jQuery - xpath find?

Question

If you have the xml below in $(xml), you would get droopy using:

$(xml).find("animal").find("dog").find("beagle").text()

Is there an equivalent way in jQuery to use xpath like

$(xml).xpathfind("/animal/dog/beagle").text()?

<animal>
    <dog>
        <beagle>
            droopy
        </beagle>
        ...

Fyodor Soikin · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-26 20:16:41Z

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jQuery supports basic XPath actually, so you can just use find.

Alternatively, use CSS selector syntax. For your particular example, you would use $(xml).find( "animal > dog > beagle" ).text()

answered Apr 26, 2010 at 20:16

Fyodor Soikin

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sree Over a year ago

And for getting attribute value you could use $(xml).find("element").attr("attribute")

user1996641 · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-26 13:31:13Z

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jQuery used to support very basic XPath, including the example you gave.

$(xml).find("animal/dog/beagle")

EDIT: You're right, they've apparently removed it from the core, so you have to use a "compatibility" plugin.

EDIT: Updated link to xpath plugin XPath Plugin

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answered Apr 26, 2010 at 20:15

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Steve Over a year ago

I tried it, but it didn't work. The CSS selector syntax, "animal > dog > beagle" did. I tried "/a/d/b", "//a/d/b" too. Do I have to include a plugin?

Fyodor Soikin Over a year ago

I think it has to do with the leading slash. Try "a/d/b" instead of "/a/d/b"

Steve Over a year ago

Yeah, I tried an old xpath plugin from Resig, but looking at the source, it was minimal coverage of xpath. Oh well, the CSS selector will do. Just wanted to make sure there if xpath was part of the latest jQuery.

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