Is there a simple way to get the current URL from an iframe?
The viewer would going through multiple sites.
I’m guessing I would be using something in javascript.
Is there a simple way to get the current URL from an iframe? The
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Is there a simple way to get the current URL from an iframe?
The viewer would going through multiple sites.
I’m guessing I would be using something in javascript.
For security reasons, you can only get the url for as long as the contents of the iframe, and the referencing javascript, are served from the same domain. As long as that is true, something like this will work:
If the two domains are mismatched, you’ll run into cross site reference scripting security restrictions.
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