getDebugMode
boolean session.getDebugMode ( )
Description
Checks to see if this is currently set to run in debug mode. This is useful for developing scrapes, as enabling debug mode logs a warning message, so it is easier to notice a scrape with hard-coded values used for development. Also logs a warning in the web interface or log each time monitored variables are logged with the logMonitoredValues or webMessage methods are called.
Parameters
This method takes no parameters.
Return Value
True if debug mode is enabled, false otherwise.
Change Log
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.5.29a | Available in all editions. |
Examples
Set some hardcoded values to use when the scrape is being developed
// Comment out the line below for production
session.setDebugMode(true);
if(session.getDebugMode())
{
session.setVariable("SEARCH_TERM", "DVDs");
session.setVariable("USERNAME", "some user");
session.setVariable("PASSWORD", "the password");
}
session.setDebugMode(true);
if(session.getDebugMode())
{
session.setVariable("SEARCH_TERM", "DVDs");
session.setVariable("USERNAME", "some user");
session.setVariable("PASSWORD", "the password");
}
mikes on 11/18/2011 at 4:18 pm
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