Debugger Domain
Debugger domain exposes JavaScript debugging capabilities. It allows setting and removing breakpoints, stepping through execution, exploring stack traces, etc.
Methods
- Debugger.continueToLocation
- Debugger.disable
- Debugger.enable
- Debugger.evaluateOnCallFrame
- Debugger.getScriptSource
- Debugger.pause
- Debugger.removeBreakpoint
- Debugger.restartFrame
- Debugger.resume
- Debugger.setAsyncCallStackDepth
- Debugger.setBreakpoint
- Debugger.setBreakpointByUrl
- Debugger.setBreakpointsActive
- Debugger.setPauseOnExceptions
- Debugger.setScriptSource
- Debugger.setSkipAllPauses
- Debugger.setVariableValue
- Debugger.stepInto
- Debugger.stepOut
- Debugger.stepOver
Events
- Debugger.breakpointResolved
- Debugger.paused
- Debugger.resumed
- Debugger.scriptFailedToParse
- Debugger.scriptParsed
Types
Methods
Debugger.continueToLocation #
Continues execution until specific location is reached.
Parameters
location
Location to continue to.
Debugger.disable #
Disables debugger for given page.
Handles Debugger.disable request @cdp Debugger.disable If domain is already disabled, will return success.
Debugger.enable #
Enables debugger for the given page. Clients should not assume that the debugging has been enabled until the result for this command is received.
Handles Debugger.enable request @cdp Debugger.enable If domain is already enabled, will return success.
Debugger.evaluateOnCallFrame #
Evaluates expression on a given call frame.
In V8, @cdp Debugger.evaluateOnCallFrame populates the result
field with the exception value.
Parameters
callFrameId
Call frame identifier to evaluate on.
expression
string
Expression to evaluate.
objectGroup
Optional
string
String object group name to put result into (allows rapid releasing resulting object handles using releaseObjectGroup).
includeCommandLineAPI
Optional
boolean
Specifies whether command line API should be available to the evaluated expression, defaults to false.
silent
Optional
boolean
In silent mode exceptions thrown during evaluation are not reported and do not pause execution. Overrides setPauseOnException state.
returnByValue
Optional
boolean
Whether the result is expected to be a JSON object that should be sent by value.
generatePreview
Optional
boolean
Whether preview should be generated for the result.
Return object
result
Object wrapper for the evaluation result.
exceptionDetails
Optional
Exception details.
Debugger.getScriptSource #
Returns source for the script with given id.
Parameters
scriptId
Id of the script to get source for.
Return object
scriptSource
string
Script source.
Debugger.restartFrame #
Restarts particular call frame from the beginning.
Parameters
callFrameId
Call frame identifier to evaluate on.
Return object
callFrames
array[ CallFrame ]
New stack trace.
asyncStackTrace
Optional
Async stack trace, if any.
Debugger.setAsyncCallStackDepth #
Enables or disables async call stacks tracking.
Parameters
maxDepth
integer
Maximum depth of async call stacks. Setting to 0 will effectively disable collecting async call stacks (default).
Debugger.setBreakpoint #
Sets JavaScript breakpoint at a given location.
Parameters
location
Location to set breakpoint in.
condition
Optional
string
Expression to use as a breakpoint condition. When specified, debugger will only stop on the breakpoint if this expression evaluates to true.
Return object
breakpointId
Id of the created breakpoint for further reference.
actualLocation
Location this breakpoint resolved into.
Debugger.setBreakpointByUrl #
Sets JavaScript breakpoint at given location specified either by URL or URL regex. Once this command is issued, all existing parsed scripts will have breakpoints resolved and returned in locations property. Further matching script parsing will result in subsequent breakpointResolved events issued. This logical breakpoint will survive page reloads.
Parameters
lineNumber
integer
Line number to set breakpoint at.
url
Optional
string
URL of the resources to set breakpoint on.
urlRegex
Optional
string
Regex pattern for the URLs of the resources to set breakpoints on. Either url or urlRegex must be specified.
columnNumber
Optional
integer
Offset in the line to set breakpoint at.
condition
Optional
string
Expression to use as a breakpoint condition. When specified, debugger will only stop on the breakpoint if this expression evaluates to true.
Return object
breakpointId
Id of the created breakpoint for further reference.
locations
array[ Location ]
List of the locations this breakpoint resolved into upon addition.
Debugger.setBreakpointsActive #
Activates / deactivates all breakpoints on the page.
Handles Debugger.setBreakpointsActive @cdp Debugger.setBreakpointsActive Allowed even if domain is not enabled.
Parameters
active
boolean
New value for breakpoints active state.
Debugger.setPauseOnExceptions #
Defines pause on exceptions state. Can be set to stop on all exceptions, uncaught exceptions or no exceptions. Initial pause on exceptions state is none.
Parameters
state
string
Pause on exceptions mode.
Allowed values: none
, uncaught
, all
Debugger.setScriptSource #
Edits JavaScript source live.
Parameters
scriptId
Id of the script to edit.
scriptSource
string
New content of the script.
dryRun
Optional
boolean
If true the change will not actually be applied. Dry run may be used to get result description without actually modifying the code.
Return object
callFrames
Optional
array[ CallFrame ]
New stack trace in case editing has happened while VM was stopped.
stackChanged
Optional
boolean
Whether current call stack was modified after applying the changes.
asyncStackTrace
Optional
Async stack trace, if any.
exceptionDetails
Optional
Exception details if any.
Debugger.setSkipAllPauses #
Makes page not interrupt on any pauses (breakpoint, exception, dom exception etc).
Parameters
skip
boolean
New value for skip pauses state.
Debugger.setVariableValue #
Changes value of variable in a callframe. Object-based scopes are not supported and must be mutated manually.
Parameters
scopeNumber
integer
0-based number of scope as was listed in scope chain. Only 'local', 'closure' and 'catch' scope types are allowed. Other scopes could be manipulated manually.
variableName
string
Variable name.
newValue
New variable value.
callFrameId
Id of callframe that holds variable.
Events
Debugger.breakpointResolved #
Fired when breakpoint is resolved to an actual script and location.
Parameters
breakpointId
Breakpoint unique identifier.
location
Actual breakpoint location.
Debugger.paused #
Fired when the virtual machine stopped on breakpoint or exception or any other stop criteria.
Although the documentation lists the "data" field as optional for the @cdp Debugger.paused event: https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/tot/Debugger/#event-paused it is accessed unconditionally by the front-end when the pause reason is "exception". "data" is passed in as "auxData" via: https://github.com/facebookexperimental/rn-chrome-devtools-frontend/blob/9a23d4c7c4c2d1a3d9e913af38d6965f474c4284/front_end/core/sdk/DebuggerModel.ts#L994 and "auxData" stored in a DebuggerPausedDetails instance: https://github.com/facebookexperimental/rn-chrome-devtools-frontend/blob/9a23d4c7c4c2d1a3d9e913af38d6965f474c4284/front_end/core/sdk/DebuggerModel.ts#L642 which then has its fields accessed in: https://github.com/facebookexperimental/rn-chrome-devtools-frontend/blob/main/front_end/panels/sources/DebuggerPausedMessage.ts#L225 If the "data" ("auxData") object is absent, accessing its fields will throw, breaking the display of pause information. Thus, we always populate "data" with an object. The "data" field has no schema in the protocol metadata that we use to generate message structures, so we need to manually construct a JSON object here. The structure expected by the front-end (specifically, the "description" field) can be inferred from the field access at the URL above. The front-end does gracefully handle missing fields on the "data" object, so we can consider the "description" field optional.
Parameters
callFrames
array[ CallFrame ]
Call stack the virtual machine stopped on.
reason
string
Pause reason.
Allowed values: XHR
, DOM
, EventListener
, exception
, assert
, debugCommand
, promiseRejection
, other
data
Optional
object
Object containing break-specific auxiliary properties.
hitBreakpoints
Optional
array[ string
]
Hit breakpoints IDs
asyncStackTrace
Optional
Async stack trace, if any.
Debugger.scriptFailedToParse #
Fired when virtual machine fails to parse the script.
Parameters
scriptId
Identifier of the script parsed.
url
string
URL or name of the script parsed (if any).
startLine
integer
Line offset of the script within the resource with given URL (for script tags).
startColumn
integer
Column offset of the script within the resource with given URL.
endLine
integer
Last line of the script.
endColumn
integer
Length of the last line of the script.
executionContextId
Specifies script creation context.
hash
string
Content hash of the script.
executionContextAuxData
Optional
object
Embedder-specific auxiliary data.
sourceMapURL
Optional
string
URL of source map associated with script (if any).
hasSourceURL
Optional
boolean
True, if this script has sourceURL.
Debugger.scriptParsed #
Fired when virtual machine parses script. This event is also fired for all known and uncollected scripts upon enabling debugger.
Parameters
scriptId
Identifier of the script parsed.
url
string
URL or name of the script parsed (if any).
startLine
integer
Line offset of the script within the resource with given URL (for script tags).
startColumn
integer
Column offset of the script within the resource with given URL.
endLine
integer
Last line of the script.
endColumn
integer
Length of the last line of the script.
executionContextId
Specifies script creation context.
hash
string
Content hash of the script.
executionContextAuxData
Optional
object
Embedder-specific auxiliary data.
isLiveEdit
Optional
boolean
True, if this script is generated as a result of the live edit operation.
sourceMapURL
Optional
string
URL of source map associated with script (if any).
hasSourceURL
Optional
boolean
True, if this script has sourceURL.
Types
Debugger.CallFrame #
JavaScript call frame. Array of call frames form the call stack.
Type: object
Properties
callFrameId
Call frame identifier. This identifier is only valid while the virtual machine is paused.
functionName
string
Name of the JavaScript function called on this call frame.
functionLocation
Optional
location
Location in the source code.
scopeChain
array[ Scope ]
Scope chain for this call frame.
this
this object for this call frame.
returnValue
Optional
The value being returned, if the function is at return point.
Debugger.Location #
Location in the source code.
Type: object
Properties
scriptId
Script identifier as reported in the Debugger.scriptParsed.
lineNumber
integer
Line number in the script (0-based).
columnNumber
Optional
integer
Column number in the script (0-based).
Debugger.Scope #
Scope description.
Type: object
Properties
type
string
Scope type.
Allowed values: global
, local
, with
, closure
, catch
, block
, script
object
Object representing the scope. For global and with scopes it represents the actual object; for the rest of the scopes, it is artificial transient object enumerating scope variables as its properties.
name
Optional
string
startLocation
Optional
Location in the source code where scope starts
endLocation
Optional
Location in the source code where scope ends