Cannot load an external page with jQuery.load into a div in my page

Solution 1:

Due to browser restrictions, most Ajax requests are subject to the "same origin policy". That means that in most cases, you can’t use jQuerys ajax methods to fetch data from external domains without using a Proxy, YQL, JSONP or equivalent technique to get around this.

A pure javascript option is Yahoo’s YQL service. There is a plugin that extends jQuery.ajax to allow external domains: https://github.com/padolsey/jQuery-Plugins/blob/master/cross-domain-ajax/jquery.xdomainajax.js

Using this plugin should allow the ajax example in your question.

Another option is to use a server-side proxy and then request that page using ajax. If your server can run PHP, try googling for something like "php ajax proxy" and you’ll get plenty results.

Solution 2:

First download the JS file https://github.com/padolsey/jQuery-Plugins/blob/master/cross-domain-ajax/jquery.xdomainajax.js and include the js file in your page. Below is the function that I used to load the external page.

       function test () {
         $.ajax({
           url: 'http://external_site.com',
           type: 'GET',
           success: function(res) {
             var content = $(res.responseText).text();
             alert(content);
           }
         });
       }

This worked for me getting content from external site.

Solution 3:

$('div#external').html(); sets the HTML inside your div object to the empty string.

As response is the returned HTML, you probably meant:

$(document).ready(function(){
     var url = 'http://www.google.com';
     $.get(url, function(response) {
          $('div#external').html(response);
     });
});

The jQuery documentation on $.get provides an example like this.

Your next problem will be that you are attempting to make a cross-domain request. See this site for more information on how to get around Javascript's security restrictions in this area.