Use Javascript to get the source code of another website using a URL

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How can I use JavaScript to view the html source code of a website using a URL

If you have a CORS proxy, it's pretty easy. Otherwise it's not possible. — Patrick Roberts
– Patrick Roberts, Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 4:14

Vivek Doshi · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-22 04:21:29Z

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Here is the code that you are looking for :

$.ajax({
   url: 'http://www.somesite.com/',
   type: 'GET',
   success: function(res) {
      var data = $.parseHTML(res);  //<----try with $.parseHTML().
      // data you will get full html code from given url

      // this is how you can fetch any element from html that fetched from url
      $(data).find('div.content').each(function(){
          $('#here').append($(this).html());
     });

   }
 });

Note : This is assuming that the website enables CORS which is pretty uncommon for most sites in general.( as Patrick Roberts said. Thanks for this point :) )

edited Jun 22, 2017 at 4:21

answered Jun 22, 2017 at 4:16

Vivek Doshi

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2 Comments

Patrick Roberts Over a year ago

This is assuming that the website enables CORS which is pretty uncommon for most sites in general.

Vivek Doshi Over a year ago

Yes thanks for that , let me add this as note @PatrickRoberts

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