Load xml file in a directory using javascript

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I want to load a xml file using the javascript. I use the following code to load the xml file. The below coding loads the xml file when it is in the same folder.

if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
            {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
                xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
            }
            else
            {// code for IE6, IE5
                xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            }
            xmlhttp.open("GET",'dineshkani.xml',false);
            xmlhttp.send();
            xmlDocument=xmlhttp.responseText;
            alert("loaded");

But i want to load the xml file in the particular location eg. c:/xml/dineshkani.xml

If i use the coding xmlhttp.open("GET",'c:/xml/dineshkani.xml',false); like this it wont load the xml file. Is there a way to load the xml file.

You can't access the users file system under normal circumstances. — starbeamrainbowlabs
– starbeamrainbowlabs, Commented Jul 17, 2012 at 17:01

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:44:19Z

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Despite its name, XMLHttpRequest can be used for non-HTTP requests.
The following should work

xmlhttp.open("GET",'file:///C:/xml/dineshkani.xml',false);

The result status is 0 for success instead of 200. This is because the file and ftp schemes do not use HTTP result codes.

EDIT: However, some browsers, including Google Chrome disable this by default. It has to be enabled by starting Chrome with --allow-file-access. So if you are looking for a cross-browser solution, you should put the XML in your server directory.

HTML5 file api does not let you access the entire filesystem you get a sandboxed directory to work with. Link

Reference: MDN Page

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answered Jul 17, 2012 at 16:57

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starbeamrainbowlabs Over a year ago

I didn't think that ajax requests worked on the file:/// protocol.

Anirudh Ramanathan Over a year ago

I think they do: developer.mozilla.org/es/XMLHttpRequest/…

starbeamrainbowlabs Over a year ago

Didn't know that. Thanks! It will probably only work when the base file comes from the file:/// probably

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:14:47Z

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Unfortunately, you can't access local files through AJAX.

You could try the HTML5 file access API, if you want.

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Anirudh Ramanathan Over a year ago

That API doesn't do exactly what the OP wants. See this

Haroldo_OK Over a year ago

You're right... another option would be to set up the page so that the user could upload the XML to the server, and then serve that to the webpage... one hell of a roundtrip, but it could work.

Dineshkani · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-17 17:30:06Z

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I dont think it can be loaded use this link it is useful for xml file loading

Load xml

answered Jul 17, 2012 at 17:30

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Anirudh Ramanathan Over a year ago

Great link! But it doesn't talk about loading xml from the local filesystem.

caisil Over a year ago

the link returns 404

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