Is possible to read script tag src URL content using JavaScript/jQuery

Question

Please guide me. Is possible to read script tag src URL content using JavaScript/jQuery. Please don't suggest JSON/Ajax/iframe options.

I have tried like

<script src="http://www.test.com" id="test">

document.getElementById('test').src

but it give only src URL.

My Exact requirements is, I have two application, each in different web server with www.siteA.com and www.siteB.com.

In Server2, I have cross origin and iframe restriction to access the application. Example: If a request is coming from server1(siteA) to server2(siteB) via Ajax or iframe, it's restricted to access the siteB page content. But If I load siteB in script tag it's loaded, but I'm not able to get the content.

So I mentioned above, don't suggest iframe and Ajax. Help me to achieve this.

Answer 1

The best way really is AJAX, but it does sound like CORS is an issue for you. The only other option I can think of would be to open the page in a new browser window, although I don't know what kind of user experience implications that will have on your application.

You can open a new browser window by:

function showContent(){
    var url = document.getElementById("test").src;
    window.open(url, "_blank");
}

Although if you take this route, you shouldn't put the url on a script tag, because the browser will download it once (via the script tag), and then a second time on the window.open.