Get URL of iFrame

Question

Just wondering if anybody had any ideas on getting an iFrame's URL using possibly jQuery.

For example, if I have an iFrame on my page and somebody is scrolling through the website inside that iFrame is there a lightweight way of grabbing the current URL they are on.

you probably cannot if the iframe `src` is on a different domain due to [same origin policy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy) — Nick Andriopoulos, May 17 '13 at 13:25
Possible duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/938180/get-current-url-from-iframe ? — Conceptual, May 17 '13 at 13:25

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '13 at 13:26

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You should be able to do something like

$("#parent").get(0).contentWindow.location

answered May 17 '13 at 13:26

abritez

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 19 '13 at 00:52

If someone has to ask it again. I got to make it get src using jquery and rewrite it again as I want to redraw/alter contents that has embeds. It is just, you need to pre-contain the iframe to let you have a direct selector.

var iframeSrc = $('.article-content iframe:first-child').attr('src');
console.log(iframeSrc);

Let me know if this might help.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 17 '13 at 13:29

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use this

 var iframe = '<iframe src="http://someaddress.com" width="600" height="500"></iframe>';

 regEx = /(src)=["']([^"']*)["']/gi;

iframe.replace(regEx, function(all, type, value) {
alert(value); 
});

have a look http://jsfiddle.net/D8gLN/

answered May 17 '13 at 13:29

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Unfortunately this won't work if the iframe is actually in use and the user navigates inside it (which was the question). – JJJ May 17 '13 at 13:39

Get URL of iFrame

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