Bypassing the Same-Origin Policy Requirements
When running into issues with the same-origin policy, developers implement some of the following methods to bypass these browser restrictions:
Using a server-side proxy script. For instance, your JavaScript file can make a request to some PHP or Python script that it has access to, which in turn can facilitate server-to-server communication to some cross-domain source.
Implement a Flash transport layer. In the same way that the server-side proxy works, some developers have used Flash to proxy requests to overcome the limits imposed by the same-origin policy.
Generating iframes to pass data from a source site through to another location where the iframe is loaded.
There are numerous other ways to bypass the issue of communication between sites due to the same-origin policy restrictions, but these are a few of the most commonly implemented.
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