"Save as" from a web page

[Api1000]

Hello,
Let me tell you my problem:
When I download a web page with the following command:
download.file("url-of-website", "path-destination")

This one returns me the source code of the page. So far, no problem.
However, when I go on the page in question and that I make "save as" and that I download the html page on my pc, that displays me a quite other code, much more interesting.
So I wanted to know if it is possible not to download the "source code" but to download the same file as when I "save as".

Of course the goal is to automate the procedure...

Thanks for your help!

Cordially, Mani

[pieterjanvc]

Hi,

Could you provide an example of a web page where this is the case? Because if I try to get html from saving it through chrome or with R I got the same result.

PJ

[Api1000]

Hi,
Thanks for your answer.
It happens when the website owner wants to hide data. He uses js functions that will "hide" the html code in question.
I have however succeeded using the "RSelenium" library and with the following commands:

 driver<- rsDriver()
  remDr <- driver[["client"]]
  remDr <- remoteDriver(remoteServerAddr = "localhost", 
                        port = 4567, 
                        browserName = "firefox"
  )
remDr$open()
      remDr$navigate(*url-of-the-website*)
      source <- remDr$getPageSource()[[1]]
      
      write.table(source,"test.txt")
      remDr$close()

This allows you to retrieve the source code of a page executed in js !
Problem solved