Can a page loaded in an iframe find out the url of its parent?

Asked Jan 30 '13 at 01:41

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get parent.location.url - iframe - from child to parent

Is it possible for a page that's been loaded inside of another page in an tag to find out more about its parent than just the fact one exists?

I know that JS can check if the current page is the top window. If it isn't, chances are it's being loaded in an iframe. But can it find out more? For instance, can it execute some code to find the URL of the top frame?

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what have you tried? You seem to know you have access to `parent` and `top` so maybe the answer is visible from there. – Matt Whipple Jan 30 '13 at 01:43
You could use [`document.referrer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/document.referrer) – jeremy Jan 30 '13 at 01:43
`window.opener` perhaps? – Malk Jan 30 '13 at 01:44
@Malk it is not a pop up! – epascarello Jan 30 '13 at 01:45
Is the iframe in the same domain as the parent? – epascarello Jan 30 '13 at 01:45
@Malk: That doesn't seem to work: http://jsfiddle.net/gSH3B/ – jeremy Jan 30 '13 at 01:45
Thanks for the fiddle! It looks like `window.top.location.href` is alerting the desired text: http://jsfiddle.net/gSH3B/2/ – Malk Jan 30 '13 at 01:59

Can a page loaded in an iframe find out the url of its parent?

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