Invoke-Webrequest innertext is hidden?

Question

Hello. I'm trying to create a script which will tell me when a an item comes in stock again on a website. This method works on other sites, but not on this one, where the innertext is empty. Can someone please help me understand why it is empty and if there is a way for me to get the text I need?

What I'm doing:

$URL = 'https://www.bilka.dk/produkter/sony-playstation-5-standard/100532624/'

$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $URL
$classname ='stock-status__headline font-weight-bold'
$notInStock = 'Ikke på lager online'
$InStock = ($response.ParsedHtml.body.getElementsByClassName($classname) | select -expand innertext)

I'm trying to get this text:

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you :-)

Answer 1

Hi，

It seems the element you tried to get is created by /_nuxt/product.js. Invoke-WebRequest only returns the HTML elements and it doesn't execute javascript.

Best Regards，
Ian Xue

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