]

Can you try fetching WDA independently and not nesting in Appium. Does the error still exists for you?

[Schnutzel]

Try to move the WebDriverAgent directory to a different directory, run the scripts, and then move it back. Something like this:

mv /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent ~/WebDriverAgent
cd ~/WebDriverAgent
sh Scripts/bootstrap.sh
mv ~/WebDriverAgent /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent

[prudhvialahari]

Thanks guys, it works now.