from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS()
driver.get("http://www.metasozluk.com/?r=girdi/goster&g=298794")
driver.page_source
# Returns a whole bunch of HTML page.
driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".entry-list-cats-link").click()
driver.page_source
# Returns '<html><head></head><body></body></html>'
When I load a page with Python's Selenium on PhantomJS, the page loads well. However, when I try to manipulate a DOM element, it simply changes the whole source to <html><head></head><body></body></html>.
Also this issue does not occur in Firefox, but I need a headless browser and there seems to be no other alternative rather than PhantomJS. Is it a bug?
Edit: Found Some Logs
I've found a log name ghostdriver.log on the same path as my script. This is it:
PhantomJS is launching GhostDriver...
[INFO - 2015-11-07T20:45:38.121Z] GhostDriver - Main - running on port 51516
[INFO - 2015-11-07T20:45:39.090Z] Session [8101ecc0-8590-11e5-91d2-17516fa65f1d] - CONSTRUCTOR - Desired Capabilities: {"platform":"ANY","version":"","javascriptEnabled":true,"browserName":"phantomjs"}
[INFO - 2015-11-07T20:45:39.090Z] Session [8101ecc0-8590-11e5-91d2-17516fa65f1d] - CONSTRUCTOR - Negotiated Capabilities: {"browserName":"phantomjs","version":"1.9.0","driverName":"ghostdriver","driverVersion":"1.0.3","platform":"linux-unknown-64bit","javascriptEnabled":true,"takesScreenshot":true,"handlesAlerts":false,"databaseEnabled":false,"locationContextEnabled":false,"applicationCacheEnabled":false,"browserConnectionEnabled":false,"cssSelectorsEnabled":true,"webStorageEnabled":false,"rotatable":false,"acceptSslCerts":false,"nativeEvents":true,"proxy":{"proxyType":"direct"}}
[INFO - 2015-11-07T20:45:39.091Z] SessionManagerReqHand - _postNewSessionCommand - New Session Created: 8101ecc0-8590-11e5-91d2-17516fa65f1d
[INFO - 2015-11-07T20:50:38.119Z] SessionManagerReqHand - _cleanupWindowlessSessions - Asynchronous Sessions clean-up phase starting NOW
[INFO - 2015-11-07T20:55:38.213Z] SessionManagerReqHand - _cleanupWindowlessSessions - Asynchronous Sessions clean-up phase starting NOW
[INFO - 2015-11-07T21:00:38.311Z] SessionManagerReqHand - _cleanupWindowlessSessions - Asynchronous Sessions clean-up phase starting NOW
[INFO - 2015-11-07T21:05:38.330Z] SessionManagerReqHand - _cleanupWindowlessSessions - Asynchronous Sessions clean-up phase starting NOW
I'm not sure about _cleanupWindowlessSessions part, maybe this is a clue about problem.
Edit: --ignore-ssl-errors=true did not solve the problem
I did a further coding, but I run across the same issue while ignoring ssl errors. There are also few answers saying ignoring SSL errors would solve the issue, but it seems not. So I cancelled this answer's validity for the sake of anyone having this issue.
