is it possible to use url as selector

Question

I have a site called site.com and I want to check if the classname is present on my other page http://site.com/subfolder and if it is yes then perform the code.

$(document).ready(function() { 
    if ($('http://site.com/subfolder classname').length > 0) {
        $('.headline').after('<div>text</div>');
    }
});

Any help is greatly appreciated.

possible duplicate of [What characters are valid in CSS class names?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/448981/what-characters-are-valid-in-css-class-names) — Diodeus - James MacFarlane, Nov 27 '12 at 16:18
@11684 You're not using a URL as a selector. To be able to do so would be as Vega said, "almost magical". — Jay Blanchard, Nov 27 '12 at 16:50
Try this, slements = $('a[href=http://site.com].classname'); — Adil, Nov 27 '12 at 16:18
No, not as a selector, but the result is almost the same, isn't it? @JayBlanchard — 11684, Nov 27 '12 at 17:11
No, the result isn't almost the same. The OP is unclear about his purposes but he does not carry the URL into the function, he only uses it as a conditional check. He should, as @Patrick James McDougle points out, try to tell us what he is trying to do. — Jay Blanchard, Nov 27 '12 at 19:39
Hi Guys thanks for responding. Apologize if my post is incomplete. I added more details above hopefully it will help you more understand what I am trying to accomplish. Thanks ahead. — user1646617, Nov 28 '12 at 13:06
I think you are going to have to do this server side. There isn't going to be any easy way to pull the html from a site with a different domain. — Patrick James McDougle, Nov 28 '12 at 13:19
HI sir thanks for responding. I am not sure about the different domain. The code where the classname can be found is on the same domain. Example I have a domain called amkitty.com and the url of the classname that I want to check is from amkitty.com/subfolder. Does that still needs server side client? — user1646617, Nov 28 '12 at 14:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '12 at 16:19

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You can use a selector with a URL in it such as :

$('a[href="url"].classname')

but not in the way you are using it

answered Nov 27 '12 at 16:19

King Friday

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '12 at 16:24

You can select an element from another page with the .load() method.

Example:

$("#myElement").load("http://http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13588441/is-it-possible-to-use-url-as-selector #question");

This will load the div with the id question from this page in the element with the id myElement (if there were no cross domain policy).

For more information see the docs.

is it possible to use url as selector

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