http://simonwillison.net/2008-10-23T18:25:43+00:00Simon Willison2008-10-23T18:25:43+00:002008-10-23T18:25:43+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Oct/23/csshttprequest/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://nb.io/hacks/csshttprequest/">CSSHttpRequest</a></strong></p> Devious cross-domain Ajax hack that uses CSS for transport (@import rules with data URIs, but it still works in IE). Similar to JSONP but safer, since JSONP can cause arbitrary JavaScript to execute. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://mike.teczno.com/snippets.html">Mike Migurski</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ajax">ajax</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/atimport">atimport</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/crossdomain">crossdomain</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/css">css</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/csshttprequest">csshttprequest</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/json">json</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jsonp">jsonp</a></p>