I have been using HtmlUnit (the developers did a great job) as an headless browser for some of my previous applications but the javascript support isn't working for some website that my next application will be accessing.
I heard about QtWebKit binding for Python but my application will be in Java or is there a Java binding for WebKit or QtWebKit?
Does anyone know a good headless browser for Java with full javascript support?
Nathan Ridley's answer to another similar question is the most complete one I've found so far.
Anyway, if everything fails, you could use a Python or JS alternative, expose its funcionality as a webservice inside your server, and then your Java application could use the headless browser's funcionality through the webservice. It would be a pain to set up, but it may be a viable alternative if nothing else works as desired.
Also, there are some "non-headless" browser wrappers for Java; maybe it would be possible to build a testing solution around those, depending on the requirements.
Perhaps https://github.com/machinepublishers/jbrowserdriver -- it's headless and written only in Java.
(disclosure: I'm the project owner)
Take a look at phantom.js. Based on webkit it offers a complete headless browser.
Rhino + env.js is a full java solution, I've used it, it's not super fast but seems reasonably stable and should give you correct js support.
Replying on an old thread, hoping it might be useful for some.
1) You can use QTJambi's QWebView. It was reasonably fast.
2) JBrowserDriver is another option.
Personally I found QT engine a bit faster.
How about a built-in webview. I'm not sure about full JS support, but a quick check on the website shows that it can support javascript.
JavaFX WebView: JFX WebView
private static void initWebView(Stage primaryStage) {
primaryStage.setTitle("JavaFX WebView Example");
WebView webView = new WebView();
//webView.getEngine().load("http://localhost:9009");
webView.getEngine().loadContent("<h3 id='aa'>JAVA FX WebView, HelloWorld</h3><script>document.getElementById('aa').innerHTML='TEST'</script>");
webView.getEngine().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
VBox vBox = new VBox(webView);
Scene scene = new Scene(vBox, 960, 600);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
And not related to the question, but also take a look at this: Java-Express or NanoHttpd
The combination may help somebody.
