Html source of a page into a variable, please help

SuperCyber · Dec 29, 2001

I need to figure out a way to take a page that varies in length each time and read the html code and place it into a variable so the page that i forward to can request the data. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

alexfusion · Dec 29, 2001

Hi SuperCyber,

Maybe this can help:

You should put this code in the page you wish to read on:
<html>
<head>
<title>Page to read</title>
<script language="javascript">
function readHTML()
{
pagecontent=mypage.innerHTML;
alert(pagecontent);
}
</script>
</head>
<body id="mypage" onload="readHTML()">

All of the HTML code goes here

</body>
</html>

The variable I named 'pagecontent'(you name it what you want) will store all of the HTML code between <body> and the closing tag </body> not including the <body></body> tags themselves.
If you need all the HTML code including <body></body> you
should use:

pagecontent=mypage.outerHTML;

I used alert to show the code.Obviously this must be removed.It's just for example.
Once the HTML is stored in the variable,you can process it the way you wish.

I don't know another way to solve the problem.I hope this helps you.

Best Regards

alexfusion

SuperCyber · Dec 29, 2001

Thank you for your response. Sorry, I should of said that I need the HTML code, tags included, at the submitting of the page. So at the end of the site when the user clicks on the submit button, I want to put all of the body html code into a variable so I can reference it on the page it will be submitted to. Hope this make my problem more clear.

Thank you,
Brian

Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Html source of a page into a variable, please help

SuperCyber

Programmer

alexfusion

Programmer

SuperCyber

Programmer

Similar threads

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor