XML and jQuery - Get XML Code once Modified

Question

I am trying to accomplish a quite simple task here: modified a XML string using jQuery and get the modified string back.

I think that before, I could use the .html() function to do this, but I think they got rid of the functionnality with parse XML document.

So, here is the code:

var tempXML = "<node1><node2>Content #1</node2></node1>";
var parsedXML = $.parseXML(tempXML);
$(parsedXML).find('node2').text('XXXXXX');
alert($(parsedXML).find('node2').text());  // That works, it will display XXXXXX

Now, as I would suspect, the tempXML var is not modified.

So, how do I get the XML code that should read : "XXXXXX"?

Calling $(parsedXML).text(); only return XXXXXX and .html() is not defined for the object...

Viktor S. · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04 22:11:23Z

1

That is a trick, but here it is:

var tempXML = "<node1><node2>Content #1</node2></node1>";
var parsedXML = $.parseXML(tempXML);
$(parsedXML).find('node2').text('XXXXXX');

alert($("<div>").append($(parsedXML).find('node2')).html());

EDIT: Or, here is, I think, more reliable solution:

function XMLToString(oXML) {   
    if (window.ActiveXObject) {     
        return oXML.xml;   
    } else {     
        return (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(oXML);   
    } 
}
var tempXML = "<node1><node2>Content #1</node2></node1>";
var parsedXML = $.parseXML(tempXML);
$(parsedXML).find('node2').text('XXXXXX');
alert(XMLToString($(parsedXML).find('node2')[0]));

jsFiddle

edited Sep 4, 2012 at 22:11

answered Sep 4, 2012 at 21:57

Viktor S.

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2 Comments

Viktor S. Over a year ago

Yes. But the only thing needed here is to get a string which contains updated XML. Browser will not even display XML tags, but why it should change them?

Viktor S. Over a year ago

@RobW Found some better solution. This one must be more reliable than a trick with <div>

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