True tmpl=component

I’ve used this technique on several different projects, all relating to fetching Joomla article content via an Ajax call and appending tmpl=component at the end of the URL. As I’ve lamented before, adding tmpl=component does display only the contents of the page without the surrounding context, but it also loads the jQuery and Bootstrap frameworks.

To truly get just the content of a Joomla article, on the “success” callback of whatever AJAX method you are using, use the following code:

// Isolate just the article content
var jparser = new DOMParser();
var jhtml = jparser.parseFromString( <your response text>, 'text/html' );
var jcontent = jhtml.querySelector( 'body.contentpane' ); // or $( 'body.contentpane', jhtml ) in jQuery
// Convert nodeList to HTML
// Step 1: Create dummy div
var jsandbox = document.createElement( 'div' ), x;
// Step 2: Loop over the nodeList and append it to the div
for( x = 0; x < jcontent.length; ++x ){
jsandbox.appendChild( jcontent[x] );
}
// At this point, jsandbox.innerHTML contains your HTML

As the final comment says, jsandbox.innerHTML contains your HTML to do with whatever your project dictates.

I hope this helps someone else out there…