How to convert content of html page to single string using javascript?

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How to convert content of HTML page to single string using JavaScript?

my HTML page contains labels, text boxes

Thanks in advance........

What do you exactly mean? The string contains the whole webpage or the information contained in labels, text boxes? — user612827
– user612827, Commented Jun 8, 2011 at 6:46

AjayR · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-08 06:52:30Z

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You can display like this in script

<script>
var content = document.body.innerHTML;
alert (content);
</script>

answered Jun 8, 2011 at 6:52

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bjornd · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-08 06:44:12Z

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This will output to console the whole content of the body tag of your page.

console.log(document.body.innerHTML);

answered Jun 8, 2011 at 6:44

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Stoive · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-08 06:49:48Z

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This will get you the entire page between and including the <html> tags:

document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].outerHTML

answered Jun 8, 2011 at 6:49

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