hubcap waitidle

Wait for network idle (no requests for the idle duration).

When to use

Use waitidle to block until no network requests have been made for a specified duration. Use after page load to wait for async resources to finish. Use waitload for the load event specifically.

Usage

hubcap waitidle [--idle <duration>]

Arguments

None.

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	Description
—idle	duration	500ms	Time with no network activity to consider idle

Output

Field	Type	Description
idle	bool	Whether the network reached idle

{"idle":true}

Errors

Condition	Exit code	Stderr
Chrome not connected	2	`error: connecting to Chrome: ...`
Network not idle within timeout	3	`error: timeout`

Examples

Wait for network idle with default 500ms threshold:

hubcap waitidle

Wait for a longer period of inactivity:

hubcap waitidle --idle 2s

Navigate and wait for all async resources to load (chaining):

hubcap goto https://example.com && hubcap waitidle --idle 1s