Re: Using Solvent with Javascript rendered HTML pages

From: Barney <barney.dalton_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:46:56 +0000

Ok thanks, looks like I misdiagnosed the problem. Is there an
alternative way to deal with sites that use IFRAMES?

Thanks
Barney

On 2/1/06, David Huynh <dfhuynh_at_csail.mit.edu> wrote:
> Barney wrote:
>
> >I was trying it with an online shopping site:
> >
> >http://www.sainsburystoyou.com
> >
> >but you need a login. Google mail seems to exhibit the same problem:
> >
> >http://mail.google.com/mail/
> >
> >
> The problem with gmail is that there is an IFRAME. XPaths can't go
> inside IFRAMEs. I don't know about the other site.
>
> There should be no problem at all with generated elements as Solvent
> (and scrapers) operates on live DOMs, not original HTML code.
>
> David
>
Received on Wed Feb 01 2006 - 12:46:10 EST

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