I was under the impression that using a headless browser implementation of webkit using PyQT will automatically get me the html code for each URL even with heavy JS code in it. But I am only seeing it partially. I am comparing with the page I get when I save the page from the firefox window.
I am using the following code -
class JabbaWebkit(QWebPage):
# 'html' is a class variable
def __init__(self, url, wait, app, parent=None):
super(JabbaWebkit, self).__init__(parent)
JabbaWebkit.html = ''
if wait:
QTimer.singleShot(wait * SEC, app.quit)
else:
self.loadFinished.connect(app.quit)
self.mainFrame().load(QUrl(url))
def save(self):
JabbaWebkit.html = self.mainFrame().toHtml()
def userAgentForUrl(self, url):
return USER_AGENT
def get_page(url, wait=None):
# here is the trick how to call it several times
app = QApplication.instance() # checks if QApplication already exists
if not app: # create QApplication if it doesnt exist
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
#
form = JabbaWebkit(url, wait, app)
app.aboutToQuit.connect(form.save)
app.exec_()
return JabbaWebkit.html
Can some one see anything obviously wrong with the code?
After running the code through a few URLs, here is one I found that shows the problems I am running into quite clearly - http://www.chilis.com/EN/Pages/menu.aspx
Thanks for any pointers.