This function can be used to retrieve the source code of a website (asynchronously). The size of the source code is limited to 2 MiB (remaining bytes are cut).

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• Method: browser:getSource(...)

Syntax

bool getBrowserSource ( browser webBrowser, function callback ( code ) )

Required Arguments

• webBrowser: The browser element you want to get the source of.
• callback ( code ): A callback function with syntax function (string code).

Returns

• bool: result

Returns true if valid arguments have been passed, false otherwise.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 (OOP)

client

local browser = createBrowser(1024,1024,false,false)      --Create Browser

addEventHandler("onClientBrowserCreated",browser,function()
    loadBrowserURL(browser,"http://www.youtube.com")    --Load URL
end)

addEventHandler("onClientBrowserDocumentReady",browser,function(url)
    local rnt = getBrowserSource(browser,function(code)     --Get Browser Source and Call Function
        outputChatBox(code)                             --Output Code
    end)
    if rnt then
        outputChatBox("Browser Source Got",0,255,0)
    else
        outputChatBox("Failed To Get Browser Source",255,0,0)
    end
end)

client

OOP Required

local browser = Browser(1024,1024,false,false)      --Create Browser

addEventHandler("onClientBrowserCreated",browser,function()
    browser.url = "http://www.youtube.com"    --Load URL
end)

addEventHandler("onClientBrowserDocumentReady",browser,function(url)
    local rnt = browser:getSource(function(code)     --Get Browser Source and Call Function
        outputChatBox(code)                             --Output Code
    end)

    if rnt then
        outputChatBox("Browser Source Got",0,255,0)
    else
        outputChatBox("Failed To Get Browser Source",255,0,0)
    end
end)

See Also

Browser Functions

• canBrowserNavigateBack
• canBrowserNavigateForward
• createBrowser
• executeBrowserJavascript
• focusBrowser
• getBrowserProperty
• getBrowserSettings
• getBrowserSource
• getBrowserURL
• getBrowserTitle
• injectBrowserMouseDown
• injectBrowserMouseUp
• injectBrowserMouseMove
• injectBrowserMouseWheel
• isBrowserDomainBlocked
• isBrowserFocused
• isBrowserGPUEnabled
• isBrowserLoading
• isBrowserRenderingPaused
• navigateBrowserBack
• loadBrowserURL
• reloadBrowserPage
• navigateBrowserForward
• requestBrowserDomains
• resizeBrowser
• setBrowserAjaxHandler
• setBrowserRenderingPaused
• setBrowserVolume
• toggleBrowserDevTools
• setBrowserProperty

Browser Events

• onClientBrowserCreated
• onClientBrowserCursorChange
• onClientBrowserDocumentReady
• onClientBrowserInputFocusChanged
• onClientBrowserLoadingFailed
• onClientBrowserLoadingStart
• onClientBrowserPopup
• onClientBrowserNavigate
• onClientBrowserResourceBlocked
• onClientBrowserTooltip
• onClientBrowserWhitelistChange

Browser Elements

• browser

Reference

• Scripting Functions