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Chad
Chad

Reputation: 164

Using Javascript window.open and jQuery to submit a form

I would like to load yahoo.com in a new window using the window.open function. Then, fill in the search field and submit the search form using jQuery.

For some reason the following code doesn't work:

var yhooWin;
var yhooDoc;

function openYahooWindow() {
    yhooWin = window.open("http://yahoo.com","ywin","width=1050,height=750");
    yhooWin.focus();
}

openYahooWindow();
yhooDoc = yhooWin.document;

$(yhooDoc).ready(function () {
    $(yhooDoc).contents().find("#p_13838465-p").val("gangnam style");
    $(yhooDoc).contents().find(".searchsubmit").trigger("click");
});

Where am I going wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1817

Answers (2)

Jason Small
Jason Small

Reputation: 1054

You can't control a new window using another pages javascript.

For example:

Page1.html uses window.open to open yahoo.com

Page1.html can not take any action on yahoo.com

Upvotes: 0

epascarello
epascarello

Reputation: 207511

You can not access the contents of a different domain because of the same origin policy. Look at the error console, you will see the error message.

If you controlled the other domain, you could look into CORS. Another option is a serverside proxy. And another option is a service like Yahoo Pipes and make JSONP calls.

Upvotes: 1

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