jQuery GET html as traversable jQuery object

ajax, jquery

Solution

It fails because it doesn't like `<html>` and `<body>`.

Using the method described here: A JavaScript parser for DOM

$.get('/myurl.html', function(response){
     var doc = document.createElement('html');
     doc.innerHTML = response;

     console.log( $("#element", doc).text() );
}, 'html');

I think the above should work.

Problem

This is a super simple question that I just can't seem to find a good answer too. ``` $.get('/myurl.html', function(response){ console.log(response); //works! console.log( $(response).find('#element').text() ); //null :( }, 'html'); ``` I am just trying to traverse my the html response. So far the only thing I can think of that would works is to regex to inside the body tags, and use that as a string to create my traversable jQuery object. But that just seems stupid. Anyone care to point out the right way to do this? Maybe its my html? ``` <html> <head> <title>Center</title> </head> <body> <!-- tons-o-stuff --> </body> </html> ``` This also works fine but will not suit my needs: $('#myelem').load('/myurl.html #element');

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