[whatwg] Regarding Downloading a webpage.

Wed Aug 25 12:16:17 PDT 2010

On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Narendra Sisodiya wrote:
>
> A html webpage can contains js, css, image files. If we leave the server 
> side scripting part then all resource files will static. JavaScript may 
> load a resource (like another js/image/css file or DataURI) dynamically. 
> If I want to download a webpage, I have to look at the source code of 
> html and also JavaScript code which may load otherfiles on user 
> interaction. Is their any specification exist by which i can tell 
> 'webpage downloader' application about 'list of all files which may be 
> use under a give web application' ?

There are two mechanisms for this:

 - <html manifest="">, which lists all the files needed by the app when 
   running offline

 - implementing HTML natively, and then downloading all the files linked 
   using explicit features like <script src=""> or links that are marked 
   as "external resource links".

Neither system is foolproof, though.

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