Select parent DIV contents based on a containing class using jquery

Question

I would like to scrape the contents of a DIV based on a class within the DIV for example, my page would contain

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body>
    <div>
      <p class="foo">some text</p>
      <p>test1</p>
      <p>test 2</p>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

The result would be:

<div>
  <p class="foo">some text</p>
  <p>test1</p>
  <p>test 2</p>
</div>

I have tried

$.get("https://some.url.com/index.html", function(my_var) {
  console.log($(my_var).closest('div').find('.foo'));  
});

But just get an empty result?

Answer 1

You should first find .foo and then select parent of it using .closest()

$.get("https://some.url.com/index.html", function(my_var) {
  console.log($(my_var).find(".foo").closest('div'));  
});

 $(".foo").closest("div").css("color", "red");

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <html> <head> </head> <body> body <div> <p class="foo">some text</p> <p>test1</p> <p>test 2</p> </div> body </body> </html>

Answer 2

For Better approach need to target body first than find your particular class find('.foo') you can view the working example as below :

 $(document).ready(function(){ $('body').closest('body').find('.foo').css("color", "red") })

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <html> <head> </head> <body> <div> <p class="foo">some text</p> <p>test1</p> <p>test 2</p> </div> </body> </html>

Select parent DIV contents based on a containing class using jquery

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2 answers

solution1
2 2018-12-03 09:05:09

solution2
0 2018-12-03 09:28:01

Select parent DIV contents based on a containing class using jquery

Question

2 answers

solution1 2 2018-12-03 09:05:09

solution2 0 2018-12-03 09:28:01

solution1
2 2018-12-03 09:05:09

solution2
0 2018-12-03 09:28:01