chrome extension: get specific part of the current tab page in DOM object and display it in either popup.html or new html page?

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Published on 2012-06-29T12:23:25Z Indexed on 2012/06/30 9:16 UTC
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google-chrome-extension

IS there any way so that i can convert any DOM object into HTML page within the script ?

suppose I have dom object like this: content script.js

chrome.extension.onRequest.addListener(function(request, sender, sendResponse) {
  if (request.method == "fromPopup") {
     console.log("got Request from Popup");   
     var myDivObj = document.getElementById("definition");
   //sendResponse({data: "from Content Script to Popup"});
   if ( myDivObj ) {
     sendResponse({data:myDivObj});
     }
     else{
     sendResponse({data:"Empty or No Tag"});
     }
      console.log("sent Response1");   
  } else {
    sendResponse({}); // snub them.
    console.log("sent Response2");   
  }
});

here is my popup.html

<body>
  <Div>Searching..</Div>
  <Div id="output">Response??</Div>
  <script>
  console.log("Pop UP Clicked");
 chrome.tabs.getSelected(null, function(tab) {
  chrome.tabs.sendRequest(tab.id, {method: "fromPopup", tabid: tab.id}, function(response) {

    console.log("got Response from Content Script");   
    document.getElementById("output").innerHTML=response.data;
  });
});
  </script>


</body>

I know we can send onaly JSON type of data to the popup.html page.. am i right ?

If yes is ther any way that I can creat HTML page with DOM Object( myDivObj ) which I collected..

Any alternative solution..?

In short i want get only specific part of the current tab page in DOM object and display it in either popup.html or separate html page..

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