load web page to variable

[Tomek Toczyski]

I have an url of a webpage.
I would like to load the content of the webpage to a variable.

Sth like this:

variable = loadwebpage( url )

How to do it?

(I have just spent more than an hour googling for a recipe - without
satisfaction)

-tt.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Tomek Toczyski wrote:

I have an url of a webpage.
I would like to load the content of the webpage to a variable.

Sth like this:

variable = loadwebpage( url )

How to do it?

Provided that protocol, domain and port part of the request URIs are the
same, you can use the (I)XMLHttpRequest object. Otherwise you have to use
a server-side solution, at least partially. You can work around the Same
Origin Policy with URL rewrite, or you can retrieve the resource with
server-side scripting.

Note that copyright/author's rights may be involved.

This was a FAQ.
HTH

PointedEars
--
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prevent people from viewing your source, but no one will want to steal it.)"
-- from <http://www.vortex-webdesign.com/help/hidesource.htm>

[Tomek Toczyski]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:

Tomek Toczyski wrote:

>I have an url of a webpage.
I would like to load the content of the webpage to a variable.

Sth like this:

variable = loadwebpage( url )

How to do it?

Provided that protocol, domain and port part of the request URIs are the
same, you can use the (I)XMLHttpRequest object.

Yes, everything is the same.

Thank you for your hint. But I need a working recipe.
I am not an AJAX programmer and I have only basic knowledge of Javascript
and I have no time to learn it at the moment.

I need a recipe for loading a webpage to a variable...
One simple thing. I will be glad for your help.

-tt

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Tomek Toczyski wrote:

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:

>Tomek Toczyski wrote:

>>I have an url of a webpage.
I would like to load the content of the webpage to a variable.

Sth like this:

variable = loadwebpage( url )

How to do it?

Provided that protocol, domain and port part of the request URIs are the
same, you can use the (I)XMLHttpRequest object.

Yes, everything is the same.

Thank you for your hint. But I need a working recipe.
I am not an AJAX programmer and I have only basic knowledge of Javascript
and I have no time to learn it at the moment.
I need a recipe for loading a webpage to a variable...

You are looking for a paid support forum, not this discussion group.

One simple thing. I will be glad for your help.

How much exactly?
PointedEars
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who don't know javascript. People who don't know javascript are not
the best source of advice on designing systems that use javascript.
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[Tomek Toczyski]

You are looking for a paid support forum, not this discussion group.

I thought that my problem is quite common and there is a working recipe
for it. I might be wrong.

>

>One simple thing. I will be glad for your help.

How much exactly?

zero $.

I need it for a webpage that I develop as a volunteer.
Sorry.

-tt.

[Randy Webb]

Tomek Toczyski said the following on 8/13/2007 5:25 AM:

>You are looking for a paid support forum, not this discussion group.

I thought that my problem is quite common and there is a working recipe
for it.

It is a common question here. So common it is answered in the group FAQ:

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_44>

I might be wrong.

You aren't wrong in that regards.

>>

>>One simple thing. I will be glad for your help.

How much exactly?

zero $.

I need it for a webpage that I develop as a volunteer.
Sorry.

Ignore Thomas, he might exit puberty in a few years.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

[Gregor Kofler]

Randy Webb meinte:

Tomek Toczyski said the following on 8/13/2007 5:25 AM:

>>You are looking for a paid support forum, not this discussion group.

I thought that my problem is quite common and there is a working
recipe for it.

It is a common question here. So common it is answered in the group FAQ:

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_44>

Given the information by the OP: Do you think those links are helpful
*for him*?

>zero $.

I need it for a webpage that I develop as a volunteer.

That does not necessarily justify, that others have to work for you for
free as well.

Ignore Thomas, he might exit puberty in a few years.

Well, you sound pretty grown up...

Gregor
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[Randy Webb]

Gregor Kofler said the following on 8/13/2007 5:42 AM:

Randy Webb meinte:

>Tomek Toczyski said the following on 8/13/2007 5:25 AM:

>>>You are looking for a paid support forum, not this discussion group.

I thought that my problem is quite common and there is a working
recipe for it.

It is a common question here. So common it is answered in the group FAQ:

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_44>

Given the information by the OP: Do you think those links are helpful
*for him*?

Actually, yes. Since the OP stated "I would like to load the content of
the webpage to a variable", the only reasonable approach to that would
be an AJAX request or to load it in an IFrame and read the innerHTML or
such of the IFrame.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

[Tomek Toczyski]

Randy Webb:

It is a common question here. So common it is answered in the group FAQ:

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_44>

exactly: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_38

Tkank you very much!
It is what I have been looking for.
(I didn't checked it in FAQ before because jibbering.com was unavailable
for me few hours ago)
-tt.

[Gregor Kofler]

Randy Webb meinte:

>Given the information by the OP: Do you think those links are helpful
*for him*?

Actually, yes. Since the OP stated "I would like to load the content of
the webpage to a variable", the only reasonable approach to that would
be an AJAX request or to load it in an IFrame and read the innerHTML or
such of the IFrame.

I know. But to me it sounded more like "I want a ready-to-roll solution"
(i.e. copy 'n' paste); anyway, I was obviously wrong on that.

Gregor
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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Tomek Toczyski wrote:

Randy Webb:

>It is a common question here. So common it is answered in the group FAQ:

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_44>

exactly: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_38

Tkank you very much!
It is what I have been looking for.

(I didn't checked it in FAQ before because jibbering.com was unavailable
for me few hours ago)

Sigh. [psf 10.1]

,-<46**************@PointedEars.de>
| Provided that protocol, domain and port part of the request URIs are the
| same, you can use the (I)XMLHttpRequest object.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
http://www.google.com/search?q=ixmlh...quest&filter=0

When will Google finally become a school subject? [psf 6.2]
PointedEars
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evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
-- Bjoern Hoehrmann

[Randy Webb]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn said the following on 8/13/2007 7:21 AM:

Tomek Toczyski wrote:

>Randy Webb:

>>It is a common question here. So common it is answered in the group FAQ:

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_44>

exactly: http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_38

Tkank you very much!
It is what I have been looking for.

(I didn't checked it in FAQ before because jibbering.com was unavailable
for me few hours ago)

Sigh. [psf 10.1]

Will you ever learn to write comprehensible english?

,-<46**************@PointedEars.de>
| Provided that protocol, domain and port part of the request URIs are the
| same, you can use the (I)XMLHttpRequest object.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
http://www.google.com/search?q=ixmlh...quest&filter=0

Which doesn't even come close to being as accurate nor helpful as the
URL given for the FAQ.

When will Google finally become a school subject? [psf 6.2]

Probably right after you exit puberty and realize that not everybody who
posts here is doing homework.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/