import subprocess
import logging
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def render_snapshot(url):
logger.info('Snapshotting url: %s' % url)
out_html = subprocess.check_output(['phantomjs', '--ignore-ssl-errors=yes',
'--disk-cache=yes',
'util/phantomjs-runner.js', url])
if not out_html or out_html.strip() == 'Not Found':
return None
# Remove script tags
logger.info('Removing script tags: %s' % url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(out_html.decode('utf8'))
to_extract = soup.findAll('script')
for item in to_extract:
item.extract()
logger.info('Snapshotted url: %s' % url)
return str(soup)
