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Creating an iframe with given HTML dynamically

I’m trying to create an iframe from JavaScript and fill it with arbitrary HTML, like so: I would expect iframe to then contain a valid window and document. However, this isn’t the case: > console.log(iframe.contentWindow); null Try it for yourself: http://jsfiddle.net/TrevorBurnham/9k9Pe/ What …

Javascript JSON comparison/diff?

Say I have the following 2 json objects: Sample Function: function (jsonstringA, jsonstringB) Example (If JSON A and JSON B used as parameters): Returns a new JSON object containing: Note that it is using jsonstringA as the base of the comparison, so the function returns only the fields missing and values of …

String index in a JavaScript array

I want to use a specific string in addition to a number to the index of array, I make like this ​ When I print out the tmpArray, it’s empty. Also the size is 0. When I remove the “elem” from the index of the array, it works properly. What should I do? Here’s a real example: http://jsfi…

Flask url_for URLs in Javascript

What is the recommended way to create dynamic URLs in Javascript files when using flask? In the jinja2 templates and within the python views url_for is used, what is the recommended way to do this in .js files? Since they are not interpreted by the template engine. What basically want to do is: Which is not p…

What is the “right” JSON date format?

I’ve seen so many different standards for the JSON date format: Which one is the right one? Or best? Is there any sort of standard on this? Answer JSON itself does not specify how dates should be represented, but JavaScript does. You should use the format emitted by Date’s toJSON method: 2012-04-2…

AJAX and user leaving a page

I’m working on a chat and I’m trying to figure out how I can detect that the user has left the page or not. Almost everything is being handled by the database to avoid the front end from messing up. So what I’m trying to do is once the page is left for any reason (window closed, going to ano…