Get the value of a variable out of or <object></a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2017-03-10T15:51:43.217" class="fromnow">Mar 10 '17 at 15:51</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2017-03-12T15:58:46.417" datetime="2017-03-12T15:58:46.417">Mar 12 '17 at 15:58</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 1,189 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 1,189 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="42722476" data-ownerid="702977" data-score="2"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="42722476"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="2">2</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>In my global html template, I have embedded an <code>iframe</code>, which can live-preview <code>{{src}}</code> (eg, <code>src</code> could be <code>public/tmp/bDCZ5rynnpLaYNEuAAAj/index.html</code>).</p> <pre><code><iframe id="myiframe" ng-src="{{src}}"></iframe> </code></pre> <p>The <code>index.html</code> is a file written by my server; I have control of the code and I can modify it. <code>index.html</code> contains JavaScript code, it is designed such that it always has an internal variable <code>$output</code>.</p> <p>My question is, how to get the value of <code>$output</code> out of the <code>iframe</code> and let the global html page know the value.</p> <p>Does anyone know how to accomplish this?</p> <p><strong>Edit 1:</strong> I am also open to solutions where <code>index.html</code> could send the value to the server or create a file with the value, as long as the global template could get it later. Additionally, as I mention in comments, the purpose of <code>iframe</code> is to live-preview a folder of files, there are <a href="../../questions/42569214/make-a-web-page-with-a-folder-of-external-files">other ways</a> to do so (eg, using <code><object></code>), does anyone know which way could let me get an internal value out?</p> <p><strong>Edit 2:</strong> I have made a <a class="external-link" href="https://plnkr.co/edit/5bByYqwrrzkslLK6Fnc2?p=preview" rel="nofollow noreferrer">plunker with iframe</a> and a <a class="external-link" href="https://plnkr.co/edit/uSik7MYblkTdTofu2v1B?p=preview" rel="nofollow noreferrer">plunker with object</a>. <code>$output</code> is defined by <code><script>var $output="Default"</script></code> in <a class="external-link" href="https://www.matrixlead.com/tmp/indexOutput.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">indexOutput.html</a>. My goal is to get this value out.</p> <p><strong>Edit 3:</strong> I just realised that <code>window.parent._resetter</code> that @Roy suggested in his answer works. But one thing is, the <code>_resetter</code> function must be defined in the script of the html page. Does anyone know how to <strong>pass this value to my controller</strong>? Here is <a class="external-link" href="https://plnkr.co/edit/Ak4mswbHeqKQZHl0zrUl?p=preview" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a plunker</a>, and <a class="external-link" href="https://plnkr.co/edit/Sp6uiPmLQIVQj3IWoJSa?p=preview" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a plunker with $window</a>.</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'javascript'" rel="tag">javascript</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/angularjs" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'angularjs'" rel="tag">angularjs</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/node.js" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'node.js'" rel="tag">node.js</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/iframe" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'iframe'" rel="tag">iframe</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/html-object" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'html-object'" rel="tag">html-object</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="edited May 23 '17 at 12:32">edited May 23 '17 at 12:32</time> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/-1.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Community" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-user-card--link">Community</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="1 silver badges">1</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Mar 10 '17 at 15:51">asked Mar 10 '17 at 15:51</time> <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/702977.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="SoftTimur" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" class="s-user-card--link">SoftTimur</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">5,630</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="38 gold badges">38</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="140 silver badges">140</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="292 bronze badges">292</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-42722476" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="42722476" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-72564974" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72564974" data-comment-owner-id="702977" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72564974_42722476"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">At the moment, I choose `iframe` because it is simple. There are also other options of [live-previewing files](http://stackoverflow.com/q/42569214/702977).</span> – <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" title="5,630 reputation" class="comment-user owner">SoftTimur</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72564974_42722476"><span title="2017-03-10T15:57:45.600 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 15:57</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72565066" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72565066" data-comment-owner-id="2202537" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72565066_42722476"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Nothing offense SoftTimur, iframes are simple till the moment you hit their limitations.</span> – <a href="../../users/2202537/lin" title="17,956 reputation" class="comment-user ">lin</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72565066_42722476"><span title="2017-03-10T15:59:52.473 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 15:59</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72567859" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72567859" data-comment-owner-id="2202537" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72567859_42722476"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">"same origin"? @plnkr not!</span> – <a href="../../users/2202537/lin" title="17,956 reputation" class="comment-user ">lin</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72567859_42722476"><span title="2017-03-10T17:14:47.863 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 17:14</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72568736" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72568736" data-comment-owner-id="702977" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72568736_42722476"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">I just added a version with `ui-view`, is it "a partial view" that you referred to? is it "same origin" now?</span> – <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" title="5,630 reputation" class="comment-user owner">SoftTimur</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72568736_42722476"><span title="2017-03-10T17:38:44.520 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 17:38</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72568875" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72568875" data-comment-owner-id="2202537" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72568875_42722476"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Nope its not. I won't help here. My role is the commentary boy. =) Im fine while staying away from iframe questions.</span> – <a href="../../users/2202537/lin" title="17,956 reputation" class="comment-user ">lin</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72568875_42722476"><span title="2017-03-10T17:42:59.690 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 17:42</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="42722599"></a> <div id="answer-42722599" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="42722599" data-ownerid="7349445" data-score="3" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="42722599"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btn__unset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="3">3</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>You can comunicate between root and iframe with <code>window.parent.someFunction</code> called from the iframe. You have to create a function in root that recive a param and re setter to itself. <br/></p> <pre><code>function _resetter(param){ var paramRoot = param; } </code></pre> <p><br/> And call this function from the iframe passing the param <code>ouput</code> <br/></p> <pre><code>window.parent._resetter(param); </code></pre> <p>See <a href="../../a/2161402#2161402">https://stackoverflow.com/a/2161402/7349445</a></p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="edited May 23 '17 at 12:17">edited May 23 '17 at 12:17</time> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/-1.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Community" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-user-card--link">Community</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="1 silver badges">1</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Mar 10 '17 at 15:57">answered Mar 10 '17 at 15:57</time> <a href="../../users/7349445/roy-bogado" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/7349445.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Roy Bogado" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/7349445/roy-bogado" class="s-user-card--link">Roy Bogado</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">4,299</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="1 gold badge">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="15 silver badge">15</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="31 bronze badge">31</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-42722599" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="42722599" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-72565025" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72565025" data-comment-owner-id="2202537" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72565025_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Note: This only works if the iframe is same origin to his parent.</span> – <a href="../../users/2202537/lin" title="17,956 reputation" class="comment-user ">lin</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72565025_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T15:58:48.653 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 15:58</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72565098" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72565098" data-comment-owner-id="7349445" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72565098_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Yep, @SoftTimur said "The index.html is a file written by my server;"</span> – <a href="../../users/7349445/roy-bogado" title="4,299 reputation" class="comment-user ">Roy Bogado</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72565098_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:00:38.227 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:00</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72565496" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72565496" data-comment-owner-id="702977" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72565496_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Yes, it is in the same server. I modified slightly the OP. I tried to define `$scope._resetter` in the controller. It does not seem to be called. Maybe `window.parent` does not refer well to the `$scope`?</span> – <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" title="5,630 reputation" class="comment-user owner">SoftTimur</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72565496_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:11:17.367 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:11</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72565700" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72565700" data-comment-owner-id="2202537" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72565700_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">@SoftTimur and now you hit a limitation =)</span> – <a href="../../users/2202537/lin" title="17,956 reputation" class="comment-user ">lin</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72565700_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:16:49.500 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:16</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72565932" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72565932" data-comment-owner-id="702977" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72565932_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">The limitation is about calling iFrame with a local file, or interaction of iFrame and angular?</span> – <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" title="5,630 reputation" class="comment-user owner">SoftTimur</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72565932_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:23:01.273 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:23</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72566005" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72566005" data-comment-owner-id="2202537" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72566005_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Interacting with an JavaScript application in an uncommon way. This is where the problems begin. =)</span> – <a href="../../users/2202537/lin" title="17,956 reputation" class="comment-user ">lin</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72566005_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:25:16.360 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:25</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72566194" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72566194" data-comment-owner-id="702977" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72566194_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">If I don't use `iframe` to live-preview a folder of files, which way [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/42569214/702977) you think could let me get the internal value out?</span> – <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" title="5,630 reputation" class="comment-user owner">SoftTimur</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72566194_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:29:47.950 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:29</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72566241" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72566241" data-comment-owner-id="2202537" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72566241_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Use a partial view of AngularJS and AngularJS goodness will be yours.</span> – <a href="../../users/2202537/lin" title="17,956 reputation" class="comment-user ">lin</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72566241_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:31:01.013 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:31</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72566326" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72566326" data-comment-owner-id="155476" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72566326_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">That approach falls over when the files are fully qualified HTML documents with links and scripts.</span> – <a href="../../users/155476/matt" title="4,107 reputation" class="comment-user ">Matt</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72566326_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:33:10.457 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:33</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72566343" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72566343" data-comment-owner-id="155476" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72566343_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Can you make a jsFiddle showing the issue. It should be relatively easy to resolve your scoping issues.</span> – <a href="../../users/155476/matt" title="4,107 reputation" class="comment-user ">Matt</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72566343_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T16:33:42.727 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 16:33</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72569575" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72569575" data-comment-owner-id="2202537" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72569575_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">@Yoda he need your help.</span> – <a href="../../users/2202537/lin" title="17,956 reputation" class="comment-user ">lin</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72569575_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T18:05:40.083 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 18:05</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72578273" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72578273" data-comment-owner-id="702977" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72578273_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">@Roy actually, `window.parent` works, please see my Edit 3.</span> – <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" title="5,630 reputation" class="comment-user owner">SoftTimur</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72578273_42722599"><span title="2017-03-10T23:25:21.483 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 10 '17 at 23:25</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-72713627" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="72713627" data-comment-owner-id="702977" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment72713627_42722599"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">I have finally found it. We need to add `$scope.$digest()` to update the view. Here is a working [plunker](https://plnkr.co/edit/Ks10lCgrPesLxCgDyvmc?p=preview).</span> – <a href="../../users/702977/softtimur" title="5,630 reputation" class="comment-user owner">SoftTimur</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/42722476/get-the-value-of-a-variable-out-of-iframe-or-object#comment72713627_42722599"><span title="2017-03-15T01:40:57.590 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 15 '17 at 01:40</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>