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Asked: 2026-05-14T05:33:09+00:00

Is it possible to load an html document using ajax and then perform a

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Is it possible to load an html document using ajax and then perform a jquery selection on the loaded html?

I want to perform a search against a remote search server and then use the results to reformat an existing page.

EDIT: the find function doesnt seem to return results (length is always 0). Here is the sample html

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>

    <p>Hello world</p>

    <p>good bye world</p>

</body>
</html>

And here is the jQuery:

$(document).ready(function() {

  $.ajax({
    url: 'content/HTMLPage.htm',
    dataType: 'html',
    success: function(data) {

      alert($(data).find('p').length);

    }
  });
});
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  1. Editorial Team

    I really struggled with this. I have managed to load a whole document and select from it correctly, but this one had a doctype.

    Otherwise it seems it is possible but it has its caveats. The items you are selecting need to have at least a parent node. I dont really think I can mark anything off here as an answer just yet.

    This html returned 2 elements:

    <div>
  <p>Hello world</p>

  <p>good bye world</p>
</div>
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