Let pyauto create an attached webdriver instance to manipulate web pages.

chrome/browser/automation/testing_automation_provider.cc

Index: chrome/browser/automation/testing_automation_provider.cc
diff --git a/chrome/browser/automation/testing_automation_provider.cc b/chrome/browser/automation/testing_automation_provider.cc
index 354a5607c491fafce05b331fed23dd0ee71b5d0b..114def87452b5e2f69f71d5be8fe2f96fc92d847 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/automation/testing_automation_provider.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/automation/testing_automation_provider.cc
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/app_modal_dialogs/js_modal_dialog.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/app_modal_dialogs/native_app_modal_dialog.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/blocked_content/blocked_content_tab_helper.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/ui/browser_init.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/browser_window.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/find_bar/find_bar.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/login/login_prompt.h"
@@ -2213,6 +2214,8 @@ void TestingAutomationProvider::SendJSONRequest(int handle,
       &TestingAutomationProvider::GetChromeDriverAutomationVersion;
   handler_map["UpdateExtensionsNow"] =
       &TestingAutomationProvider::UpdateExtensionsNow;
+  handler_map["CreateNewAutomationProvider"] =
+      &TestingAutomationProvider::CreateNewAutomationProvider;
 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
   handler_map["GetLoginInfo"] = &TestingAutomationProvider::GetLoginInfo;
   handler_map["ShowCreateAccountUI"] =
@@ -6006,6 +6009,31 @@ void TestingAutomationProvider::GetChromeDriverAutomationVersion(
   AutomationJSONReply(this, reply_message).SendSuccess(&reply_dict);
 }
 
+void TestingAutomationProvider::CreateNewAutomationProvider(
+    DictionaryValue* args,
+    IPC::Message* reply_message) {
+  AutomationJSONReply reply(this, reply_message);
+  std::string channel_id;
+  if (!args->GetString("channel_id", &channel_id)) {
+    reply.SendError("'channel_id' missing or invalid");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  AutomationProvider* provider = new TestingAutomationProvider(profile_);
+  // TODO(kkania): Remove this when crbug.com/91311 is fixed.
+  // Named server channels should ideally be created and closed on the file
+  // thread, within the IPC channel code.
+  base::ThreadRestrictions::ScopedAllowIO allow_io;
+  if (!provider->InitializeChannel(
+          automation::kNamedInterfacePrefix + channel_id)) {
+    reply.SendError("Failed to initialize channel: " + channel_id);
+    return;
+  }
+  provider->SetExpectedTabCount(0);

[Paweł Hajdan Jr., 2011/08/15 17:33:21]

This duplicates code that initializes automation provider at browser startup.
Please don't do that, and share the code instead.

+  g_browser_process->InitAutomationProviderList()->AddProvider(provider);
+  reply.SendSuccess(NULL);
+}
+
 void TestingAutomationProvider::WaitForTabCountToBecome(
     int browser_handle,
     int target_tab_count,