Switch to iframe with phantom.js - iframe

Question

I would like to switch to an iframe using pure phantom.js code
Here is my first attempt
var page = new WebPage();
var url = 'http://www.theurltofectch'
page.open(url, function (status) {
if ('success' !== status) {
console.log("Error");
} else {
page.switchToFrame("thenameoftheiframe");
console.log(page.content);
phantom.exit();
}
});
It produces only the source code of the main page. Any idea ?
Notice that the iframe domain is different from the main page domain.

Answer 1

Please give this a try I believe it may be an async issues meaning the iframe is not present when trying to access it. I received the below snippet from another post.
var page = require('webpage').create(),
testindex = 0,
loadInProgress = false;
page.onConsoleMessage = function(msg) {
console.log(msg);
};
page.onLoadStarted = function() {
loadInProgress = true;
console.log("load started");
};
page.onLoadFinished = function() {
loadInProgress = false;
console.log("load finished");
};
/*
page.onNavigationRequested = function(url, type, willNavigate, main) {
console.log('Trying to navigate to: ' + url);
console.log('Caused by: ' + type);
console.log('Will actually navigate: ' + willNavigate);
console.log('Sent from the page\'s main frame: ' + main);
};
*/
/*
The steps array represents a finite set of steps in order to perform the unit test
*/
var steps = [
function() {
//Load Login Page
page.open("https://www.yourpage.com");
},
function() {
//access your iframe here
page.evaluate(function() {
});
},
function() {
//any other step you want
page.evaluate(function() {
});
},
function() {
// Output content of page to stdout after form has been submitted
page.evaluate(function() {
//console.log(document.querySelectorAll('html')[0].outerHTML);
});
//render a test image to see if login passed
page.render('test.png');
}
];
interval = setInterval(function() {
if (!loadInProgress && typeof steps[testindex] === "function") {
console.log("step " + (testindex + 1));
steps[testindex]();
testindex++;
}
if (typeof steps[testindex] !== "function") {
console.log("test complete!");
phantom.exit();
}
}, 50);

Answer 2

replace
console.log(page.content);
with
console.log(page.frameContent);
Should return the contents of the frame phantomjs switched to.
If the iframe is from another domain you may need to add the --web-security=no option like this:
phantomjs --web-security=no myscript.js
As an additional information, what xMythicx said could be true. Some iframes are rendered via Javascript after page finishes loading. If the iframe contents are empty, then you will need to wait for all resources to finish loading, before you start grabbing stuff from the page. But this is another issue, if you need an answer on this, I suggest you ask a new question about it, and I will answer there.

Answer 3

Had the same problem for iframes and
phantomjs --web-security=no
helped in my case :]