How to get a specific node in XML tree with jQuery

Question

I have the following XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<words>
    <word>
        <id>1</id>
        <name>Teacher</name>
    </word>
    <word>
        <id>2</id>
        <name>Pitcher</name>
    </word>
</words>

And the following jQuery code:

$.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: "sites.xml",
    dataType: "xml",
    success: function(xml) {
        $(xml).find('word').each(function(){

        ...

});

How can I get word with ID == 1?

This ajax function is inside another function (getWord() function). I want to get word with any ID and assign that value to a local variable of getWord() function.

How can I do that?

Tomalak · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-30 13:34:54Z

3

You can always resort to writing a custom filter.

$(xml).find("word").filter(function () {
  return $(this).find("id").text() == "1";
}).each(function () {
  console.log(this);
});

answered May 30, 2011 at 13:34

Tomalak

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VansFannel Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer. I have another question: How can I get the word returned in getWord() parent function.

Tomalak Over a year ago

@VansFannel: You can't. Put your next steps into the success callback.

Abdul Kader · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-30 13:32:57Z

1

$(xml).find('word').each(function(){

       if(parseInt($(this).find('id').text()) == '1')
{

      // your logic here
}
});

answered May 30, 2011 at 13:32

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