How do I “logically” (as opposed to “brute force” - that is, a loop that checks for something, wait a second, check again etc) verify if this page has finished loading:
With fully loading I mean: if you open this link and wait 10-15 seconds, 4-6 entries are loaded in the lower right section (“Discover events”). If you scroll to the end of the page, more entries are loaded, but that doesn’t matter in my case. I am only interested in the first batch of entries.
I have tried (Safari):
on finishedLoading(URLtoLoad)
tell application "Safari"
if exists document 1 then
set URL of document 1 to "about:blank"
end if
repeat until document 1's source = ""
delay 0.5
end repeat
set URL of document 1 to URLtoLoad
delay 2
repeat while document 1's source = ""
delay 0.5
end repeat
tell document 1 to repeat
set myResult to do JavaScript "document.readyState"
if myResult = "complete" then exit repeat
delay 0.5
end repeat
end tell
end finishedLoading
I first set the document to an empty document, because sometimes it seems to execute to fast and executes on the current document. I then wait until the empty document is “loaded” (that is, the source is empty). I then load the URL above and wait for the source to no longer be empty. I then executes a Javascript to check the documents readyState.
When all this is done, the 4-6 entries mentioned above still aren’t loaded. Currently I have count the number of entries:
tell application "Safari"
tell document 1
repeat while ((do JavaScript JSGetAllEvent) is equal to 0)
delay 0.5
end repeat
(JSGetAllEvent executes an XPath that calculates the number of entries)
and wait for that number of entries to not be zero anymore before continuing. This is [system-flagged “watched word”]!!! It is fragile, extensive and should be unnecessary!
Is there a better way? How to verify that a certain Facebook page is “fully” loaded in Safari and Chrome?
(Edited by NG. If people refrain from using the word beginning with “s” and ending with “d” which denotes a lack of intelligence, in whatever context, it saves me a bit of work and they won’t have to wait for me to see the system flag before their posts appear.)