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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Corey Goldberg, 2012-2025
# License: MIT
"""Run a headless display inside X virtual framebuffer (Xvfb)"""
import os
import platform
import shutil
import subprocess
import tempfile
import time
try:
import fcntl
except ImportError:
system = platform.system()
raise OSError(f"xvfbwrapper is not supported on this platform: {system}")
from random import randint
class Xvfb:
# Maximum value to use for a display. 32-bit maxint is the
# highest Xvfb currently supports
MAX_DISPLAY = 2147483647
def __init__(
self,
width=800,
height=680,
colordepth=24,
tempdir=None,
display=None,
environ=None,
timeout=10,
**kwargs,
):
self.width = width
self.height = height
self.colordepth = colordepth
self._tempdir = tempdir or tempfile.gettempdir()
self._timeout = timeout
self.new_display = display
self.environ = environ if environ else os.environ
if not self._xvfb_exists():
raise OSError("Can't find Xvfb. Please install it and try again")
self.xvfb_cmd = []
self.extra_xvfb_args = [
"-screen",
"0",
f"{self.width}x{self.height}x{self.colordepth}",
]
for key, value in kwargs.items():
self.extra_xvfb_args += [f"-{key}", value]
if "DISPLAY" in self.environ:
self.orig_display_var = self.environ["DISPLAY"]
else:
self.orig_display_var = None
self.proc = None
def __enter__(self) -> "Xvfb":
self.start()
return self
def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
self.stop()
def start(self) -> None:
if self.new_display is not None:
if not self._get_lock_for_display(self.new_display):
raise ValueError(f"Could not lock display :{self.new_display}")
else:
self.new_display = self._get_next_unused_display()
display_var = f":{self.new_display}"
self.xvfb_cmd = ["Xvfb", display_var] + self.extra_xvfb_args
self.proc = subprocess.Popen(
self.xvfb_cmd,
stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
close_fds=True,
)
start = time.time()
while not self._local_display_exists(self.new_display):
time.sleep(1e-3)
if time.time() - start > self._timeout:
self.stop()
raise RuntimeError(f"Xvfb display did not open: {self.xvfb_cmd}")
ret_code = self.proc.poll()
if ret_code is None:
self._set_display(display_var)
else:
self._cleanup_lock_file()
raise RuntimeError(f"Xvfb did not start ({ret_code}): {self.xvfb_cmd}")
def stop(self) -> None:
try:
if self.orig_display_var is None:
self.environ.pop("DISPLAY", None)
else:
self._set_display(self.orig_display_var)
if self.proc is not None:
try:
self.proc.terminate()
self.proc.wait(self._timeout)
except OSError:
pass
self.proc = None
finally:
self._cleanup_lock_file()
def _xvfb_exists(self) -> bool:
"""Check that Xvfb is available on PATH and is executable."""
return True if shutil.which("Xvfb") is not None else False
def _cleanup_lock_file(self):
"""
This should always get called if the process exits safely
with Xvfb.stop() (whether called explicitly, or by __exit__).
If you are ending up with /tmp/X123-lock files when Xvfb is not
running, then Xvfb is not exiting cleanly. Always either call
Xvfb.stop() in a finally block, or use Xvfb as a context manager
to ensure lock files are purged.
"""
self._lock_display_file.close()
try:
os.remove(self._lock_display_file.name)
except OSError:
pass
def _get_lock_for_display(self, display) -> bool:
"""
In order to ensure multi-process safety, this method attempts
to acquire an exclusive lock on a temporary file whose name
contains the display number for Xvfb.
"""
tempfile_path = os.path.join(self._tempdir, f".X{display}-lock")
try:
self._lock_display_file = open(tempfile_path, "w")
except PermissionError:
return False
else:
try:
fcntl.flock(self._lock_display_file, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
except BlockingIOError:
return False
else:
return True
def _get_next_unused_display(self) -> int:
"""
Randomly chooses a display number and tries to acquire a lock for this
number. If the lock could be acquired, returns this number, otherwise
choses a new one.
:return: free display number
"""
while True:
rand = randint(1, self.__class__.MAX_DISPLAY)
if self._get_lock_for_display(rand):
return rand
else:
continue
def _local_display_exists(self, display) -> bool:
return os.path.exists(f"/tmp/.X11-unix/X{display}")
def _set_display(self, display_var):
self.environ["DISPLAY"] = display_var
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