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Chris Dutrow
Chris Dutrow

Reputation: 50402

Prevent jQuery() from executing javascript

I am working on some code that uses jQuery to parse data out of html documents from the web. This decision was made because jQuery, with its awesome ability to select objects on a page, makes it excellent for parsing.

The code works like this (where 'html_string' is the html of a whole web page):

var page = $(html_string);

The problem I am having is that javascript is being evaluated and executed within the html_string as well. This results in new threads being formed that in some cases, contain infinite loops that make repeated requests to the server and eventually crash the whole client-side of application (not the server).

Is there a way to somehow prevent the execution of javascript in this situation. In this situation, the execution of javascript is an unwanted side effect.

Thanks so much!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 185

Answers (4)

Pantelis
Pantelis

Reputation: 6146

If you donot care having one extra element, check this! http://jsfiddle.net/UbCFc/4/

Upvotes: 1

Mike Vysocka
Mike Vysocka

Reputation: 194

You could load this syntax into the browser initially as a comment

<script>
/* var page = $(html_string); */
</script>

and then extract the contents of the comment later. The advantage here is that the browser is not going to parse and execute the comment on page load.

You can also explore using jQuery's .load() function, not sure if that will suit your needs.

Upvotes: 1

Jake Dempsey
Jake Dempsey

Reputation: 6312

Here is a crappy little jsfiddle that shows you the js does not run when you load the html_string into $. When you click run you will see an immediate alert 'wtf'. Three seconds later, the html is loaded into $ and the body is updated to say 'moo', you should not see the alert.

http://jsfiddle.net/9BAkE/

Upvotes: 2

Darcy
Darcy

Reputation: 5368

One way would be to parse the html string befor you wrap it with jQuery.

Something like:

var page = html_string;


//then find the script tag (untested code)
int beginning_of_script = page.indexOf('<script>');
int end_of_script = page.indexOf('</script>');

// remove the script
page = page.remove(beginning_of_script, end_of_script);

Upvotes: 1

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