Parsing HTML out of

Question

I have the following HTML tag:

<object type="text/html" data="/page.html"></object>

I need to strip out an element from the HTML that is being generated. I try with this:

var mainFrame = '<object type="text/html" data="/page.html"></object>'; 
html = $.parseHTML(mainFrame),
console.log(html);

but i'm only getting an object containing:

<object data="/page.html" type="text/html"></object>

UPDATE

I'm expecting to get the page.html HTML. Like:

<html>
    <head></head>
    <body>
        <div id="elementToStripOut"></div>
    </body>
</html>

Then I need to remove the div #elementToStripOut.

What output are you expecting? You say you want to strip out an element from the HTML string, but the string only contains one element... ? — Rory McCrossan, Jan 29 '16 at 14:26
Is object url on same domain as page? If not you probably can't access the inner window it creates — charlietfl, Jan 29 '16 at 14:27
Likewise I have the same questions as Rory McCrossan - what output are you expecting? — Matthew Lymer, Jan 29 '16 at 14:27
I'm expecting the HTML of the page that is being included. I'm on the same domain. — Mark, Jan 29 '16 at 14:28
@l736k so you want to get the HTML of `page.html`, not the `object` element? — Rory McCrossan, Jan 29 '16 at 14:29
Given your update, why not use AJAX instead of the `object` element? — Rory McCrossan, Jan 29 '16 at 14:41
In that case I'm not sure it's possible to access the HTML within the object via JS. — Rory McCrossan, Jan 29 '16 at 14:46
@RoryMcCrossan yes it is. I can access it from the JS console, once the page is fully loaded, with `$('body').contents().find('object').get(0).contentWindow.document` — Mark, Jan 29 '16 at 14:54
Well if you can do that, it's just a case of removing the element you need: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3387427/remove-element-by-id — Rory McCrossan, Jan 29 '16 at 14:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 29 '16 at 14:32

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I've never done this with <object> but assume principles should be the same as with an <iframe>

$('object').on('load',function(){
    $(this).contents().find('#elementToStripOut').remove();
});

answered Jan 29 '16 at 14:32

charlietfl

this is returning `Object[object]` like i was doing before – Mark Jan 29 '16 at 14:38
The object is generating the full page.html, like an ``. The code you posted is returning only the `<object data="/page.html" type="text/html"></object>` – Mark Jan 29 '16 at 14:44
i can't choose the html structure – Mark Jan 29 '16 at 14:52
could replace it with iframe `$('object').replaceWith(...` – charlietfl Jan 29 '16 at 14:54
i have actually access to the HTML code and i can modify it, but i am not allowed to do it. – Mark Jan 29 '16 at 14:56
what is full description of `not allowed to`? – charlietfl Jan 29 '16 at 14:57
the project owner doens't want to – Mark Jan 29 '16 at 15:01
well if you can't access it as ` – charlietfl Jan 29 '16 at 15:04

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