cbrowser 18.73.2 → 18.74.0

package/dist/cli.js

@@ -1817,6 +1817,18 @@ async function runEvaluate(browser, args, options) {
     }
     else if (args[0]) {
         script = args[0];
+        // The URL goes in --url, not positionally, and getting that wrong used to
+        // produce a baffling error instead of a useful one: "https://example.com"
+        // compiles as the label `https:` followed by `//example.com` as a comment,
+        // which swallows the rest of the generated line and reports
+        // `SyntaxError: Unexpected token '}'` from deep inside the page. Nothing in
+        // that message points at the real mistake. (2026-07-29)
+        if (/^https?:\/\/\S+$/i.test(script.trim())) {
+            console.error(`Error: that looks like a URL, not JavaScript: ${script.trim()}`);
+            console.error(`  The script is the positional argument; the page goes in --url:`);
+            console.error(`    cbrowser evaluate "document.title" --url "${script.trim()}"`);
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
     }
     else {
         console.error('Usage: cbrowser evaluate "<javascript>" | --file <path>');