How can I get the latest page data (HTML & Javascript varaibles) from PhantomJS
e.g page.refresh() or something?
I have an Interval, than checks a variable (on the page) every 200ms. However, this variable and the page content, isn't shown to have changed over time. (even though I know it has)
So I need an efficient way to check the value of a JS variable every 200ms or so,
then once I've discovered that variable has changed value, I want to request the latest page HTML.
How can I do this?
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