Read xml in browser

Question

I have below string in javascript

var output = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><abc><xyz><xyzResponse><URL>http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8080%2Fnet%2Fxyz.do%3Fpartner%3Ddummy%26id%3Dba0e245f-ae67-40b6-986d-3242acea4c04</URL><StatusMsg>SUCCESS</StatusMsg><ID>hello.com</ID><AID>test</AID></xyzResponse></xyz></abc>';

I want to parse this as xml and get values out of it.

I have tried below code

var xmlObj = $(output);
alert(xmlObj.find('URL').text())

It works in FireFox but does not work in IE. It does not give any error but does not show any content.

How to read xml that is string format and use content using javascript across the browsers?

Any help is appreciated.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:04:24Z

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jQuery's $() function doesn't parse XML: it treats it as HTML and inserts it into the HTML DOM, which doesn't work in general. If you're using jQuery 1.5, you can use its new parseXML() method:

var xmlObj = $.parseXML(output);
alert( $(xmlObj).find('URL').text() );

If you can't use jQuery 1.5, you'll need an XML parsing function such as the one I posted here: Strange jQuery XML problem

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:04

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answered Feb 22, 2011 at 12:46

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Jaydeep Patel Over a year ago

Only one update for jQuery 1.5, as per docs it should be $($.parseXML(output))

Tim Down Over a year ago

@Jaydeep: Oh yes, you're absolutely right. Careless mistake, now fixed.

Tim Down · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-22 14:39:44Z

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I did the following for parsing xml for all browsers. I hope you will find it helpful too.

if(window.DOMParser)//Firefox, Chrome and others Browsers
    {
        var xmlString = (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(response);
        parser=new DOMParser();
        xmlDoc=parser.parseFromString(xmlString,"text/xml");
    }
    else // Internet Explorer
    {
        xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
        xmlDoc.async="false";
        xmlDoc.load(response);
    }

edited Feb 22, 2011 at 14:39

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answered Feb 22, 2011 at 13:59

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