How to convert a document back to string?

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I need a java script function that converts the document object of the current loaded page back to it's source text. In firefox it's smth like that:

var doc = document; var str = (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(doc); alert(str);

But i need a cross browser solution. How would this be done?

For example:

<html> <body> <script> alert( asText(document) ); </script> </body> </html>

would pop up:

<html> <body> <script> alert( asText(document) ); </script> </html>

how would you implement the 'asText' function?

Eldar Djafarov · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-06 13:19:54Z

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Why do not you use document.documentElement.innerHTML?

example

answered Sep 6, 2009 at 13:19

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kennebec · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-06 21:48:40Z

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function sourceText(){ try{ var O= new XMLHttpRequest(); O.open('GET', location.pathname, false); O.send(null); return O.responseText; } catch(er){ return ''; } }

answered Sep 6, 2009 at 21:48

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Chris Over a year ago

nice idea, what if the current site was obtained with a POST and got passed some parameters?

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