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Ouerghi Yassine
Ouerghi Yassine

Reputation: 1887

HTML/Javascript get variable on page load

In some website pages, when i try to open the "View Source" with google chrome, and check the hidden values, I find out that the val is blank, but when i inspect the form, i can actually see the content of that hidden value,

for example, this site, when i try check the source i can't see the nid value, I think it has something to do with this function, 

<script type="text/javascript">
    function upuid(a){
        $('input[name="nid"]').val(a)
    }
</script>

but I can't find where it is being called and what is the a parameter.

Thank you.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 567

Answers (2)

Jareish
Jareish

Reputation: 782

The value is set from the client side. That's why you can't see it in the source. My guess the method get's called from the https://www.clixsense.com/uid.swf through ExternalInterface.call. The "a" is a string, and in this case it's a unique identifier.

Upvotes: 0

Praveen Gowda I V
Praveen Gowda I V

Reputation: 9637

The view page source page shows you the exact text that was returned by the server. Inspect element actually shows you the fully rendered DOM tree.

Upvotes: 1

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