QuerySelector for Web Elements Inside iframe

Question

Edit: New title. What I\'m looking for is a document.querySelector for elements inside an iframe.

I\'ve done quite a bit of Googling for an answer and finally I\'m s

Answer 1

simple es6 adapted from h3manth:

document.querySelectorAll('iframe').forEach( item =>
    console.log(item.contentWindow.document.body.querySelectorAll('a'))
)

Answer 2

Here's a snippet for diving into same-origin frames (ie-compatible ES5):

function findInFramesRec(selector, doc) {
  var hit = doc.querySelector(selector);
  if (hit) return hit;
  var frames = Array.prototype.slice.call(doc.frames);
  for(var i = 0; (i < frames.length) &&   !hit   ; i++) {
    try {
      if (!frames[i] || !frames[i].document) continue;
      hit = findInFramesRec(selector, frames[i].document);
    } catch(e) {}
  }
  return hit;
}

This dives into both frameset frames and iframes alike. It may even survive (though not enter) cross origin frames.

Answer 3

if the original page's url isn't at the same domain with the iframe content, the javascript will treat the iframe as a black box, meaning it will not see anything inside it.