[Greasemonkey] hCard and Gmail

[Jason Hutchinson]

Would it be possible to open a hidden iframe to mail.google.com and snatch
it from there?

On 11/07/06, Roberto De Almeida <roberto at dealmeida.net> wrote:
>
> Hi, all.
>
> Today I hacked a proof-of-concept script to parse a hCard and add it
> to the Gmail addressbook. The scripts adds a little button below every
> hCard that when clicked adds the contact information using a XML HTTP
> POST request.
>
>     http://dealmeida.net/projects/greasemonkey/hcardtogmail.user.js
>
> In order to do the POST, I need a cookie called GMAIL_AT from
> mail.google.com. Is it possible to read this cookie using Greasemonkey
> from a different domain, ie, the one hosting the hCard?
>
> The solution I found was to steal the cookie when the user visits
> mail.google.com, and store it using GM_setValue. Later, the script can
> use GM_getValue and read the cookie from other domains. Is there a
> better solution?
>
> Thanks,
> Roberto
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--Jason Hutchinson