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    A proxy to safely communicate to cross-domain iframes in javascript
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    Porthole is a small library for secure cross-domain iFrame communication.

    Usage

    Include the Javascript.

    <script type="text/javascript" src="porthole.min.js"></script>
    

    Create your content iFrame. This is where the guest content lives. Make sure to give it a name.

    <iframe id="guestFrame" name="guestFrame" src="http://other-domain.com/">
    </iframe>
    

    Define an event handler if you want to receive messages.

    function onMessage(messageEvent) {  
        /*
       messageEvent.origin: Protocol and domain origin of the message
       messageEvent.data: Message itself
       messageEvent.source: Window proxy object, useful to post a response 
       */
    }
    

    Create a window proxy object on the main page.

    var windowProxy;
    window.onload=function(){ 
        // Create a proxy window to send to and receive 
        // messages from the iFrame
        windowProxy = new Porthole.WindowProxy(
            'http://other-domain.com/proxy.html', 'guestFrame');
    
        // Register an event handler to receive messages;
        windowProxy.addEventListener(onMessage);
    };
    

    Create a window proxy object in the iFrame.

    var windowProxy;
    window.onload=function(){ 
        // Create a proxy window to send to and receive 
        // messages from the parent
        windowProxy = new Porthole.WindowProxy(
            'http://parent-domain.com/proxy.html');
    
        // Register an event handler to receive messages;
        windowProxy.addEventListener(function(event) { 
            // handle event
        });
    };
    

    Send a message.

    windowProxy.post({'action': 'supersizeme'});
    

    Note that if you have multiple iFrames, you can create as many WindowProxy objects as needed.

    Update

    The library has been updated. It is not compatible with previous versions.

    • Support JSON serialization
    • Bug fix for IE 8
    • Bug fix for multiple event handler in native browser support.

    Unit Tests

    rake jasmine
    

    Demo

    http://sandbox.ternarylabs.com/porthole/

    Project Page

    http://ternarylabs.github.com/porthole/

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