fireprox

A simple proxy for MozRepl over HTTP GET using express/nodejs, to control Firefox:

Any browser/client <--> fireprox <--> MozRepl <--> Firefox

I threw this together because I needed an easy way to programatically read the current url from Firefox into my javascript web application WhoDoTheyServe.com, but was unable to workaround browser security restrictions or get Firefox WebDriver to work reliably.

To Install and Run

To install globally:

npm install -g fireprox

To configure (optional):

export MOZREPL_HOST=<your MozRepl host name or ip, default=localhost>
export MOZREPL_PORT=<your MozRepl port, default=4242>
export FIREPROX_PORT=<Fireprox port, default=8080>

To start:

cd /usr/lib    (or wherever your global node_modules lives)
npm start fireprox

If all goes well you should see the MozRepl welcome message.

Usage

Point any browser/client to http://fireprox:8080/exec/COMMAND where:

fireprox:8080 is the nodejs server running fireprox

COMMAND is any MozRepl command

Examples

To get the firefox current url, browse to:

http://fireprox:8080/exec/content.location.href

To show ‘foo’ in an alert box, browse to:

http://fireprox:8080/exec/alert('foo')

(note you’ll need to manually close this alert before fireprox returns).

To configure for hosting MozRepl at sweep:5050 and fireprox on port 8181:

export MOZREPL_HOST=sweep
export MOZREPL_PORT=5050
export FIREPROX_PORT=8181

Credits

Inspired by codediesel.

License

MIT