best to not let it process this

changedetectionio/html_tools.py

@@ -409,23 +409,6 @@ def has_ldjson_product_info(content):
     x=bool(pricing_data)
     return x
 
-
-def workarounds_for_obfuscations(content):
-    """
-    Some sites are using sneaky tactics to make prices and other information un-renderable by Inscriptis
-    This could go into its own Pip package in the future, for faster updates
-    """
-
-    # HomeDepot.com style <span>$<!-- -->90<!-- -->.<!-- -->74</span>
-    # https://github.com/weblyzard/inscriptis/issues/45
-    if not content:
-        return content
-
-    content = re.sub('<!--\s+-->', '', content)
-
-    return content
-
-
 def get_triggered_text(content, trigger_text):
     triggered_text = []
     result = strip_ignore_text(content=content,

changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff.py

@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
         if is_html or watch.is_source_type_url:
 
             # CSS Filter, extract the HTML that matches and feed that into the existing inscriptis::get_text
-            self.fetcher.content = html_tools.workarounds_for_obfuscations(self.fetcher.content)
             html_content = self.fetcher.content
 
             # If not JSON,  and if it's not text/plain..

changedetectionio/tests/test_obfuscations.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
 
 
 def set_original_ignore_response():
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def set_original_ignore_response():
 def test_obfuscations(client, live_server):
     set_original_ignore_response()
     live_server_setup(live_server)
-    time.sleep(1)
+
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
     res = client.post(
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ def test_obfuscations(client, live_server):
     assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
-    time.sleep(3)
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Check HTML conversion detected and workd
     res = client.get(
         url_for("preview_page", uuid="first"),
         follow_redirects=True
     )
-
+    # whitespace appears but it renders https://github.com/weblyzard/inscriptis/issues/45#issuecomment-1923339265
     assert b'$90.74' in res.data

requirements.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ flask_expects_json~=1.7
 flask_restful
 flask_wtf~=1.2
 flask~=2.3
-inscriptis~=2.2
+inscriptis~=2.4
 pytz
 timeago~=1.0
 validators~=0.21