README.md

Speedprofile

Create HAR and performance data headlessly with Chrome and Firefox using Browsermob-Proxy

This tool helps you to capture HTTP Archive (HAR) and additional performance data using Navigation Timing API from either Chrome or Firefox headlessly.

Setup (Manual)

1. Install xvfb

   sudo apt-get install -y xvfb

2. Download Browsermob-proxy

   https://github.com/lightbody/browsermob-proxy

3. Download selenium-server

   wget http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.41/selenium-server-standalone-2.41.0.jar

4. Start selenium-server

   java /usr/bin/java -jar selenium-server.jar >> ./log/selenium.$(date +"%Y%d%m").log 2>&1&

5. Download chrome driver

   wget -N http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.10/chromedriver_linux64.zip
   unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
   chmod +x chromedriver

6. Install Python Dependencies for browsermob-proxy, selenium and xvfb

   sudo apt-get install python-pip
   sudo pip install selenium browsermob-proxy xvfbwrapper --upgrade

Usage

python speedprofile.py --url [url to test] --browser [chrome/fireox] --path [path to save output files]

Dockerized Setup and Usage (Chrome Only)

1. Install Docker -- https://www.docker.com/

2. Run the build-chrome script to create a docker image tagged speedprofile-chrome

./docker/build-chrome.sh

# To test your local image, run:
docker run -v $(pwd)/output:/output speedprofile-chrome <url>

# Performance/HAR files will be generated in the local "output" folder.

3. Quickstart: If you want to skip the build (2), you can simply run the public docker image with the included wrapper script:

./docker/run-chrome.sh <url>