javascript - Get Text from iframe

I have the following HTML

<iframe id ="myIframe">
     #document
         <head>...</head>
        <body>Text I want to get is here</body>
</iframe>

I only know the iframe's id. Using JavaScript, how can I extract the text from the body?

I have the following HTML

<iframe id ="myIframe">
     #document
         <head>...</head>
        <body>Text I want to get is here</body>
</iframe>

I only know the iframe's id. Using JavaScript, how can I extract the text from the body?

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1 is your iframe src from same domain or different? – Anoop Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 20:30

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Assuming your iframe is in the same domain as your HTML:

var myIFrame = document.getElementById("myIframe");
var content = myIFrame.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML;

Otherwise you'll face some Same Origin Policy issues.