jquery - Content replacement from external website

Question

So I am pretty new to jQuery and Javascript in Gen. I like the simple load() functionality that JQuery uses. My question: Is it possible to load content from an external website using the load() function?

$(#placeholder).load("http://wwww.facebook.com/someuser");

tring to sync content on a specific facebook page that will be loaded into #placeholder div.

Answer 1

In general, no you can't, for security reasons.

There are a couple of options:

1. Use JSONP - this requires the server support returning data in that format.
2. Use an <iframe> to simulate the effect you're after
3. Use a proxy on your server - e.g. a PHP script you pass a URL to which returns the content of that URL. Because your server is making the request, not the client, you won't be "logged in" to the external site.