How to get the parent window URL from Iframe?

Question

I know it's a security issue. But is there any way in HTML5. Cause I seen the below code opens a window with the parents URL in tweet box

<iframe src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.html"
        style="border: 0; width:130px; height:20px;"></iframe>

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '14 at 03:59

16

Try this inside the iframe. It will alert the parent window's location URL.

alert(document.referrer);

answered Mar 20 '14 at 03:59

SajithNair

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After doing some `url` navigation inside the `iframe`, `document.referrer` value is not returning `parent window URL`, its returning the `current navigation` we have inside the `iframe`. Is there a way to overcome this scenario? – Dipak Nov 28 '16 at 06:19

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '14 at 04:02

Give this JavaScript a go

var referrer = document.referrer;
console.log(referrer);

Hopefully it works for your purpose. More info on document.referer here if you want to know more:

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