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dp-cli

A powerful CLI for DrissionPage — browser automation, structured data extraction, network listening and more.

Features

  • Anti-detection by default — not based on webdriver, navigator.webdriver is false
  • Reuse your own browser — --auto-connect (Chrome/Edge 144+, no CLI flag needed) or --port
  • Hybrid snapshot — a11y tree + Vimium-style clickable detection, catches icon-only buttons and custom menu items the a11y tree misses; every element gets an [N] ref with confidence markers (⚡ medium, ? low)
  • dpx scan — fast Vimium-style listing of interactive elements (viewport-only mode available)
  • Powerful locator syntax — descriptive strings stable across navigation, plus Playwright-style pw:role=button[name="Submit"] >> nth=2 chains
  • Structured data extraction — extract + query + snapshot for scraping list pages
  • Network listening — capture XHR/Fetch requests and response bodies
  • Stealth patches — dpx stealth bypasses common automation detections
  • Dual mode — browser control + pure HTTP requests
  • Shadow-root / iframe — traverse directly without switching context
  • JSON output — all commands output JSON, AI-friendly

Installation

pip install dp-cli
dpx --help

入口冲突提示:DrissionPage 4.1.1.4+ 也注册了 dp 命令(浏览器路径配置工具)。若 dp 被抢占(装包/升级顺序所致),用主入口 dpx(独占命名)或 python -m dp_cli.main;pip install --force-reinstall dp-cli 可夺回 dp。归属检测:dpx install --skills --check 输出的 entrypoint 字段。

Agent skill(可选,推荐)

为 AI agent 安装完整使用指南(全部命令参考 + 工作流 playbook):

dpx install --skills                        # 装到 agent 的 skill 目录
npx skills add mofanx/dp-cli               # 或走 skills CLI 渠道
claude plugin marketplace add mofanx/dp-cli  # 或 Claude Code 插件市场

未安装也能用——skill 只是文档层;agent 可直接读 dpx --help 或 python -m dp_cli.catalog 自举。

Quick Start

# Auto-managed browser
dpx open https://example.com
dpx snapshot
dpx click "text:Login"
dpx fill "@name=username" admin
dpx press Enter
dpx close

# Connect to your own logged-in browser
google-chrome --remote-debugging-port=9222
dpx open https://example.com --port 9222
dpx snapshot

Connect to a Normally-Launched Chrome/Edge (Chrome/Edge 144+)

No --remote-debugging-port required. Chrome/Edge 144+ exposes opt-in remote debugging via chrome://inspect (Chrome) or edge://inspect/#devices (Edge):

  1. Open your Chrome or Edge as usual (no special flags)
  2. Visit chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging (Chrome) or edge://inspect/#devices (Edge)
  3. Check "Allow remote debugging for this browser instance"
  4. Run dpx open --auto-connect
dpx open --auto-connect                              # auto channel: sniffs Chrome stable → Edge stable
dpx open --auto-connect --channel edge              # force Edge stable
dpx open --auto-connect --channel beta               # Chrome beta
dpx open --auto-connect --probe-dir ~/my-profile     # custom user-data-dir

How it works

Chrome/Edge 144+ in this mode exposes only a browser-level WebSocket and omits the HTTP REST API (/json, /json/version, ...) that DrissionPage / puppeteer / Playwright depend on. dp-cli transparently handles this:

  1. Reads DevToolsActivePort from the user-data-dir → real CDP port
  2. Probes the port — if /json/version is missing, identifies this as inspect mode
  3. Spawns a local bridge (python -m dp_cli.bridge) that:
    • Synthesizes the missing HTTP endpoints from CDP calls
    • Multiplexes page-level CDP traffic over a single browser-level WebSocket via Target.attachToTarget(flatten=True)
  4. Points DrissionPage at the bridge. Subsequent dp commands reuse the same bridge.

The bridge subprocess and its port are tracked in the session file; dpx close stops the bridge automatically and never quits your browser (it's your browser, not dp's).

Caveats

  • Chrome/Edge always shows an "Allow remote debugging" dialog per new WebSocket client. Since bridge maintains one WebSocket and dpx commands share it, you confirm at most once per dpx open --auto-connect.
  • Works with whatever profile Chrome/Edge is actually using — same cookies, logins, history.
  • Classic --remote-debugging-port=9222 mode still works unchanged via dpx open --port 9222.

Hybrid Snapshot (a11y + Vimium-style)

The default dpx snapshot fuses two element-discovery paths:

  1. Browser a11y tree via CDP — the structural skeleton (headings, lists, form roles, explicit <a>/<button>, any role="..." element).
  2. Vimium-style clickable detection — a JS probe that flags icon-only buttons, <div onclick>, [tabindex>=0], aria-selected, cursor:pointer elements, etc. that the a11y tree misses.

Results are deduplicated by backendNodeId and rendered with confidence markers:

Marker Confidence Triggers
none high <a href>, <button>, <input>, role=button/link/..., contenteditable
⚡ medium onclick / jsaction / tabindex>=0 / aria-selected / <audio>/<video>, or cursor:pointer + heuristic (aria-label / icon child / small square / class keyword) — catches most React/Vue icon buttons
? low bare cursor:pointer / class keyword only (no other signals); hidden unless --include-low

Output includes helpful context:

  • @top-left, @top-right, @center, @bottom … — position in the 9-region viewport grid
  • (icon) — icon-only button (no visible label, has <svg> / <img> child)
  • Shadow DOM is traversed automatically (open shadow roots)

Every element gets an [N] ref usable in any command: dpx click "ref:5".

dpx snapshot                     # a11y + clickable (default); high + medium markers
dpx snapshot -i                  # interactive mode: only interactive elements
dpx snapshot -s ".main"          # limit to specific area
dpx snapshot -p "data-test"      # custom locator priority
dpx scan --viewport              # only elements currently in viewport
dpx scan --confidence all        # include low-confidence heuristics
dpx scan --confidence high       # only the sure-thing clickables

dpx scan — fast clickable-only listing

When you only need "what can I click next?" without the full a11y tree:

dpx scan                         # full page, high+medium
dpx scan --viewport              # only elements currently in viewport
dpx scan --confidence all        # include low-confidence heuristics
dpx scan --confidence high       # only the sure-thing clickables

Both snapshot and scan share the same [N] ref numbering per session, so dpx click "ref:N" works regardless of which one produced the snapshot.

Playwright-style locators (pw: prefix)

Need semantic, role-based targeting on a fresh page (no snapshot required)? Use the pw: prefix. Syntax mirrors Playwright, and chains with >>:

# By ARIA role (with accessible name — exact / substring / regex)
dpx click 'pw:role=button[name="Submit"]'
dpx click 'pw:role=button[name=/^Sign/i]'
dpx click 'pw:role=link[name=More]'         # substring

# By visible text (exact / substring / regex)
dpx click 'pw:text="Login"'                 # exact
dpx click 'pw:text=Login'                   # substring (case-insensitive)
dpx click 'pw:text=/^log/i'                 # regex

# By form affordances
dpx fill  'pw:placeholder=Search…' "chatgpt"
dpx fill  'pw:label="Email"' "a@b.com"
dpx click 'pw:alt="Logo"'
dpx click 'pw:title="Close"'
dpx click 'pw:testid=submit-btn'            # data-testid / data-test-id / data-test

# Chain with >> (each step narrows the scope)
dpx click 'pw:css=.sidebar >> role=listitem[name="Chat"] >> nth=2'
dpx click 'pw:css=li >> has-text="Python"'
dpx click 'pw:role=list >> nth=-1'          # negative index = from end

# Raw css/xpath chunks mix freely
dpx click 'pw:xpath=//nav >> role=link[name=Docs]'

Matchers: role / text / label / placeholder / alt / title / testid / css / xpath / nth / has-text / visible

Value forms: bare = substring, "quoted" = exact, /pattern/flags = regex

Visibility: role / text / has-text automatically skip elements hidden via display:none, visibility:hidden, hidden attribute, or aria-hidden="true" (matches Playwright semantics).

Shadow DOM: open shadow roots are traversed automatically.

Under the hood the matcher chain is evaluated in-page as JS, the target element is tagged with a one-shot data-dp-ref attribute, and DrissionPage resolves it by that attribute — bypassing stale classes / CSS Modules / dynamic XPath.

Anti-Detection (stealth)

Bypass navigator.webdriver, HeadlessChrome UA, empty plugins, SwiftShader WebGL, chrome.runtime missing, and other common automation fingerprints.

# One-shot: connect + apply full stealth patches
dpx open --port 9322 --stealth
dpx goto https://bot.sannysoft.com/

# Or apply manually on an existing session (full preset by default)
dpx stealth
dpx stealth --preset mild                       # webdriver + UA only
dpx stealth --ua "Mozilla/5.0 ..."              # custom UA
dpx stealth --feature webdriver --feature webgl # fine-grained
google-chrome --headless=new --remote-debugging-port=9222 \
  --no-sandbox --disable-dev-shm-usage \
  --disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled \
  --user-data-dir=~/.config/google-chrome
# Then on local:
ssh -NL 9322:127.0.0.1:9222 vps
dpx open --port 9322 --stealth

Patched features (full preset): webdriver, UA, chrome.runtime, permissions, plugins, languages, WebGL VENDOR/RENDERER, window.outerWidth/Height.

Patches are injected via Page.addScriptToEvaluateOnNewDocument — they persist across navigations and frames. Advanced fingerprints (Canvas/Audio/font list) require a real GPU or Xvfb environment.

Data Extraction (3-step workflow)

# 1. Discover CSS class names via noise-filtered content tree
dpx snapshot -i -s ".main"

# 2. Verify field selectors
dpx query "css:.item-title" --fields "text,loc"

# 3. Batch extract to CSV
dpx extract "css:.item-card" \
  '{"title":"css:.item-title",
    "price":"css:.item-price",
    "tags":{"selector":"css:.tag","multi":true},
    "url":{"selector":"css:a","attr":"href"}}' \
  --limit 100 -o csv -f result.csv

Project Structure

dp_cli/
├── main.py              # CLI entry point (~47 lines)
├── session.py           # Browser session management + auto-connect bridge glue
├── bridge.py            # chrome://inspect mode CDP bridge (python -m dp_cli.bridge)
├── bridge_manager.py    # Bridge subprocess lifecycle + inspect-mode detection
├── stealth.py           # Anti-detection JS patches (applied via CDP)
├── snapshot/            # a11y-tree snapshot & data extraction engine
├── output.py            # JSON output helpers
└── commands/
    ├── _utils.py        # Shared decorators & helpers
    ├── browser.py       # open / goto / reload / close / list / stealth
    ├── snapshot_cmd.py  # snapshot / extract / query / find / inspect
    ├── element.py       # click / fill / select / hover / drag / check / upload / count
    ├── keyboard.py      # press / type / scroll / scroll-to / autoscroll
    ├── page.py          # screenshot / pdf / eval / wait / console / dialog
    ├── assert_cmd.py    # assert-text / assert-url / assert-visible / assert-count
    ├── tab.py           # tab-list / tab-new / tab-select / tab-close
    ├── storage.py       # cookie-* / localstorage-* / sessionstorage-*
    ├── network.py       # listen / listen-stop / http-get / http-post
    └── misc.py          # resize / maximize / state-save / state-load / config-set

Documentation

See skills/dp-cli/SKILL.md for full workflow guide and skills/dp-cli/references/commands.md for complete command reference. Exit-code contract: ERROR_CODES.md.

License

BSD-3-Clause

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