jQuery.parseXML()

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jQuery.parseXML()

Categories: Utilities

jQuery.parseXML( data ) Returns: XMLDocument

Description: Parses a string into an XML document.

  • version added: 1.5jQuery.parseXML( data )

    • data
      Type: String
      a well-formed XML string to be parsed

jQuery.parseXML uses the native parsing function of the browser to create a valid XML Document. This document can then be passed to jQuery to create a typical jQuery object that can be traversed and manipulated.

Example:

Create a jQuery object using an XML string and obtain the value of the title node.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <p id="someElement">
                                        </p>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <p id="anotherElement">
                                        </p>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      var xml = "<rss version='2.0'><channel><title>RSS Title</title></channel></rss>",
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          $xml = $( xmlDoc ),
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          $title = $xml.find( "title" );
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        /* append "RSS Title" to #someElement */
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $( "#someElement" ).append( $title.text() );
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        /* change the title to "XML Title" */
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $title.text( "XML Title" );
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        /* append "XML Title" to #anotherElement */
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $( "#anotherElement" ).append( $title.text() );
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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