access object in iframe

Question

So I'm trying to access an object in an iframe within my script printed below:

<script>document.getElementsByName("submission")[0].click();</script>

This works fine without the iframe, but as stated by question I'm unable to access this object when it's contained within Iframe!

What I've tried so far is giving the IFrame an ID and doing this:

<script>window.frames['NAME'].document.getElementByName("submission")[0].click();</script>

Why does this not work? And what should work?

See this http://stackoverflow.com/a/927023/1533609 – bugwheels94 Oct 03 '13 at 13:43 — bugwheels94, Oct 03 '13 at 13:43

Abhitalks · Answer 1 · 2013-10-03T14:19:11.450

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Use:

document.getElementById('iframeName').contentWindow.document.getElementById("submission")[0].click()

More info here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe#Scripting

Edit:

See demo fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/cqq96/

Security Note:

If the content of the iframe is from a different domain, then you may not be able to access depending on the security levels. e.g. read up on X-FRAME-OPTIONS and its implications.

edited Oct 03 '13 at 14:19

answered Oct 03 '13 at 13:44

Abhitalks

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document.getElementById(...).contentWindow.document.getElementByName is not a function – David Ekermann Oct 03 '13 at 13:57
@David O yes. Corrected. – Abhitalks Oct 03 '13 at 14:12
@David have you checked the fiddle? – Abhitalks Oct 03 '13 at 14:41
Sorry for the delay I'm doing this in a lab at school! It seems the problem was that the javascript was executed BEFORE the DOM was fully loaded so I had to do this in the BODY .. onload=CODE – David Ekermann Oct 03 '13 at 14:57
Good that you were able to track it down. – Abhitalks Oct 03 '13 at 15:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '13 at 15:02

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The problem was that the javascript was loaded before the DOM so by loading the script after using the thingi was the solution :)

Kind Regards!

answered Oct 03 '13 at 15:02

David Ekermann

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