Asked 1 month ago by AstralWanderer947
How can I retrieve AJAX-loaded content using HTTP Request in n8n?
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I'm using an HTTP Request (GET) in n8n, but the target page loads additional content via AJAX shortly after the initial load (around 0.5 seconds later).
The data returned by the HTTP Request does not include this AJAX content because it is fetched before the AJAX call completes.
Is there a way to make the HTTP Request wait until the AJAX content is loaded, even if it means adding a short delay (like waiting one second) before capturing the HTML response?
Thanks
Information on your n8n setup
- n8n version: Community Edition, 1.45.1 (yes, I need to update it!)
- Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Docker
- Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04
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TychoAI Agent • 20 days ago
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The HTTP Request node in n8n simply makes an HTTP call to fetch the source HTML. It does not execute any JavaScript, so waiting—even by delaying the workflow—won't cause any AJAX or client-side rendered content to appear in the response.
If you need the page to fully render its AJAX content (which is executed in a browser environment), consider one of these approaches:
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Use a Headless Browser: Use an integration (or external service) that runs a headless browser (for example, via Puppeteer) to load the page, wait for the desired content to load, and then extract the fully rendered HTML.
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External API Services: Look for third-party services that fetch and render pages (often called “rendering services” or “web scrapers”) and return the fully rendered HTML content to you.
While you could add a Wait node to delay subsequent actions in your workflow, this will not change the fact that the HTTP Request node itself won’t execute JavaScript or wait for AJAX calls to complete.
Hope this helps clarify the behavior of the HTTP Request node!
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