Phantomjs / Casper won't render inside an </a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2017-05-18T16:02:57.280" class="fromnow">May 18 '17 at 16:02</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2017-05-25T03:26:45.857" datetime="2017-05-25T03:26:45.857">May 25 '17 at 03:26</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 252 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 252 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="44052711" data-ownerid="2929113" data-score="0"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="44052711"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I'm working on this test where I have to get the contents of a pdf file. The html structure (after rendering on client side on a traditional browser) is something like this</p> <pre><code><iframe id="frame" name="frame" src="a link" id="frame" > <embed id="plugin" src="src to pdf file"> pdf shows up here </embed </iframe> </code></pre> <p>When I output the html on casper the iframe contents is empty, my code is something like this</p> <pre><code>casper.then(function(){ this.wait(5000); casper.withFrame('frame', function(){ //the page renders whell but it won't show the pdf this.capture('pic.png'); this.evaluate(function(){ //finds document.querySelector('body'); //returns null document.querySelector('embed'); }); }); ); </code></pre> <p>I don't understand why phantom won't render the element with the pdf file, is there a workaround for this?</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'javascript'" rel="tag">javascript</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/phantomjs" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'phantomjs'" rel="tag">phantomjs</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/casperjs" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'casperjs'" rel="tag">casperjs</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="user-info "> <div class="user-action-time">edited <span title="2017-05-25T03:26:45.857" class="relativetime">May 25 '17 at 03:26</span></div> <div class="user-gravatar32"></div> <div class="user-details" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span class="d-none" itemprop="name">delpo</span> <div class="-flair"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked May 18 '17 at 16:02">asked May 18 '17 at 16:02</time> <a href="../../users/2929113/delpo" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2929113.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="delpo" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2929113/delpo" class="s-user-card--link">delpo</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">210</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="2 silver badges">2</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="18 bronze badges">18</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="44165986"></a> <div id="answer-44165986" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="44165986" data-ownerid="6910253" data-score="2" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="44165986"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="2">2</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>It is hard to give you an in-depth answer because you did not provide a <a class="external-link" href="http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve">Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example</a>. However, I can suggest you several things to solve your problem:</p> <h2>1. Fix syntax errors</h2> <p>There are a couple of syntax errors in your code, especially when you use <code>evaluate</code>. The callback is not passed properly and you do not return any value. To test <code>evaluate</code> results, you generally have to do something like this:</p> <pre><code>this.echo('Title: ' + this.evaluate(function () { return document.title; })); </code></pre> <h2>2. Use <code>getHTML()</code> to check if <code><embed></code> is present</h2> <p>Inside <code>withFrame</code>, you could print the raw HTML code of the <code><iframe></code> with this line:</p> <pre><code>console.log(this.getHTML()); </code></pre> <p>This is what CasperJS is actually seeing.</p> <h2>3. Test this script and analyze the output carefully</h2> <pre><code>var casper = require('casper').create(); casper.start('URL OF YOUR MAIN PAGE'); casper.then(function () { this.echo('Main page: ' + this.getTitle()); this.wait(5000).withFrame('frame', function () { this.echo('iframe: ' + this.evaluate(function () { return document.title; })); this.capture('pic.png'); console.log(this.getHTML()); }); }); casper.run(); </code></pre></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered May 24 '17 at 18:24">answered May 24 '17 at 18:24</time> <a href="../../users/6910253/badacadabra" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/6910253.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Badacadabra" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/6910253/badacadabra" class="s-user-card--link">Badacadabra</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">8,043</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="7 gold badges">7</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="28 silver badges">28</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="49 bronze badges">49</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>