Debug vscode in attach mode

[taisso]

Hello, I wanted to know how I could debug in "attach" mode in adonisV5 using vscode, could someone help me? configuration I tried.

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Attach",
      "port": 3333,
      "restart": true,
      "request": "attach",
      "skipFiles": [
        "<node_internals>/**"
      ],
      "type": "node"
    },
  ]
}

[WeyIin]

Hi @taisso ,

I have configured one for you:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
      {
        "type": "node",
        "request": "launch",
        "name": "Debug Adonis",
        "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
        "runtimeArgs": [
          "run",
          "devInspect"
        ],
        "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
      },
      {
        "type": "node",
        "request": "attach",
        "name": "attach",
        "port": 9229
      }
    ]
  }

package.json:

  "scripts": {
    "devInspect": "node ace serve --watch --node-args=\"--inspect\"",
  }

Right, so while the first one "debug adonis" starts the server and attaches the debugger, the second one you use when your instance is already running.

Hope that helps.

[taisso]

it worked, thanks for the help!

[davidharting]

The accepted answer helped me out, thanks so much @WeyIin!
I used your format to to also set up a profile to debug tests so I figured I'd share it out here.

The test debug profile here will run all tests, breaking on whatever breakpoints you add. This could be improved to easily debug an individual test file.

package.json

Just including the relevant excerpt

  "scripts": {
    "dev:debug": "node ace serve --watch --node-args=\"--inspect\"",
    "test:debug": "node ace test --node-args=\"--inspect\"",
  },

.vscode/launch.json

Including it in it's entirety

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Debug Web Server",
      "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
      "runtimeArgs": ["run", "dev:debug"],
      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
    },
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Debug Tests",
      "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
      "runtimeArgs": ["run", "test:debug"],
      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
    },
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "attach",
      "name": "Attach to Debugger",
      "port": 9229
    }
  ]
}

[davidharting]

I was able to get Debug Current Test File set up as well.

1. npm script

"test:debug:file": "node ace test --node-args=\"--inspect\" --files",

2. Configuration from .vscode/launch.json

{
  "type": "node",
  "request": "launch",
  "name": "Debug Current Test File",
  "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
  "runtimeArgs": ["run", "test:debug:file", "${relativeFile}"],
  "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
},

[smilingkylan]

@davidharting You're a live-saver... that worked first time for me when I've never really been able to get it to work well with Adonis v5. Muito obrigado!