schickling/chromeless

Capturing URLs of new windows/popups?

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#174 opened on Aug 4, 2017

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Description

Hello! I'm new to this library, but thank you for providing this to the open source community. I was wondering if there is a way (current or planned for the future) to capture new windows as they pop up when clicking on something, e.g. an advertisement?

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Tech stack
typescriptnodejs
Domain
testing
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
needs investigation
Prerequisites
TypeScriptChrome automation basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
This issue requests a feature to capture URLs of new windows/popups. The Chromeless library currently lacks explicit popup handling. A possible approach is to inspect the existing source code for window events or explore Chrome DevTools Protocol's Target.getTargets. The discussion in the issue should be reviewed to see if any workarounds were suggested. The maintainer has not responded, so clarification on desired API is needed.