How to scrape displayed text hidden by javascript ?

[Andzar]

Is it possible to scrape displayed text you can't find in html source code ?

The text shows up only when you click a link, but is still not visible in source code. That link has got a userid and is used as a variable in function ShowUserPhone(userid).

If someone knows how to solve this mystery, please help. I added

http://www.mediafire.com/file/udxo0e0egvye31u/ShowUserPhone.txt

file as available .js source linked to that page. I've also put some comments there about the URL location.

Here is the main function where the process started I guess:

Code:
function ShowUserPhone(userid){
var UserPhoneLink=document.getElementById("UserPhoneLink");
var UserPhone = document.getElementById("UserPhone");
if(document.images){
(new Image()).src="/pp-owners-list-click-counter.asp?UserId="+escape(userid)+"&counterType=detailsphone";
}
if (UserPhoneLink){
UserPhoneLink.style.display="none";
}
if (UserPhone){
UserPhone.style.display="block";
}
}

 

[ca8msm]

Nope, you can't do it from any server side language (i.e. ASP.NET) as it is only rendered on the client.

The javascript forum may be able help you to get the HTML from an updated DOM though.

Mark,

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[Andzar]

Thank you Mark. I just noticed a wrong link to ShowUserPhone.txt. Here is the right link:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/9eo72us6hac7ja5/ShowUserPhone.txt