Question

I have a JS script that changes content of webpages. I use this script in the console in firebug. When i run the script again with some new data, the old stuff that was altered previously is still there.

How can i reset the whole the page to its original condition whenever i execute my script, so that the old script generated stuff gets replaced by the new one?

In have tried to do a refresh before the main function that changes the content, but the refresh is so slow that it deletes both the old altered content and the new.

Answer 1

Well if you’re just changing HTML then when first run the script you could do:

var originalHtml = document.body.innerHTML;

Then when you’re done and want to ‘reset’ just do:

document.body.innerHTML = originalHtml;