How can I find Flash content with JavaScript?

flash, javascript, jquery

Solution

Flash uses `<object>` and `<embed>` tags. Do a `getElementsByTagName` on those two Flash tags:

var flash1=document.getElementsByTagName("object");
var flash2=document.getElementsByTagName("embed");

Note that YouTube embeds use `<iframe>` elements, so its harder to capture those. Also, make sure you run this after all elements have loaded (a.k.a. `window.onload`), otherwise you'll miss some or all.

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