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Cannot attach to Appium with WebStorm debugger

I have git-cloned Appium and I am trying to debug it using JetBrains WebStorm.

Remote debugging

I set the environment to remote debug a node application and provided the following parameters:

Host: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8877

So I first run Appium by issuing: appium --port 8877. After that I run the debugger. The problem is that the debugger always reports:

Connecting to localhost:8877...

In spite of Appium running and actually executing a test, the debugger cannot attach to it. What is the problem here?

Solution

  • For remote debugging your application should be running with the parameter --debug=<port for debugging> or --debug-brk=<port for debugging>. See also http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/WI/Running+and+debugging+Node.js+application#RunninganddebuggingNode.jsapplication-DebuggingNode.jsappthatrunsremotely