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I want to get the data from http://whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp using JavaScript. How can I do this?

I can get the data from ASP.NET by using WebClient class but how can we get data using JavaScript?

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You will need to use AJAX. However, unless the service provides a JSONP interface, AJAX is limited to getting pages from the same domain as the page it runs on. See: Same origin policy.

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The way to get around the same origin policy is to write a script in ASP on your own server that gets the data, and then get that script through AJAX in your page.

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And of course, that will repeatedly tell the original poster the external IP of his own server. :)
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Use YQL - http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/guide/yql-code-examples.html#yql_html_scraper

It essentially acts as a proxy to grab page data for you through their service. You can interact with it solely with JavaScript.

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