I am trying to fetch data from a site by simulating events using CasperJS with phantomJS 1.7.0.
I am able to simulate normal click events and select events. But my code fails in following scenario:
When I click on button / anchor etc on remote page, the click on remote page initiates an AJAX call / JS call(depending on how that page is implemented by programmer.).
In case of JS call, my code works and I get changed data. But for clicks where is AJAX call is initiated, I do not get updated data.
For debugging, I tried to get the page source of the element container(before and after), but I see no change in code.
I tried to set wait time from 10 sec to 1 ms range, but that to does not reflect any changes in behavior.
Below is my piece of code for clicking. I am using an array of CSS Paths, which represents which element(s) to click.
/*Click on array of clickable elements using CSS Paths.*/
fn_click = function(){
casper.each(G_TAGS,function(casper, cssPath, count1)
{
casper.then ( function() {
casper.click(cssPath);
this.echo('DEBUG AFTER CLICKING -START HTML ');
//this.echo(this.getHTML("CONTAINER WHERE DETAILS CHANGE"));
this.echo('DEBUG AFTER CLICKING -START HTML');
casper.wait(5000, function()
{
casper.then(fn_getData);
}
);
});
});
};
UPDATE:
I tried to use remote-debug option from phantomJS, to debug above script. It is not working. I am on windows. I will try to run remote debugging on Ubuntu as well.
Please help me. I would appreciate any help on this.
UPDATE:
Please have a look at following code as a sample.
https://gist.github.com/4441570
Content before click and after click are same.
I am clicking on sorting options provided under tag (votes / activity etc.).