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Occasionally, our users set up a Click Item to process data extraction but only get a blank page without any data. If this problem bothers you too, take a few minutes to go through the following article with a tried-and-true solution.
If Octoparse gets to a blank page when you configure the task, it is highly possible that Open in a new tab has been selected when a webpage uses AJAX to load information.
Note: If you are interested in how to assess whether a webpage loads content with AJAX, please check out here.
Solution: To solve this problem, the only thing you need to do is to tell Octoparse not to open a new webpage through the following steps:
Click on Click Item > Options
Uncheck Open in a new tab for Click Item
Click Apply to save the change
Octoparse will now be able to load the webpage and extract your desired data.
Note: After you uncheck open in a new tab, Octoparse will only be able to click one item. Please refer to the tutorial "Why does Octoparse only click the first item and stop?" for further modification.