/browser-remote

Debug your user's browser remotely via Chrome DevTools.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

BrowserRemote.

js-standard-style

Debug your user's browser remotely via Chrome DevTools.

explainer

This is an example of how browser remote debugging can be used to help customers having problems by enabling support agents to remote debug their browser.

Example

How does it work?

explainer

How to get started?

To get started to need to have three pieces going:

  1. A simple gateway that acts like a proxy between Chrome and Chrome DevTools.
  2. The user need to install a little extension to allow access to Chrome debugger, and to connect to the gateway.
  3. The agent needs to open the dashboard to connect Chrome DevTools to the user.

Gateway

  1. Run npm install
  2. Run npm start

Customer

  1. Install chrome extension by using the "Load unpacked extension" option
  2. Open example/index.html in Chrome.
  3. Click "I need help"

Agent

  1. Open https://localhost:8000/json
  2. Find the devtoolsUrl property for the connected client
  3. Open the devtoolsUrl url in Chrome
  4. Bam!

NOTICE: This project is highly experimental, and shouldn't be used in ANY production-like environment, as there's absolutely no security or privacy.