Suggestion: verify connection to browser after InstallWebUnit[]

[ssmit1986]

Today I found an issue where WebUnit would throw mysterious errors. After some digging, it turned out that the system running WebUnit did not have permissions to use the command line, so it could never launch the web driver.

In the code of InstallWebUnit[] there is the line Quiet[URLFetch[webDriverBaseURL<>"/status"]] that checks if the process is already running. Maybe this check should be performed again after launching the driver to check if it really did launch.

[arnoudbuzing]

Thanks. I will rework this functionality. Also note that I renamed the package to WebTools to avoid problems with the upcoming 11.3 release (which includes a modified copy of WebUnit)

[arnoudbuzing]

Please note that I had to rename the package from WebUnit to WebTools (to avoid a compatibility issue with an upcoming release of 11.3)

This also means you have to use InstallWebTools instead of InstallWebUnit

[wjxway]

So in Mathematica 11.3 we would have current WebUnit(or WebTools) functionalities embedded?

[arnoudbuzing]

11.3 has a modified version of WebUnit included, yes. This is why I need to rename this repo (they are going to diverge). But in 11.3 the syntax is different, so you have to decide what will work for you:

https://reference.wolframcloud.com/cloudplatform/ref/externalevaluationsystem/WebDriverChrome.html

[arnoudbuzing]

Use this:

PacletInstall["https://github.com/arnoudbuzing/webtools/releases/download/v0.1.0/WebTools-0.1.0.paclet"]

if you want to continue this paclet