[Ninja]

Hi..

Is it possible to read contents from a URL that were written by a javascript?

I usually read file contents with the get_file_contents function, but the code i get is the same as the one you get in a browser when you select view source - anything javascript (ajax) wrote on it does not exist. It makes sence of course, javascript could have written the extra data an hour after requesting the page, but in this case it's a script that is put on the scene and executed immediately, so I'm wondering if there is a way i could "wait for it" to finish the job and then read everything together?

I don't even want to get into the possible reasons why people would even use that on a page that doesn't even have ANY dynamic content!!

I just need the data....

[Keith]

By the way, it's file_get_contents().

Maybe that is why they are writing it like that, to avoid having their info leached so easily.

[Ninja]

Originally Posted by Keith

By the way, it's file_get_contents().

Right.. My bad.. That was after a really stressful day at work so...

Originally Posted by Keith

Maybe that is why they are writing it like that, to avoid having their info leached so easily.

I suppose this means that the answer is definitely no?

[leeprice2006]

im guessing the only obvious way to do this is with regular expressions. basically look for text between document.write(" and "); see what you get

[Ninja]

Originally Posted by leeprice2006

im guessing the only obvious way to do this is with regular expressions. basically look for text between document.write(" and "); see what you get

No way, there is nothing that "easy" in the source code.. Maybe i wasn't precise enough... See, not the whole website is written by javascript. The website is written in php and calls a javascript function on load that fills certain tables and containers with data. It would be awesome if i could somehow wait for the code to execute or send a request for it or something or something.. I didnt really even try to look for what it writes out (not yet, at least) because the scripts are huuuuge and was really hoping to get this "easier" (if even possible) solution... Everything is f****ng javascript based! (i guess there's ajax in there 2, but who cares..)


And I'm thinking more and more that Keith is right (about their intention) and that this problem has no solution I can benefit from.

[<?Wille?>]

get the Web Developer addon for firefox. it has a "View Generated Source". or you could write javascript in the address bar opening a page and writing the html tags innerHTML to that popup. or something