Launch RSelenium Browser regardless of port open/closed












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Question: Is there a function that will open a selenium browser if none is already open, or close the current browser and reset the port and relaunch a browser?



Rationale: I work with big loops in RSelenium that occasionally crash, so sometimes I don't know if a port is open or browser is open in looped code. I'd like a RSelenium launcher that launches a browser regardless if one is open or if the port is in use.



Attempt: I tried this approach with tryCatch() but I still get the wdman error that a port is open if I try to launch it twice:



browserpreference <- "chrome"
tryCatch({rD <- rsDriver(port = 4444L, browser = paste0(browserpreference))}
,error=function(rD,remDr){
try(remDr$close(), silent=T)
try(rD$server$stop(),silent=T)
try(suppressWarnings(rm(rD, envir = .GlobalEnv)), silent=T)
try(suppressWarnings(rm(remDr, envir = .GlobalEnv)), silent=T)
gc()
rD <- rsDriver(port = 4444L, browser = paste0(browserpreference))
})


If I try this twice I get this error:



Error in wdman::selenium(port = port, verbose = verbose, version = version,  : 
Selenium server signals port = 4444 is already in use.


Thanks!










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  • What operating system are you on?

    – hrbrmstr
    Nov 25 '18 at 11:20











  • @hrbmstr I use both mac and windows, but primarily windows for RSelenium.

    – Neal Barsch
    Nov 29 '18 at 3:59











  • sapply(4444:4450, function(p) setNames(list(pingr::ping_port("localhost", p)), p)) is a bit of toy code to see if there's something listening on a local port (all NA == very likely nothing there). It's cross platform and all in R (well, compiled C=>R) vs some system()-call based ones that could do something similar (hence my q abt OS)

    – hrbrmstr
    Nov 29 '18 at 13:37
















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Question: Is there a function that will open a selenium browser if none is already open, or close the current browser and reset the port and relaunch a browser?



Rationale: I work with big loops in RSelenium that occasionally crash, so sometimes I don't know if a port is open or browser is open in looped code. I'd like a RSelenium launcher that launches a browser regardless if one is open or if the port is in use.



Attempt: I tried this approach with tryCatch() but I still get the wdman error that a port is open if I try to launch it twice:



browserpreference <- "chrome"
tryCatch({rD <- rsDriver(port = 4444L, browser = paste0(browserpreference))}
,error=function(rD,remDr){
try(remDr$close(), silent=T)
try(rD$server$stop(),silent=T)
try(suppressWarnings(rm(rD, envir = .GlobalEnv)), silent=T)
try(suppressWarnings(rm(remDr, envir = .GlobalEnv)), silent=T)
gc()
rD <- rsDriver(port = 4444L, browser = paste0(browserpreference))
})


If I try this twice I get this error:



Error in wdman::selenium(port = port, verbose = verbose, version = version,  : 
Selenium server signals port = 4444 is already in use.


Thanks!










share|improve this question























  • What operating system are you on?

    – hrbrmstr
    Nov 25 '18 at 11:20











  • @hrbmstr I use both mac and windows, but primarily windows for RSelenium.

    – Neal Barsch
    Nov 29 '18 at 3:59











  • sapply(4444:4450, function(p) setNames(list(pingr::ping_port("localhost", p)), p)) is a bit of toy code to see if there's something listening on a local port (all NA == very likely nothing there). It's cross platform and all in R (well, compiled C=>R) vs some system()-call based ones that could do something similar (hence my q abt OS)

    – hrbrmstr
    Nov 29 '18 at 13:37














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Question: Is there a function that will open a selenium browser if none is already open, or close the current browser and reset the port and relaunch a browser?



Rationale: I work with big loops in RSelenium that occasionally crash, so sometimes I don't know if a port is open or browser is open in looped code. I'd like a RSelenium launcher that launches a browser regardless if one is open or if the port is in use.



Attempt: I tried this approach with tryCatch() but I still get the wdman error that a port is open if I try to launch it twice:



browserpreference <- "chrome"
tryCatch({rD <- rsDriver(port = 4444L, browser = paste0(browserpreference))}
,error=function(rD,remDr){
try(remDr$close(), silent=T)
try(rD$server$stop(),silent=T)
try(suppressWarnings(rm(rD, envir = .GlobalEnv)), silent=T)
try(suppressWarnings(rm(remDr, envir = .GlobalEnv)), silent=T)
gc()
rD <- rsDriver(port = 4444L, browser = paste0(browserpreference))
})


If I try this twice I get this error:



Error in wdman::selenium(port = port, verbose = verbose, version = version,  : 
Selenium server signals port = 4444 is already in use.


Thanks!










share|improve this question














Question: Is there a function that will open a selenium browser if none is already open, or close the current browser and reset the port and relaunch a browser?



Rationale: I work with big loops in RSelenium that occasionally crash, so sometimes I don't know if a port is open or browser is open in looped code. I'd like a RSelenium launcher that launches a browser regardless if one is open or if the port is in use.



Attempt: I tried this approach with tryCatch() but I still get the wdman error that a port is open if I try to launch it twice:



browserpreference <- "chrome"
tryCatch({rD <- rsDriver(port = 4444L, browser = paste0(browserpreference))}
,error=function(rD,remDr){
try(remDr$close(), silent=T)
try(rD$server$stop(),silent=T)
try(suppressWarnings(rm(rD, envir = .GlobalEnv)), silent=T)
try(suppressWarnings(rm(remDr, envir = .GlobalEnv)), silent=T)
gc()
rD <- rsDriver(port = 4444L, browser = paste0(browserpreference))
})


If I try this twice I get this error:



Error in wdman::selenium(port = port, verbose = verbose, version = version,  : 
Selenium server signals port = 4444 is already in use.


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  • What operating system are you on?

    – hrbrmstr
    Nov 25 '18 at 11:20











  • @hrbmstr I use both mac and windows, but primarily windows for RSelenium.

    – Neal Barsch
    Nov 29 '18 at 3:59











  • sapply(4444:4450, function(p) setNames(list(pingr::ping_port("localhost", p)), p)) is a bit of toy code to see if there's something listening on a local port (all NA == very likely nothing there). It's cross platform and all in R (well, compiled C=>R) vs some system()-call based ones that could do something similar (hence my q abt OS)

    – hrbrmstr
    Nov 29 '18 at 13:37



















  • What operating system are you on?

    – hrbrmstr
    Nov 25 '18 at 11:20











  • @hrbmstr I use both mac and windows, but primarily windows for RSelenium.

    – Neal Barsch
    Nov 29 '18 at 3:59











  • sapply(4444:4450, function(p) setNames(list(pingr::ping_port("localhost", p)), p)) is a bit of toy code to see if there's something listening on a local port (all NA == very likely nothing there). It's cross platform and all in R (well, compiled C=>R) vs some system()-call based ones that could do something similar (hence my q abt OS)

    – hrbrmstr
    Nov 29 '18 at 13:37

















What operating system are you on?

– hrbrmstr
Nov 25 '18 at 11:20





What operating system are you on?

– hrbrmstr
Nov 25 '18 at 11:20













@hrbmstr I use both mac and windows, but primarily windows for RSelenium.

– Neal Barsch
Nov 29 '18 at 3:59





@hrbmstr I use both mac and windows, but primarily windows for RSelenium.

– Neal Barsch
Nov 29 '18 at 3:59













sapply(4444:4450, function(p) setNames(list(pingr::ping_port("localhost", p)), p)) is a bit of toy code to see if there's something listening on a local port (all NA == very likely nothing there). It's cross platform and all in R (well, compiled C=>R) vs some system()-call based ones that could do something similar (hence my q abt OS)

– hrbrmstr
Nov 29 '18 at 13:37





sapply(4444:4450, function(p) setNames(list(pingr::ping_port("localhost", p)), p)) is a bit of toy code to see if there's something listening on a local port (all NA == very likely nothing there). It's cross platform and all in R (well, compiled C=>R) vs some system()-call based ones that could do something similar (hence my q abt OS)

– hrbrmstr
Nov 29 '18 at 13:37












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