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Detect redirect in iFrame

rated 0 times [ 199] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 23164 / 12 Years ago, tue, april 24, 2012, 12:00:00

I may be asking the wrong question here so I will provide a small amount of detail about what I am trying to accomplish.

I use a third party web app to track support tickets. They provide the code for a form that my users fill out and it submits to their domain. I want to use this form on two different domains, but unfortunately the third party uses a single, hard coded redirect value. This causes one of my sites to switch domains after submission.

I was thinking I could embed their form in an iFrame, detect the redirection on successful form submission and instead redirect to one of my own pages.

Pseudocode:

iframe.detectRedirection

if (redirect == 'xyz.html') {  

     //do my own redirection in main window.

}

So back to my original question - how can I detect the redirection in the iframe?

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answered 12 Years ago kalli · Accepted Answer

You could try

$(iframe).load(function(){

    //The iframe has loaded or reloaded. 

});

to detect the frame loading and refreshing

and if the redirect happens on the second load

//var to count times iframe has loaded

var timesRefreshed = 0;



//detect iframe loading/refreshing

$(iframe).load(function(){



    //if second refresh, change frame src - ie dont count first load

    if(timesRefreshed == 1){

        $(this).attr(src,my site url here);

    }



    //add to times resreshed counter

    timesRefreshed++; 



});

if there are more stages just change the x to the amount of stages

if(timesRefreshed == x)

this isnt full proof. ie if could break if the other site adds a stage etc but its the best i can think of if you dont have any control over the other site.