How do I get the current location of an iframe?

Question

I have built a basic data entry application allowing users to browse external content in iframe and enter data quickly from the same page. One of the data variables is the URL. Ideally I would like to be able to load the iframes current url into a textbox with javascript. I realize now that this is not going to happen due to security issues.

Has anyone done anything on the server side? or know of any .Net browser in browser controls. The ultimate goal is to just give the user an easy method of extracting the url of the page they are viewing in the iframe It doesn't necessarily HAVE to be an iframe, a browser in the browser would be ideal.

Thanks, Adam

Answer 1

I use this.

var iframe = parent.document.getElementById("theiframe");
var innerDoc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document;

var currentFrame = innerDoc.location.href;

Answer 2

You can use Ra-Ajax and have an iframe wrapped inside e.g. a Window control. Though in general terms I don't encourage people to use iframes (for anything)

Another alternative is to load the HTML on the server and send it directly into the Window as the content of a Label or something. Check out how this Ajax RSS parser is loading the RSS items in the source which can be downloaded here (Open Source - LGPL)

(Disclaimer; I work with Ra-Ajax...)

Answer 3

Does this help?

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/iframe.html

I only tested this in firefox, but if you have something like this:

<iframe name='myframe' id='myframe' src='http://www.google.com'></iframe>

You can get its address by using:

document.getElementById('myframe').src

Not sure if I understood your question correctly but anyways :)