From: tamouse mailing lists <tamouse.lists@...>
Date: 2012-12-12T15:15:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Mechanize problem.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 5:00 PM, cristian cristian <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> I rarely code but when I try I use Ruby. So this is a beginners problem
> :)
>
> Im trying to fetch a number from a website and im using mechanize but it
> seems to be impossible. Im doing this:
>
> require 'Mechanize'
> agent = Mechanize.new
> agent.get("http://www.linasmatkasse.se")
> agent.page.search('#counter')
>
> This div should contain a value but it doesnt. I get this in irb:
>
> [#<Nokogiri::XML::Element:0x83fe5ff0 name="div"
> attributes=[#<Nokogiri::XML::Attr:0x83fde2b4 name="id"
> value="counter">]>]
>
> This div contains a number like 26 100 002 when looking at the website.
>
> What is it that im doing wrong?
>
> Any suggestion is appreciated! :)
>
> Br
> cristian
>
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When you just load the html, that div is empty:

   <div id="counter"></div>

One of the scripts on that page is filling it in.