In PhantomJS, webpage.open takes a callback with a status parameter that's set to 'success' or 'fail'. According to the docs, it wll be "'success' if no network errors occurred, otherwise 'fail'." Is there a way to see the underlying network error that caused the failure?
The url I'm trying to load works fine when I put it in my browser, and when I take a screenshot after getting the 'fail' message I see the page that I was on before I called webpage.open (so I can't just ignore the fail). I'm using Phantom for testing, so ideally I'd like a robust way of easily getting a helpful error messsage when webpage.open fails (or better yet have it never fail!)
Found this post which explains how to set up callbacks to get at the underlying reason for the failure: http://newspaint.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/getting-to-the-bottom-of-why-a-phantomjs-page-load-fails/
Based on the that page, you could print out errors as follows:
page.onResourceError = function(resourceError) {
console.error(resourceError.url + ': ' + resourceError.errorString);
};
The page goes on to show an example of detailed logging for phantoms
page.onResourceRequested = function (request) {
system.stderr.writeLine('= onResourceRequested()');
system.stderr.writeLine(' request: ' + JSON.stringify(request, undefined, 4));
};
page.onResourceReceived = function(response) {
system.stderr.writeLine('= onResourceReceived()' );
system.stderr.writeLine(' id: ' + response.id + ', stage: "' + response.stage + '", response: ' + JSON.stringify(response));
};
page.onLoadStarted = function() {
system.stderr.writeLine('= onLoadStarted()');
var currentUrl = page.evaluate(function() {
return window.location.href;
});
system.stderr.writeLine(' leaving url: ' + currentUrl);
};
page.onLoadFinished = function(status) {
system.stderr.writeLine('= onLoadFinished()');
system.stderr.writeLine(' status: ' + status);
};
page.onNavigationRequested = function(url, type, willNavigate, main) {
system.stderr.writeLine('= onNavigationRequested');
system.stderr.writeLine(' destination_url: ' + url);
system.stderr.writeLine(' type (cause): ' + type);
system.stderr.writeLine(' will navigate: ' + willNavigate);
system.stderr.writeLine(' from page\'s main frame: ' + main);
};
page.onResourceError = function(resourceError) {
system.stderr.writeLine('= onResourceError()');
system.stderr.writeLine(' - unable to load url: "' + resourceError.url + '"');
system.stderr.writeLine(' - error code: ' + resourceError.errorCode + ', description: ' + resourceError.errorString );
};
page.onError = function(msg, trace) {
system.stderr.writeLine('= onError()');
var msgStack = [' ERROR: ' + msg];
if (trace) {
msgStack.push(' TRACE:');
trace.forEach(function(t) {
msgStack.push(' -> ' + t.file + ': ' + t.line + (t.function ? ' (in function "' + t.function + '")' : ''));
});
}
system.stderr.writeLine(msgStack.join('\n'));
};