# Flash and container HTML communication

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-container-html-communication/324554>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 26, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-container-html-communication/324554 "2011-08-26T14:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Freeseus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Freeseus)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-container-html-communication/324554/1 "2011-08-26T14:47:24Z")

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I am trying to read the html page that contains my SWF from inside the SWF itself.  
This works:

function loadWebPage():void{  
var url:String = “iFrame.html”;  
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);  
urlRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.GET;  
var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();  
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, webPageLoaded);  
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);  
}

function webPageLoaded(event:Event):void{  
var pageData:String = event.currentTarget.data;

```
trace(pageData);

```

}

However, I need to write “iFrame.html” as the URL. I know that the container webpage’s name is “iFrame.html.” But what if I don’t know the name of the HTML page?

instead of “iFrame.html” is there a “\_self” or “\_parent” or external interface call that I can pass into the urlLoader that will get me the container HTML page of the swf?