### Method

# WebKit2 WebView evaluate_javascript

since: 2.40

#### Declaration [src]

    void
    webkit_web_view_evaluate_javascript (
      WebKitWebView* web_view,
      const char* script,
      gssize length,
      const char* world_name,
      const char* source_uri,
      GCancellable* cancellable,
      GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
      gpointer user_data
    )

#### Description [src]

Asynchronously evaluate `script` in the script world with name `world_name` of the main frame current context in `web_view`. If `world_name` is `NULL`, the default world is used. Any value that is not `NULL` is a distinct world. The `source_uri` will be shown in exceptions and doesn’t affect the behavior of the script. When not provided, the document URL is used.

Note that if `WebKitSettings:enable-javascript` is `FALSE`, this method will do nothing. If you want to use this method but still prevent web content from executing its own JavaScript, then use `WebKitSettings:enable-javascript-markup`.

When the operation is finished, `callback` will be called. You can then call `webkit_web_view_evaluate_javascript_finish()` to get the result of the operation.

This is an example of using `webkit_web_view_evaluate_javascript()` with a script returning a string:

    static void
    web_view_javascript_finished (GObject      *object,
                                  GAsyncResult *result,
                                  gpointer      user_data)
    {
        JSCValue               *value;
        GError                 *error = NULL;

        value = webkit_web_view_evaluate_javascript_finish (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW (object), result, &error);
        if (!value) {
            g_warning ("Error running javascript: %s", error->message);
            g_error_free (error);
            return;
        }

        if (jsc_value_is_string (value)) {
            gchar        *str_value = jsc_value_to_string (value);
            JSCException *exception = jsc_context_get_exception (jsc_value_get_context (value));
            if (exception)
                g_warning ("Error running javascript: %s", jsc_exception_get_message (exception));
            else
                g_print ("Script result: %s\n", str_value);
            g_free (str_value);
        } else {
            g_warning ("Error running javascript: unexpected return value");
        }
        g_object_unref (value);
    }

    static void
    web_view_get_link_url (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                           const gchar   *link_id)
    {
        gchar *script = g_strdup_printf ("window.document.getElementById('%s').href;", link_id);
        webkit_web_view_evaluate_javascript (web_view, script, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL, web_view_javascript_finished, NULL);
        g_free (script);
    }

Available since: 2.40

This method completes asynchronously. Use `webkit_web_view_evaluate_javascript_finish()` inside the `GAsyncReadyCallback` to obtain the result of the operation.

#### Parameters

`script`

  Type: `const char*`

  The script to evaluate.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`length`

  Type: `gssize`

  Length of `script`, or -1 if `script` is a nul-terminated string.

`world_name`

  Type: `const char*`

  The name of a `WebKitScriptWorld` or `NULL` to use the default.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`source_uri`

  Type: `const char*`

  The source URI.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`cancellable`

  Type: `GCancellable`

  A `GCancellable` or `NULL` to ignore.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the method.

`callback`

  Type: `GAsyncReadyCallback`

  A `GAsyncReadyCallback` to call when the script finished.

  The argument can be `NULL`.

`user_data`

  Type: `gpointer`

  The data to pass to callback function.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the method.