Javascript to call html/text file

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June 26th, 2010, 10:46 PM

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Javascript to call html/text file

Hi,

I would like to know if it is possible for a html page, using a javascript to call another html/text file. Basically I have many listings on ebay using standard html. In one section of the listings I have an advertisement. I would like to change this advertisement periodically. Rather than changing each and every listing with the new advertisement html code, I would like to be able to change just one file so that all my listings update with the new advertisement.

So something like this:
listing1.html
listing2.html
listing....... and so on.

Calls advertisement.html

This updates all the listings with the new code within advertisement.html

Much like CSS in that I can effectively change all the listings by changing the one .css file.

I understand that an SSI would do the job, however, ebay does not allow SSI; they do however allow javascripts.

Thank you.

June 27th, 2010, 09:34 AM

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You could use an iframe if they allow that.

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June 27th, 2010, 01:37 PM

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Don't know if eBay would allow this...

But I use this little function to read files on servers where I have some control of the permissions.

javascript Code:

Original - javascript Code
function ReadFile(inURL) { var http = (window.XMLHttpRequest) ? new XMLHttpRequest() : new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP') ; http.open("get", inURL, false); http.send(null); if (http.status == 200) return http.responseText; return null; }

 
function ReadFile(inURL)
{
    var http = (window.XMLHttpRequest) ? new XMLHttpRequest() : new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP') ;
    
    http.open("get", inURL, false);
    http.send(null);
    
     if (http.status == 200)
        return http.responseText;
        
    return null;
}

Last edited by ktoz : June 27th, 2010 at 01:39 PM.

June 27th, 2010, 03:02 PM