How to read data between xml tags with attributes in javascript/ionic without using DOM/ActiveXObject? [duplicate]

Question

I simply need to extract some info between two tags, in this case, <wsse:BinarySecurityToken>

For example:

<wsse:BinarySecurityToken att1="abc" att2="cd3"  att3="adfa">This is a text I need!!!===</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>

I tried

match = text.match(/<wsse:BinarySecurityToken[.*]>([^<]*)<\/wsse:BinarySecurityToken>/g)

does't work!

Or is there anything better than regex? I use angularJs 1

This is not duplicate. I do not want to use DOM/ActiveXObject. — ANewGuyInTown
– ANewGuyInTown, Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 5:50
You should include in the question itself that it is for an ionic app, not in a comment to the answers (btw I deleted mine). But did you tried the DOMParser from your app ? I see plenty of examples online that make use of it, so I'd guess it's available even though I don't know ionic at all. Ps: I won't undelete my answer since if I'm correct, it's still a dupe. — Kaiido
– Kaiido, Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 5:58
The regex worked. Thanks @Kaiido anyway for your answer, I wanted to avoid DOM. — ANewGuyInTown
– ANewGuyInTown, Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 6:06
You should not try to avoid the right tools for the right job. — Kaiido
– Kaiido, Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 6:11

Maurice Perry · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-28 05:48:35Z

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You want to do:

match = text.match(/<tag1.*>([^<]*)<\/tag1>/g)

answered Mar 28, 2017 at 5:48

Maurice Perry

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I have updated my question. Please can you answer for the updated question? I tried and this is not working!

Thanks this worked. I had to tweak it for my updated question , but this worked! /<wsse:BinarySecurityToken.*>([^<]*)<\/wsse:BinarySecurityToken>/