Is there a working nodejs/phantomjs Heroku buildpack?

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I'd like to deploy an app with a Procfile that runs

web: node myapp.js

Where myapp.js uses phantomjs-node to run headless webkit stuff, returning the results to browser requests. Is this possible?

trigoman · Answer 1 · 2015-02-02T17:50:35.087

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I also ran into the same problem, the way I fixed it was by using this "Multiple Buildpack" Buildpack. Then in my .buildpacks file I put the following:

http://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs.git
http://github.com/stomita/heroku-buildpack-phantomjs.git

Finally, you want to add PhantomJS to the path

heroku config:set PATH=$PATH:vendor/phantomjs/bin

I hope this helps.

edited Feb 02 '15 at 17:50

answered Dec 27 '12 at 20:05

trigoman

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I had to change http to https or else it would hang on first trying to push. – Andrew B. Jan 28 '14 at 23:42
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Heya, by - where do u mean? node_modules/phantom ? – Setrino Oct 05 '14 at 22:44
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I meant like `$PATH` should I edit the answer? Is that confusing? – trigoman Oct 06 '14 at 02:30
It works but need to fix protocol from http to https in the contents of .buildpacks file – J.J. Kim Feb 02 '15 at 17:05
Multiple Buildpack Buildpack is now deprecated – Kevin Curry Jul 07 '17 at 21:25

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '12 at 18:26

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Here's a PhantomJS buildpack: https://github.com/stomita/heroku-buildpack-phantomjs

I also am able to run the x86_64 build of PhamtomJS, just stuck in my app's vendor directory:

http://phantomjs.org/download.html

answered Oct 05 '12 at 18:26

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The linked buildpack only has PhantomJS, no nodejs. Regarding your second answer: Are you saying I can use the normal node.js buildpack, and place phantomjs in my app's `vendor` directory, using it that way? (I'm unable to test on my own atm) – Jordan Warbelow-Feldstein Oct 05 '12 at 21:08

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '15 at 10:54

Heroku Toolbelt now has first class support for multiple buildpacks, so you can get a working Node and PhantomJS setup with the following:

heroku buildpacks:set https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs.git

heroku buildpacks:add --index 1 https://github.com/stomita/heroku-buildpack-phantomjs.git

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 21 '14 at 15:35

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Checkout my modified version of stomita that includes NodeJS, PhantomJS & CasperJS ready to run. https://github.com/olragon/heroku-buildpack-nodejs

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answered Jan 19 '13 at 04:12

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 10 '15 at 15:01

This is an old thread but for anybody that lands here I have created a working buildpack for Node and Phantom that's a fork of the official Heroku Node buildpack which incorporates the build scripts from Beedesk's custom Phantom buildpack. Here it is https://github.com/datamail/heroku-buildpack-nodejs-phantomjs

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 20 '13 at 06:48

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I have forked @stomita buildpack to use the official linux build binary from phantomJS.org. I tested it and it is working with heroku.

Hope some security paranoids like me out there will find it useful.

https://github.com/beedesk/heroku-buildpack-phantomjs

The disadvantage of my pack it that, unlike stomita's, it doesn't include fontconfig and freetype. But, PhantomJS should work without them.

answered Aug 20 '13 at 06:48

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@stomita was kind enough to look at my pull request and merged it in. So, you can have phantomJS buildpack that depends on the official build. – Thomas - BeeDesk Aug 22 '13 at 06:02

Is there a working nodejs/phantomjs Heroku buildpack?

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