Question

Display URL's content without using iframe or frameset

Asked by: websiteindia

Hi,
I want to display the content of any URL in my page but i don't want to use iframe or frameset because when i "Save As" it should save all content of that URL i am passing to this age.
Means
1. i have a page abc.html or abc.asp
2. i am calling the data from any URL in this page
3. when i make it "Save As" it should save all the data(content of abc.htm + content of URL)


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2003-07-18 at 00:24:42ID20682425
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Answers

 

by: afshPosted on 2003-07-18 at 01:22:18ID: 8949931

I think you can use SSI include syntax for your ide. its load your second file an snap it on the first file.

use :

<!-- #include PathType = FileName -->

 

Parameters
PathType
Specifies the type of the path to FileName. The path type can be one of the following: Path Type Meaning
File The file name is a relative path from the directory containing the document with the #include directive. The included file can be in the same directory or in a subdirectory; it cannot be in a directory above the page with the #include directive.
Virtual The file name is a full virtual path from a virtual directory in your Web site.



FileName
Specifies the name of the file to be included. FileName must contain the file name extension, and you must enclose the file name in quotation marks (").
Remarks

(MSDN)

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AFShin

 

by: websiteindiaPosted on 2003-07-18 at 05:37:48ID: 8951195

Thanks,

how can I include an URL in ASP like we do for file as:
<!--#include file="info.asp" -->

I did try with url link to this file info.asp but it is not working
<!--#include file="http://www.jsant.net/info.asp" -->

 

by: PeanutButterWolfPosted on 2003-07-18 at 07:43:05ID: 8952244

Well, I'm not sure you can include content from any random URL on the net in the way that you want, but you can use
<!--#include virtual="/some/path/to/your/file.txt" --> to include anything that's within the document tree of your page.

 

by: amit_gPosted on 2003-07-18 at 08:48:02ID: 8952828

You can not use SSI from a different domain. In fact SSI has to be from the same server (physicaly path) or same virtaul dir (virtual path).

You should use XMLHttp for this purpose. Here is how

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
      option explicit
%>
<%
      dim oXMLHttp

      set oXMLHttp = server.Createobject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
      
      Call oXMLHttp.Open("GET", "http://www.google.com", false)

      Call oXMLHttp.Send()

      Dim sResponse
      
      sResponse = oXMLHttp.ResponseText

      call Response.Write(sResponse)

      set oXMLHttp = nothing
%>

 

by: websiteindiaPosted on 2003-07-19 at 03:09:23ID: 8957649

Hi  amit_g,
Thanks a lot, your solution is working fine.
But the URL i an trying to retrive is in CGI and not working as this is an ASP file
http://www.lodging.com/auto/affiliate_info.cgi?remote=wildnet&hotelcode=GAL_05244

is there any solution for this. also i want to retrive the complete page as in this solution this take relative path of my local server and didn't download the images & links going wrong.

I want my page look like a perfact page as in iframe.

 

by: amit_gPosted on 2003-07-19 at 10:44:35ID: 8959016

It doesn't matter what language is used for the URL. Every language produces plain HTML/JavaScript and that is what you will get. The ResponseText will contain exactly what you will see in View Source of any page in any browser.

Since most sites will not only use relative URL but also will use some JavaScript, the ResponseText will have to be parsed. I am not sure what you are trying to do but if you want to display complete page as it is you either are looking for complex parsing or should use iframe or frame.

Parse the ResponseText. Look for <head> tag and add

<base href="http://www.TheSiteYouAreFetching.com" />

Something like this ...

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
    option explicit
%>
<%
    dim oXMLHttp

    set oXMLHttp = server.Createobject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
   
    Call oXMLHttp.Open("GET", "http://www.google.com", false)

    Call oXMLHttp.Send()

    Dim sResponse
   
    sResponse = oXMLHttp.ResponseText

    sResponse = Replace(sResponse, "<head>", "<head><base href='http://www.google.com' />")

    call Response.Write(sResponse)

    set oXMLHttp = nothing
%>

What are you trying to achieve by this?

 

by: websiteindiaPosted on 2003-07-20 at 22:41:24ID: 8965110

Perfect Looking Problem solved.
But still i'm not able to use that cgi URL in my page as my .asp file is running on IIS.
Error Type:
msxml3.dll (0xC00CE56E)
System error: -1072896658.

I mean i'm able to get "http://www.lodging.com" but not "http://www.lodging.com/auto/affiliate_info.cgi?remote=wildnet&hotelcode=GAL_05244"

 

by: amit_gPosted on 2003-07-20 at 23:38:21ID: 8965314

That is because the server returns Found 302 - the response that the server sends on Response.Redirect. The redirected URL is

http://reservations.lodging.com/servlet/reservations.PropertyInformationXML?propcode=GAL;05244&remote=wildnet

As I have written before, there is so much more that the browser does, than just displaying the HTML content. If you are thinking of doing it for one or two page, you can do so but if you are thinking of doing more than that, you are looking for building another browser.

You did not tell what your goal is by doing all this.

 

by: amit_gPosted on 2003-07-21 at 00:47:50ID: 8965590

You HAVE to use frames for this. There is Javascript also in these pages and there will be more things that might not work just by writing the plain HTML. Unless you are ready to duplicate each and every functionalty of browser (except rendering), it won't work.

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