javascriptxmlxml-parsing

How to retrieve xml data from Javascript


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how to extract values from an XML document using Javascript

My demo.xml file contain the following data:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<user>
<details>
<name>abc</name>
<class>xyz</class>
<city>pqr</city>
</details>
<info>
<id>123</id>
<code>456</code>
</info>
</user>

I want to fetch all these data from file demo.xml into my code using Javascript. How can I get this? Any solution? Thanks....


Solution

  • here is an example wich can put you in the right direction:

    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open("GET", "/path/demo.xml", true);
    request.send();
    var xml = request.responseXML;
    var users = xml.getElementsByTagName("user");
    for(var i = 0; i < users.length; i++) {
        var user = users[i];
        var names = user.getElementsByTagName("name");
        for(var j = 0; j < names.length; j++) {
            alert(names[j].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
        }
    }