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JQuery/JavaScript: accessing contents of an iframe

I would like to manipulate the HTML inside an iframe using jQuery.

I thought I'd be able to do this by setting the context of the jQuery function to be the document of the iframe, something like:
$(function(){ //document ready

    $('some selector', frames['nameOfMyIframe'].document).doStuff()

});

However this doesn't seem to work. A bit of inspection shows me that the variables in frames['nameOfMyIframe'] are undefined unless I wait a while for the iframe to load. However, when the iframe loads the variables are not accessible (I get permission denied-type errors).

Does anyone know of a work-around to this?
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3 Answers

akshay1995
If the <iframe> is from the same domain, the elements are easily accessible as


$("#iFrame").contents().find("#someDiv").removeClass("hidden");
pankajshivnani123
You could use .contents() method of jQuery.

The .contents() method can also be used to get the content document of an iframe, if the iframe is on the same domain as the main page.


$(document).ready(function(){

    $('#frameID').load(function(){

        $('#frameID').contents().find('body').html('Hey, i`ve changed content of <body>! Yay!!!');

    });

});
kshitijrana14
Use
iframe.contentWindow.document

instead of
iframe.contentDocument

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