How do I scrape HTML that is rendered in the browser rather than JSON response?
1
Let's say I have an endpoint: [Example]
http://domain.website.com/dashboard
- If I hit this URL in postman, I get a JSON response.
- If I hit this URL in browser, and I 'view-page-source', I see
JSON - But if I inspect element, I see HTML rendered
And obviously, if I request with Python,
r = requests.get('http://domain.website.com/dashboard')
print(r.text)
I get JSON.
By my understanding the FrontEnd Javascript Framework is rendering the HTML using the JSON response.
But my usecase is to crawl few links in the HTML, but I get only JSON response using Requests module. In that case, how do I get HTML instead of JSON?
python json python-requests
edited Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
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asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:15
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1
Let's say I have an endpoint: [Example]
http://domain.website.com/dashboard
- If I hit this URL in postman, I get a JSON response.
- If I hit this URL in browser, and I 'view-page-source', I see
JSON - But if I inspect element, I see HTML rendered
And obviously, if I request with Python,
r = requests.get('http://domain.website.com/dashboard')
print(r.text)
I get JSON.
By my understanding the FrontEnd Javascript Framework is rendering the HTML using the JSON response.
But my usecase is to crawl few links in the HTML, but I get only JSON response using Requests module. In that case, how do I get HTML instead of JSON?
python json python-requests
edited Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
usr2564301
17.7k73270
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:15
Maccen WrightMaccen Wright
3311420
Just to clarify: do you want to get a response rendered in HTML?
– Nicolás
Nov 12 '18 at 14:29
1
Yes. I want HTML response. I'm getting only the JSON response. But when I inspect element that page in the browser, I see the HTML response (which is what I want)
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 14:31
Aren't those links already available in the JSON response? The only way you can get the rendered html response is by emulating a browser, which you can do with selenium.
– drec4s
Nov 12 '18 at 15:10
No. Links aren't in that JSON. Or else I would have parsed JSON to get those links. So selenium is the only way? I have another problem. For each page, let's say /dashboard, many API calls are being made. Python requests is unidirectional :(
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 15:27
try to addAccept: ...to your header, but as my expect it still response in JSON because rendering in browser is better than in server.
– kcorlidy
Nov 13 '18 at 7:15
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Let's say I have an endpoint: [Example]
http://domain.website.com/dashboard
- If I hit this URL in postman, I get a JSON response.
- If I hit this URL in browser, and I 'view-page-source', I see
JSON - But if I inspect element, I see HTML rendered
And obviously, if I request with Python,
r = requests.get('http://domain.website.com/dashboard')
print(r.text)
I get JSON.
By my understanding the FrontEnd Javascript Framework is rendering the HTML using the JSON response.
But my usecase is to crawl few links in the HTML, but I get only JSON response using Requests module. In that case, how do I get HTML instead of JSON?
python json python-requests
edited Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
usr2564301
17.7k73270
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:15
Maccen WrightMaccen Wright
3311420
Let's say I have an endpoint: [Example]
http://domain.website.com/dashboard
- If I hit this URL in postman, I get a JSON response.
- If I hit this URL in browser, and I 'view-page-source', I see
JSON - But if I inspect element, I see HTML rendered
And obviously, if I request with Python,
r = requests.get('http://domain.website.com/dashboard')
print(r.text)
I get JSON.
By my understanding the FrontEnd Javascript Framework is rendering the HTML using the JSON response.
But my usecase is to crawl few links in the HTML, but I get only JSON response using Requests module. In that case, how do I get HTML instead of JSON?
python json python-requests
python json python-requests
edited Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
usr2564301
17.7k73270
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:15
Maccen WrightMaccen Wright
3311420
edited Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
usr2564301
17.7k73270
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:15
Maccen WrightMaccen Wright
3311420
edited Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
usr2564301
17.7k73270
edited Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
usr2564301
17.7k73270
edited Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
usr2564301
17.7k73270
17.7k73270
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:15
Maccen WrightMaccen Wright
3311420
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:15
Maccen WrightMaccen Wright
3311420
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:15
Maccen WrightMaccen Wright
3311420
3311420
Just to clarify: do you want to get a response rendered in HTML?
– Nicolás
Nov 12 '18 at 14:29
1
Yes. I want HTML response. I'm getting only the JSON response. But when I inspect element that page in the browser, I see the HTML response (which is what I want)
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 14:31
Aren't those links already available in the JSON response? The only way you can get the rendered html response is by emulating a browser, which you can do with selenium.
– drec4s
Nov 12 '18 at 15:10
No. Links aren't in that JSON. Or else I would have parsed JSON to get those links. So selenium is the only way? I have another problem. For each page, let's say /dashboard, many API calls are being made. Python requests is unidirectional :(
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 15:27
try to addAccept: ...to your header, but as my expect it still response in JSON because rendering in browser is better than in server.
– kcorlidy
Nov 13 '18 at 7:15
add a comment |
Just to clarify: do you want to get a response rendered in HTML?
– Nicolás
Nov 12 '18 at 14:29
1
Yes. I want HTML response. I'm getting only the JSON response. But when I inspect element that page in the browser, I see the HTML response (which is what I want)
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 14:31
Aren't those links already available in the JSON response? The only way you can get the rendered html response is by emulating a browser, which you can do with selenium.
– drec4s
Nov 12 '18 at 15:10
No. Links aren't in that JSON. Or else I would have parsed JSON to get those links. So selenium is the only way? I have another problem. For each page, let's say /dashboard, many API calls are being made. Python requests is unidirectional :(
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 15:27
try to addAccept: ...to your header, but as my expect it still response in JSON because rendering in browser is better than in server.
– kcorlidy
Nov 13 '18 at 7:15
Just to clarify: do you want to get a response rendered in HTML?
– Nicolás
Nov 12 '18 at 14:29
Just to clarify: do you want to get a response rendered in HTML?
– Nicolás
Nov 12 '18 at 14:29
1
1
Yes. I want HTML response. I'm getting only the JSON response. But when I inspect element that page in the browser, I see the HTML response (which is what I want)
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 14:31
Yes. I want HTML response. I'm getting only the JSON response. But when I inspect element that page in the browser, I see the HTML response (which is what I want)
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 14:31
Aren't those links already available in the JSON response? The only way you can get the rendered html response is by emulating a browser, which you can do with selenium.
– drec4s
Nov 12 '18 at 15:10
Aren't those links already available in the JSON response? The only way you can get the rendered html response is by emulating a browser, which you can do with selenium.
– drec4s
Nov 12 '18 at 15:10
No. Links aren't in that JSON. Or else I would have parsed JSON to get those links. So selenium is the only way? I have another problem. For each page, let's say /dashboard, many API calls are being made. Python requests is unidirectional :(
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 15:27
No. Links aren't in that JSON. Or else I would have parsed JSON to get those links. So selenium is the only way? I have another problem. For each page, let's say /dashboard, many API calls are being made. Python requests is unidirectional :(
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 15:27
try to add
Accept: ... to your header, but as my expect it still response in JSON because rendering in browser is better than in server.– kcorlidy
Nov 13 '18 at 7:15
try to add
Accept: ... to your header, but as my expect it still response in JSON because rendering in browser is better than in server.– kcorlidy
Nov 13 '18 at 7:15
add a comment |
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Just to clarify: do you want to get a response rendered in HTML?
– Nicolás
Nov 12 '18 at 14:29
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Yes. I want HTML response. I'm getting only the JSON response. But when I inspect element that page in the browser, I see the HTML response (which is what I want)
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 14:31
Aren't those links already available in the JSON response? The only way you can get the rendered html response is by emulating a browser, which you can do with selenium.
– drec4s
Nov 12 '18 at 15:10
No. Links aren't in that JSON. Or else I would have parsed JSON to get those links. So selenium is the only way? I have another problem. For each page, let's say /dashboard, many API calls are being made. Python requests is unidirectional :(
– Maccen Wright
Nov 12 '18 at 15:27
try to add
Accept: ...to your header, but as my expect it still response in JSON because rendering in browser is better than in server.– kcorlidy
Nov 13 '18 at 7:15