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Rselenium - cannot download spreadsheet in iframe


I am trying to download soil fertility data from the following website:

https://soilhealth.dac.gov.in/publicreports/FertilityIndex

I have got to the point where I can load the spreadsheet containing the data within an iframe. However I cannot figure out how to access the download button. This is the code I have so far:

rD <- rsDriver(browser="firefox", port=4536L, verbose=F)
remDr <- rD[["client"]]

remDr$navigate("https://soilhealth.dac.gov.in/publicreports/FertilityIndex")

remDr$executeScript("document.getElementById('CycleId').value = 1;")

state_elem <- remDr$findElement(using = "id", value = "State_Code")
state_opts <- state_elem$selectTag()

state_script="document.getElementById('State_Code').onchange=GetDistrict(xx);
              document.getElementById('State_Code').value = xx;"
dist_script="document.getElementById('District_Code').onchange=GetSubdistrict(xx);
            document.getElementById('District_Code').value = xx;"
sub_dist_script="document.getElementById('sub_district_code').onchange=GetVillage(xx);
                document.getElementById('sub_district_code').value = xx;"

for (s in 2:length(state_opts$value)){
  remDr$executeScript(gsub("xx", state_opts$value[3], state_script, fixed = TRUE))


  dist_elem <- remDr$findElement(using = "id", value = "District_Code")

  dist_opts <- dist_elem$selectTag()
  
  for (d in 2:length(dist_opts$value)){
    remDr$executeScript(gsub("xx", dist_opts$value[2], dist_script, fixed = TRUE))
    
    sub_dist_elem <- remDr$findElement(using = "id", value = "sub_district_code")
    
    sub_dist_opts <- dist_elem$selectTag()
    
    for (j in 2:length(sub_dist_opts$value)){
      remDr$executeScript(gsub("xx", sub_dist_opts$value[2], sub_dist_script, fixed = TRUE))
      
      remDr$findElement(using = "css", value = "#confirmLink")$clickElement()
      Sys.sleep(5)
      
      table <- remDr$findElements(using = "css", "iframe")
      remDr$switchToFrame(table[[1]])
      
      remDr$findElement(using = "css", title="#CSV")$clickElement()
      
    }
  }
}

Any help would be much appriciated!


Solution

  • After you have filled the form we can download the data in csv format by first clicking on save button and then on csv option

    # click save button 
    remDr$findElement(using = "xpath",'//*[@id="ReportViewer1_ctl05_ctl04_ctl00_ButtonImgDown"]')$clickElement()
    
    #click csv option 
    remDr$findElement(using = "xpath",'//*[@id="ReportViewer1_ctl05_ctl04_ctl00_Menu"]/div[7]/a')$clickElement()