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by dewey 3035 days ago
"view source" shows the source after all the javascript ran. So what a client that doesn't execute javascript (like curl) sees is different from what you see in "view source".

That's also the reason while you had to "pre-render" you javascript web apps for SEO purposes until google bot got the ability to execute javascript.
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madeofpalk 3035 days ago
I get what you're saying now, but I believe you're mistaken about "View Source".

I've never seen "View Page Source" or "Show Page Source" be the current DOM representation. It's always the HTML what came over the wire, the same you'll get from curl (unless the server is going user agent shenanigans, which I think we can agree is out of scope here).

If you're talking about the page after Javascript is ran, the only way you're seeing that is by opening the dev tools and looking in the 'Elements' or 'Inspector' panel.

I just checked in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox and found this to be true in all of them. The distinction between the View Source and DOM Inspector is very clear.

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detaro 3035 days ago
In what browser is this case? Chrome and Firefox it isn't. In the dev tools, you see the rendered DOM, but view source shows you the HTML from the server.
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