How to get meta tags content of parent page from an iframe using jQuery

[Mudassir]

Dear all..
I want to get the meta description and image in the head section of parent page from the iframe.

In a simple page I did it like this :

 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
    <title></title>
     <link rel="image_src" href="source to my image" />
    <script type="text/javascript">
 
        function addToInterest() {
            var meta = document.getElementsByTagName("title")[0].innerHTML;
            meta += "\n";
            meta += $('meta[name=description]').attr("content");
            meta += "\n";
            meta += 
            meta += $(location).attr('href');
            meta += "\n";
            meta += $('link[rel=image_src]').attr("href");
            alert(meta);
        }
    </script>
 

This works fine, but when inside an iframe, I want to get the title, location, meta descripton and the image of the parent page using jQuery.

For title and url of the parent page I have used:

var meta = parent.document.getElementsByTagName("title")[0].innerHTML;
meta += document.referrer;
 

its working fine also. but for the meta description and the image i am facing problem.
Any sample code for this please..


Regards,
Mudassir

[Frinavale]

I don't think you can access elements of an iframe from the parent page; likewise I don't think you can access elements of a parent page from the iframe.

I remember I was able to do something with cookies but that I felt it was a bit "hacky".

-Frinny

[Mudassir]

Frinny:

i get the title and url of the parent page from the iframe, i have mentioned it in the post.
i solved my problem by using Web User Control instead of iframe
:)

Regards:
Mudassir

[Frinavale]

That is a good idea :)
It is good for search engine optimization not to use iframes :)

I'm glad you solved your problem.

-Frinny