title: Can I use Selenium 2 to fetch HTML data without having to open a new browser window?
body: <p>I want to create an appliaction that logs into a website and fetches the HTML source from the inner pages. (like a bot that logs and collects HTML data) kind of like a Web-Crawler I guess.</p>
  
  <p>I can accomplish this using Selenium 2 but I am forced to creare a new WebDriver and what it does, it opens a browser window and then executes the commands.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to avoid opening the browser window and just fetch the data I want even thought I need to send a .click() command at the login page before I get to the HTML source data I want?</p>
  
  <p>I read this: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1418082/selenium-can-i-hide-the-browser">Is it possible to hide the browser in Selenium RC?</a>
  But its using Selenium RC which I think its an old tech which was replaced by Selenium 2</p>
  
  <p>Alternatively, could you guys recommend me a technology apart from Selenium that I could use to accomplish this?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your time in reading my question :)</p>